How much time do we need to spend time in cleaning our house?

Is your helper not cleaning well which is why you fired her? That sucks! But anyway, sometimes it is better we clean our own house. At least we know that we're really cleaning it very well. I don't have an idea how much time is needed when cleaning the house. If you're doing a general cleaning, sometimes what we normally do is clean one part of the house, and clean another part the next day. If that's just to maintain its cleanliness, then a few minutes will be fine so dust away stuff and sweep the floor.

Fired your helper?!! The amount of time spent cleaning depends on several factors. How organized you are? How many things can be done the night before? How much can be put off until the week-end? How much help can you get from the rest of the family? I would think it over and see where you can make changes and be more organized.

If you can get a good routine going it won't seem that bad. I'd say section it out. Do two rooms every other day. So I'd say the bathroom and kitchen do Monday, the living room and dining room Tuesday, Wednesday do the bedrooms, twice a week do the laundry. It all depends on what you have, but I say two rooms a day, and keep rotating it.

First of all we have a "clean as you go" rule in our house. Lets say the kids come back from school, they won't throw their clothes on the floor but fold them and put them away. Just had dinner? Wash your plates. Spilled Coffee? Clean it. In other words you can call it the "Don't leave things for later". Dishes won't pile up. No clothes all over the place, less dirt all around. Then, once a week we clean the floor, vacuum the carpets, sanitize the toilets and get rid of dust. All of that takes about 3 hours top. What I'm trying to say is, if everybody would just clean as they go and won't leave things dirty. You'll need less time to clean the house.

I have been a stay at home mom for the last 4 years. I prefer doing things around the house all by myself that hire a helper who would just be spending hours on her mobile phone or couldn't finish any chore without being told so every time. So what I usually do, I wake up at 4am to cook breakfast for my kids. While the food is cooking on the stove, I start doing the laundry. Well, you really do not have to be in front of the washing machine all the time. You just need to set the timer. So while that is turned on, I can mop the floor, dust everything or iron the clothes of my kids. That is practically how I do it. Coz I do not want to slave myself for one whole day.

Its better for me to do the household chores than hired someone who presented her self to help but doesn't know anything and you will just be stressed teaching her what to do repeating it again and again because she can do the things you wanted her to do... Its just a waste of time and money. You know most of the house helpers if not all are lazy and doesn't have initiative to do the things that would make their employer appreciate their stay as part of their family.

I stay alone. So, I do A to Z of my household chores single-handed. I have made a routine for myself. I will clean one area daily. I am always trying to reduce cooking time. Earlier I used to always depend on gas stove, now I boil everything in hotplate,then put in gas. I clean utensils immediately after use. There are many other innovations. Thus, I spend around 2 hours for household chores. Generally, evening 10 pm to 12 night. After coming back from office, I first cook then do other jobs. In last 5 years or more, I never took any help from anyone.

If we do it once a month, then it will take half a day. The same housekeeping if done weekly will only take an hour or two. The good thing is that when its time for housekeeping, everybody do his/her part of the task.The best thing about this is that everybody felt enjoyment of the task assigned simply because we all are working in a happy environment.

Dear friend, The time is a valuable more than other things, but we need to arrange and clean our home anytime we can. The prosperity based on our and home cleanliness. Make some time arrangement to clean home then it is not to be boring.

As my daughter is only 3yrs so whole day she is creating a mess due to which i spend all my time cleaning the house . Sometime she start playing with water or bring her slate and chock and create a mess . Some time she start her painting skills and paint the whole room which takes a lot of time to get cleaned .

It's better for me to do some household chores than hired someone who presented herself to help but doesn't know anything and you will just be stressed teaching her what to do repeating it again and again because she can do the things you wanted her to do...It's just a waste of time and money. You know most of the house helpers if not all are lazy and doesn't have the initiative to do things that would make their employee appreciate their stay as part of their family.

For me, cleaning our house can last forever :). Why would I say so? Because I love doing this. I love fixing anything I see on our house, whatever it is that is needed to be fixed. Every weekend, I make it a point that I do something on our home. Cabinets, doors, windows and others are example of what I love fixing. It's not that my work is substandard, maybe our house is just old. I also enjoy throwing things that is not of use anymore. Right now, I'm thinking of what should I do next this coming weekend. :D