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Tuesday 24 March 2009

New House Cleaning Plan

Since we're hopefully moving house in the near future, I abandoned my plans to update my Home Keeping Guide as so many things will be changing it is not worth doing it before the move. Instead I have been working on plans related to the move.

Since the house is a repossession, it needs a good clean. It is certainly not as bad as some that we viewed while looking for a house but obviously when your house is being repossessed you don't worry about making sure it's clean when you leave and then it has also been sitting empty for a while.

I have tried to come up with a comprehensive cleaning plan so that I can make sure we take all the things we need with us to clean the house and we can do a decent job. Also since there's going to be more than one person doing it (me, Hubby, and a friend has offered to help us) it's useful to have some kind of checklist so things don't get missed out or done twice and everyone can find something to do.

So far I've done a first draft for the living room, kitchen, bathroom and each of the bedrooms (which are just the same as the living room except for no fireplace to clean so I haven't posted them here):

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Living Room

Feather dust cobwebs.

Feather dust windowsill.

Feather dust ledges.

Feather dust fireplace.

Feather duster

Wash down walls.

Clean windowsill.

Clean ledges.

Clean fireplace.

Clean radiator.

Clean skirting board.

Clean door.

Clean door handle.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Clean lightswitch.

Baby wipes

Clean window.

Vinegar spray

Cleaning rags

Clean carpet

Vacuum cleaner

Bicarbonate of soda

Spoon

Tea strainer

Carpet stain remover


Kitchen

Feather dust cobwebs.

Feather duster

If everything is very dirty do preliminary quick wipe down with old towels and plain water to remove excessive dirt.

Old towels and warm water.

Wash down walls.

Clean tops of cupboards.

Clean fronts of cupboards.

Clean windowsill.

Clean radiator.

Clean skirting board.

Clean door.

Clean door handle.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Clean lightswitch.

Baby wipes

Clean hob.

If encrusted, cover with damp old towel for an hour to soften then clean with soapy water.

Make bicarb/vinegar paste for any remaining dirt.

Old towel

Warm water

Vinegar/bicarbonate of soda

Spoon

Old mug

Old toothbrush

Cleaning rags

Clean oven.

Put bowl of hot water with lemon juice in for 1-2 hours until almost boiled dry. When cool enough, add bicarb/vinegar to water and use to wipe down oven. Wipe out with plain water.

Pyrex bowl

Hot water

Lemon juice

Spoon

Vinegar/bicarbonate of soda

Cleaning rags

Clean sink

Draining board/sink - make paste of vinegar/bicarb, pour over, leave to soak then rinse.

Drain - 1 tsp bicarb and ½ cup vinegar down drain, leave for ½ hour then flush with water.

Wipe over with soapy water.

Vinegar/bicarbonate of soda

Spoon

Cup

Soapy water

Cleaning rag

Clean inside cupboards.

Clean with soapy water first then with bleach.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Bleach spray

Clean worktops.

Clean with soapy water first then with bleach.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Bleach spray

Clean window.

Vinegar spray

Cleaning rags

Clean floor

Use mug to pour water onto floor for scrubbing then use old towels to mop up dirty water before adding more fresh water.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Old mug

Old towels

Washing up gloves

Scrubbing brush


Bathroom

Feather dust cobwebs.

Feather duster

If everything is very dirty do preliminary quick wipe down with old towels and plain water to remove excessive dirt.

Old towels and warm water.

Wash down walls.

Clean windowsill.

Clean radiator.

Clean skirting board.

Clean door.

Clean door handle.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Clean lightswitch.

Baby wipes

Clean tiles

Clean with vinegar spray then treat with car wax.

Vinegar spray

Car wax

Cleaning rags

Pre-clean bath

Pre-clean sink

Pre-clean toilet.

Wipe over with soapy water then clean with vinegar spray (leave vinegar for 5-10 minutes before wiping off).

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Washing up gloves

Vinegar spray

Clean bath

Half fill with warm water and add a cup of washing powder.

Warm water

Washing powder

Washing up brush (to stir)

Clean basin

Fill with hot water, flash and washing up liquid. Soak for at least half an hour then wipe out.

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Cleaning rags

Clean toilet

Spray with bleach then wipe over after 5-10 minutes.

Put 3 Steradent tablets in before leaving to be left overnight.

Bleach spray

Cleaning rags

Steradent tablets

Clean taps.

If buffing with vinegar spray is not sufficient leave a vinegar soaked cloth around the tap for half an hour. Run taps over with vinegar cloth then with a dry cloth.

Vinegar spray

Vinegar

Cleaning rags

Clean mirror.

Clean window.

Vinegar spray

Cleaning rags

Clean carpet

Vacuum cleaner

Bicarbonate of soda

Spoon

Tea strainer

Carpet stain remover

Clean floor

Use mug to pour water onto floor for scrubbing then use old towels to mop up dirty water before adding more fresh water.

Bucket

Hot water

Flash all purpose

Washing up liquid

Old mug

Old towels

Washing up gloves

Scrubbing brush



I now need to do a list for the hall, stairs and landing which I forgot to do before because it's not a proper "room": It will probably be pretty similar to the living room and bedrooms. I also want to make an overall list of what we will need to take and a list of things we need to buy (probably just a bleach spray since ours is broken). The other thing left to do with regard to cleaning is to go through my bag of old clothes and cut any suitable ones up for cleaning rags; I know there's more there that could be used but I hadn't cut them up as I don't normally need a huge amount all at once.

If you have any tips to share, please feel free to leave a comment.

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