Nine effective tactics to craft a weekly checklist for housecleaning

A weekly house cleaning checklist helps you organise daily household chores in an effective manner. It also prevents them from accumulating onto all-day long cleaning drudgery that’s frustrating and somehow a waste of time. What you should do is spread out weekly chores that eventually make them easily manageable and less cumbersome. Every house has a different set of checklist based on number, types of chores and who should do what. Even if you’re hiring a maid, prepare a list and hand-it-over to her thus avoiding the usual “blame game” when tasks are left undone!

Preparing the list: Tips & tricks

•  1.   For your ease, research the web and download premade weekly checklist. There’re dozens of websites dedicated to housecleaning and maid services so you won’t have trouble finding appropriate content. Once downloaded, go through the list carefully and make necessary adjustments as per your needs. Print the copy and you’re all set to go!
  
  

• 2. If you don’t have internet access or lack expertise to operate it effectively, simply follow the tradition pen and paper rule. Draw columns and horizontal lines for each individual task, schedule and instructions. Mention day and date on which you want your maid to complete the task. Also, use thick paper sheet that won’t twist that easily or colorful drawing paper being motivating and rather a creative approach.
  
  

• 3. Carefully study each room of your house and determine to what extent it needs cleaning. In-particular, tidying a male bachelor’s room is quite tough as compared to females, especially if he’s a usual office-goer. You’re likely to find a pile of dirty clothes at one end, web of tangled wires in another corner, books and belonging lying on the floor and leftover food on the table. Apparently, it’ll take time cleaning this sort of mess so mark it as “high priority” in the list.
  
  

• 4. After examining each room thoroughly, you may need to adjust the list. Do so and print the revised copy or simply edit with typical pen, pencil or marker.
  
  

• 5. A housecleaning checklist involves kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living and dining room as for interior. Meanwhile, exterior cleaning checklist would be entirely different for it encompasses garden, backyard, garage, maintenance of plants so on.

• 6. Its possible homeowner may ask her particular maid in Abu Dhabi to do outdoor tasks such as pick-up children from school or grocery shopping. Cooking is also included in the list as maids can be good cooks as well however you may ask them beforehand. Additional tasks may also involve moving furniture and other household goods while relocating and pre-clean a home before homeowners move-in so the list would definitely improvise.
  
  

• 7. Ensure major tasks are on top of the list such as basic floor cleaning, mopping, dusting, window and glass cleaning, sanitizing bathroom so on. Not to forget heart of a home, none other than the kitchen; wipe clean ovens, stoves, cupboards and electronic appliances as well. Limit strenuous task as one per day for even a maid gets tired being a human! But if you’re expecting guests or immediate moving in a new home, consider hiring cleaning company instead of a sole housemaid.
  
  

• 8. Daily cleaning are marked separately in the list such as dish washing, general tidy and mopping.
  
  

• 9. Finally, provide your maid with proper cleaning tools but if you’re hiring from a renowned service such as FMF maids, they come with specific gear as required by the types of chores.
  
  

Conclusion

By following the above tips, you can easily craft daily or weekly housecleaning list and manage it effectively. This article is written on the behalf of FMF Maids, A leading maid company.