It might be hard to find the time to keep your home clean this summer, but you don’t need a miracle; you just need a strategy.
If you don’t keep on top of the mess then you’ll only end up causing yourself much more stress in the long term. It’s better to start with a plan that you can stick to instead, so read on for our top 5 tips for a clean and comfortable home that you and your family can enjoy this summer.
Refresh Your Guest Room
Whether a close friend is in town for the first time in years, or a relative is coming to stay for the weekend, every effort must be made to make their stay as comfortable as possible.
Even if these guests aren’t planning on spending the night yet, it is always best to have a clean, tidy guest room prepared for them (just in case), so take the afternoon to:
- Air It Out: If your spare room hasn’t been used for a while, then start off by opening the windows and letting the whole room air out for at least an hour, ideally several.
- Sweep The Surfaces: Get rid of any dust that has built up since the last guest, particularly on the nightstand or around the bedframe.
- Add Fresh Sheets: Once you have confirmation that a guest is staying the night, pop upstairs and make the bed with fresh linens, decorative scatter cushions, and their own hand towel.
Preparing the room in advance allows you to offer it to friends and family as needed, without rushing to get it ready as the evening draws to a close.
Create A Schedule
Your family’s daily, and even weekly, routine is entirely misaligned during the summer holidays. Your little ones aren’t in school, but you are most likely still in work full-time, making it harder to find the time (or energy) to keep your home clean and tidy.
That’s why we recommend breaking your cleaning routine down into daily and weekly tasks that the little ones can help out with:
| Frequency | Tasks |
| Daily |
|
| Weekly |
|
Tackle Airborne Allergens
Whilst having your windows open allows fresh, cool air and plenty of natural light into the home, it also risks letting in dust, pollen, and other allergens. To keep your bedrooms, living room, and lounge allergen-free, here are some simple habits to incorporate into your summer cleaning routine:
- Check the local pollen levels before you open the windows.
- Sweep the hallways and entrances regularly.
- Shake out cushions, and wash their cases each week.
- Hoover or dust the window sills.
- Dust in between the blind slats.
This will keep the fresh air circulating around your home, without letting in those airborne nasties.
Declutter Every Day
Tidying up as you go is much better than putting everything off until the big Saturday clean… especially since you have a few extra hands to help you keep the house in order!
Sit your little ones down and remind them how important it is that they take responsibility for their own clutter throughout the holidays. If they bring an item out of their rooms, then they must take it back upstairs; similarly, if they make a mess during one of their activities, then it’s on them to tidy it up.
Reinforce this by rewarding them each time they clear up after themselves without being told to, and remind them that doing this frees up more quality time for you to all enjoy as a family.
Hire A Cleaner
Even the most comprehensive cleaning schedule isn’t going to change the fact that it is you, or your loved ones, who will be giving up their free time over the summer in order to maintain a clean house.
The school holidays are precious opportunities to spend time together, and you shouldn’t have to worry about keeping your home clean or making the most of the additional family time. They’re both important, but one is much more rare and valuable than the other, so reclaim your free time this summer by hiring a cleaner.
Depending upon how many rooms you have to clean, and how long you spend cleaning them, you will free up several hours more each week to spend in a fresh, tidy, and sparklingly clean home.
How DCA-Approved Cleaners Will Keep Your Home Clean
So, whether you’re looking for a regular cleaning service throughout the summer, or a one-off deep clean to see you through till September, there’s truly nowhere better to find the best local house cleaners than on the DCA website.
All of their members are fully insured and registered with a national governing body, so click here to find your nearest DCA-approved cleaning team.