Weekly or fortnightly visits keep the basics under control: kitchens, bathrooms, dusting and floors. The bigger jobs are different. Left to chance, they pile up until the whole house needs a reset at once. Planning home cleaning through the year spreads them out, so each season has a few extra jobs and nothing gets left for years. This post gives a simple yearly plan to sit alongside regular domestic cleaning, with links to our seasonal guides for the detail.
Spring: the fuller refresh
Spring light shows up everything winter hid: smeared windows, dusty light fittings and the grime behind furniture. It is the natural time for the biggest refresh of the year:
- interior windows, frames and sills
- light fittings, lampshades and the tops of wardrobes
- moving furniture to clean behind and underneath
- washing or dusting curtains and blinds
- a thorough clean of the kitchen and bathrooms, including descaling
Our spring cleaning checklist goes through it room by room.
Summer: windows open and doors in use
With windows open and people in and out of the garden, dust and grit come in faster. Summer is a good time for:
- wiping window sills, frames and door tracks more often
- a clean before you go on holiday, so you come back to a fresh home
- a clean after guests have stayed
If you are away for a while, it is worth pausing or moving regular visits, and booking one for the week you come back.
Autumn: mud season begins
Once the weather turns, the hallway takes the strain. Autumn is the time to:
- clean entrance mats and the hall floor more often
- book a carpet clean before the busy months, especially in hallways and on stairs
- clean the oven before it is in heavy use over the winter
- check the bathroom for early signs of mould around seals and windows
Our post on how often carpets need a professional clean helps you decide whether this is the year.
Winter: condensation, heating and visitors
Closed windows and drying laundry indoors mean condensation, and condensation means mould in corners, on window frames and around the bath. Radiators collect dust once the heating is on. In the run-up to Christmas, many households want the house ready for guests. Our guides to preparing your home for winter and the winter cleaning checklist cover each of these.
Jobs for once or twice a year
| Job | How often | When it fits |
|---|---|---|
| A deep clean of the whole home | Once or twice a year | Spring, or before a big event |
| Carpet cleaning | Every 6 to 12 months for most homes | Autumn or spring |
| Inside kitchen cupboards | Once or twice a year | With the deep clean, or spread over a few visits |
| Behind and under appliances | Once a year | With the deep clean |
| Interior windows and blinds | Two to four times a year | One room per visit, or all at once in spring |
| Inside the oven | Two to four times a year, more if used daily | Before the winter and after the festive season |
Fitting it around regular visits
There are two ways to get the bigger jobs done. You can add them to normal visits one at a time: the oven one month, the windows the next. Our post on extras you can add to a regular clean explains how. Or you can book a separate one-off or deep clean once or twice a year and keep regular visits for upkeep. You can also combine the two.
To plan your year of cleaning with us, call 01483 773531 or send us a message.