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What is the recommended cleaning frequency for your home?

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The recommended cleaning frequency for your home

> Daily cleaning

> weekly cleaning

> Monthly cleaning

> Once or twice a year

Cleaning frequency depends on a number of factors: the composition of your household, the amount of time you spend in your home, the presence of pets, your urban or city lifestyle, and the type of floors and surfaces in your home.

There are no miracles : a clean, healthy home depends on good daily, weekly, monthly and annual cleaning habits. Discover our best practices for regular and effective cleaning, and become the fairy of your home!

Our recommendations are based on an acceptable and achievable average for a 4-person household without pets. It's up to you to adapt to your own lifestyle!

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DAILY CLEANING

Because it only takes a few minutes a day, and it's always a time-saver when it comes to weekly cleaning, here's a list of daily tasks to keep your home clean and healthy:

Throughout the house

  • Air all rooms at least once a day for 5 to 10 minutes, even in winter
  • Tidy up as you go along, saving time for the weekly clean-up
  • Vacuum quickly or sweep where necessary
  • Clean your surfaces and upholstery as soon as you get a stain, to prevent it from sticking around and become too difficult to remove during the weekly clean-up
  • Take off your shoes when you come home, to reduce the risk of soiling your interior and bringing in bacteria from outside

Kitchen

  • Wipe down the table, sink, worktop, hob and credenza after every use
  • Wash daily dishes by hand or in the dishwasher 
  • Empty garbage cans (frequency to be adjusted according to size of garbage can and household composition)

Bedrooms

  • Pat and shake pillows and comforter
  • Leave bed unmade while airing out your room
  • Pay particular attention to humidity in your bedroom, which encourages the development of bacteria and dust mites

Sanitary

  • Rinse shower tray/tub and walls after each use
  • Squeegee glass walls to prevent clogging and the formation of hard-to-remove limescale droplets

 

weekly cleaning

Now it's time to get serious! An opportunity to devote more time to less regular but necessary tasks.

Throughout the house

  • Dust furniture, shelves, frames and knick-knacks
  • Clean mirrors and other glass surfaces
  • Vacuum all rooms, paying particular attention to carpets, rugs and upholstery
  • Wash floors, disinfect only if necessary

Kitchen

  • Clean kitchen surfaces: worktops, hobs, credenzas and furniture tops
  • Clean handles on cupboards, drawers and appliances, especially the refrigerator handle
  • Clean surfaces of small electrical appliances: kettle, coffee maker, multi-function food processor, etc.
  • Change tea towels

Bedrooms

  • Change all bed linen

Sanitary

  • Clean washbasin, shower and/or bathtub, mirrors and taps
  • Don't forget the drain in your bathtub or shower tray to ensure proper drainage, and unclog if necessary with a suitable product
  • Change towels and bath mats
  • Descale and disinfect toilets
 

MONTHLY CLEANING

This is a more thorough type of cleaning. Carried out once a month on average, it will keep your home a pleasant place to live.

Throughout the house

  • Wash windows
  • Clean cupboard doors and handles, as well as light switches
  • Dust light bulbs, chandeliers, skirting boards, ventilation grilles and VMC hatches
  • Vacuum sofa, under cushions and in hard-to-reach corners
  • Vacuum/dust inside wardrobes and walk-in closets
  • Wash and disinfect dustbins 
  • Empty bagless vacuum cleaner or change vacuum cleaner bag

Kitchen

  • Clean inside microwave and oven
  • Clean refrigerator, shelves and drawers
  • Clean and degrease dishwasher, check regenerating salt and rinse aid levels, and refill if necessary

SANITARY

  • Thoroughly clean bathroom, bathtub/shower tray, taps, etc.
  • Wash shower curtain
  • Clean the washing machine with an empty cycle and a suitable product if necessary

 

once or twice a year

Well-known as "spring cleaning", it's important to give your home a thorough once-over once or twice a year.

Throughout the house

  • Clean window jambs and glass doors
  • Clean radiators
  • For textile sofas, remove the covers for machine washing; otherwise, clean with a special product.
  • For leather sofas, clean according to manufacturer's recommendations
  • Machine-wash, steam-clean or dry-clean curtains using a specific product, depending on the nature of the textile
  • Deep clean carpets
  • Clean vacuum cleaner brushes, change filters

Kitchen

  • Clean inside cupboards
  • Defrost and disinfect your refrigerator

Bedrooms

  • Wash or dry-clean pillows, blankets and comforters
  • Vacuum mattresses, turning them over if necessary

Sanitary

  • Clean sink, shower or bathtub seals
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