Your Room-By-Room Cleaning Checklist

Cleaning your home is an important task and you must do it routinely to prevent accumulation of illness-causing pathogens. Moreover, decluttering and organising your personal and household belongings is necessary to keep your house in the best shape. Regular house sanitation helps reduce stress, anxiety and allergies because there are less germs in your home and no clutter. However, you cannot perform house cleaning without a plan as it leads to backtracking and waste of time, cleaning supplies and efforts. You can hire end of lease cleaning Canberra professionals if you lack the time or expertise for the tasks. However, if you plan to sanitise your home yourself, you must streamline your chores to get work done in time and without hassle. You will need a checklist, as even professionals use it to outline their tasks. Thus, here is your room-by-room cleaning checklist.

Clean Your Bedroom

Start cleaning with the less hectic room to maintain. Here’s how you can spruce your bedroom in no time.

Make your bed

Spot-dust furniture, shelves and slabs

Put dirty clothes & towels in the laundry hamper

Vacuum bedding, carpets and curtains

Sort & Tidy the Living Room

Once your bedroom is clean, move to sort the living room & make it presentable and welcoming household members or guests.

Pick up trash using a disposable bin bag. Ensure to separate recyclable items from organic waste.

Pick up toys, dishes, clothes, books and other things not belonging in the living room

Wipe and spot clean the cabinetry, shelves, stands etc.

Wipe the switches, doorknobs, handles, and other high touch points.

Remove cobwebs and insect marks

Dust the lights, fans and other fixtures

Spot clean walls and wipe baseboards

Dust the curtains and blinds

Vacuuming the furniture, carpets, rugs, curtains and all other surfaces

Sweep and mop the floor (if you have hard floors).

Deep Clean the Bathroom

The bathroom is important to clean, as its surfaces and fixtures are constantly exposed to dirt, grime, germs, hard water, soap scum & much more. here’s how you can clean it.

Apply bathroom cleaner to toilet, bathtub and sink & wait 10 minutes before scrubbing and washing the fixtures.

Wipe the mirrors, glass surfaces and cabinets

Descale the shower head, taps and hoses

Scrub the tiles and clean the grouts

Clean the shower screen or toss the shower curtain in the washing machine.

Clean the exhaust fan and bathroom fixtures.

Wash then mop the floor

Thoroughly Sanitise The Kitchen

The kitchen is among the dirtiest rooms in your house and you must focus well on this room while cleaning your house.

Declutter your kitchen by getting rid of unwanted items, expired food, rotten edibles etc.

Dust the lights, fans and fixtures.

Clean the oven, dishwasher and microwave.

Clean the refrigerator

Wipe kitchen walls and baseboards

Wipe the appliances like coffee maker, toaster, air fryer etc.

Wash dishes and the sink

Clean the stove and rangehood

Remove spots and stains from the countertops, shelves and splatter zone.

Sweep and mop the floors 

Declutter & Clean The Garage

The garage can become a place to hoard things you want out of the house. Thus, it can have multiple unwanted things and dirty areas.

Donate, toss or resell things from the garage

Wipe all shelves, storage units and containers

Spot clean walls and wipe baseboards

Clean the doors and windows

Sweep and spot clean the floors

Tasks to Perform Throughout the House

Here is a list of house cleaning tasks you must do in each room.

Clean windows and wash window/door screens (if any)

Sanitise high touch points like switches, doorknobs, handles, etc.

Vacuum carpets, rugs and upholstery

Clean the blinds

Sweep and mop the floors

Clean the air vents and registers

Dispose of trash

Wipe and vacuum furniture

Clean Kid’s Bedroom

If you kids aren’t old enough to clean their rooms, do the following.

Pick up toys and wash them (sterilise whatever is necessary)

Make their bed or crib

Dust and wipe all surfaces

Organise toys, clothes, blankets and bedding

Vacuum the carpets, rugs and play areas

Sweep and mop hard floors

Laundry Room

Mould and dampness can quickly make this room look and smell bad. Thus, take the following measures to keep it clean.

Aerate the room and make sure it is well ventilated while cleaning

Clean and sanitise the washer and dryer

Clean behind the equipment

Spot clean walls and wipe skirtings

Get rid of empty bottles and containers

Wipe and declutter shelves

Refill and organise supplies

Sweep and mop the floors

Don’t Forget to Clean External Areas Bond cleaning is not only about the internal sanitation of the property; you have to pay attention to external areas well. Listed below are things you need to do for completing a bond clean.

De-weed and mow the grass in the yard/garden and trim the edges

Sweep and mop the garage, deck, or other outdoor floors

Vacuum the garage and alfresco

Other Things to Keep in Mind

Whether you clean the rented house yourself or get it sanitised by bond cleaners in Brisbane, you have to keep the following things in mind.

Remove trash from the property.

Move your belongings from the house before the end of lease clean. It can become challenging for the bond cleaners to clean the property which is cluttered with heavy furniture and other belongings.

Get professional help if there is pest infestation, heavily-soiled carpets, severe mould development, and other sanitation issues which cannot be resolved with DIY bond cleaning.

Wrapping Up

Maintaining a clean home is art and it requires planning and preparation. You can hire professionals for house cleaning, but you still need to streamline your chores. Thus, use this room-by-room cleaning checklist to ensure your home is neat and tidy at all times.