General cleaning is canceled: just use these 5 tips from a professional housekeeper

Spending at least half a day scrubbing the apartment is a dubious pleasure. Sometimes we postpone cleaning over and over again, so unwilling are we to pick up a cloth. An expert suggested how to get in the mood for order.

Sooner or later, we all have to find time to tidy up our apartments, writes doctorpiter. It seems that we are only home in the morning and late evening — how does dust accumulate and clutter build up? However, even if no one lives in the house, it still gradually gets dirty; there's nothing you can do about it.

The most unpleasant moment for most housewives is realizing that it's time for a deep clean. It’s easy to spend an entire day on it, get very tired, and not finish. However, a professional housekeeper knows how to forget about deep cleaning once and for all.

Jay runs her blog where she shares cleanliness secrets. Recently, she shared "non-negotiable household rules" that she lives by and urged others to adopt the same cleaning habits.

Here are the rules that help keep the house clean and avoid spending weekends on cleaning.

Wash the kitchen sink every evening. There’s no need to sprinkle it with special cleaner and scrub. Just rinse it with warm water after wiping it with a cloth and dishwashing liquid. It will take about 30 seconds.
Wipe the stovetop before bed. Few people enjoy cleaning dried food and grease. However, if you wipe the stove after cooking, you won’t have to do it later. Even small things like boiled-over pasta water can leave stains on the stovetop, and cleaning them later will be much harder.
Boil the kettle with citric acid. Do this at least once a week — you’ll forget what it’s like to deal with limescale. Just add two teaspoons to the water, boil it, wait 30 minutes, and rinse the kettle under clean water.
Don’t forget about the oven. Baked a chicken? Great, as soon as the stove cools down, wipe the inside with a damp cloth. This way, you’ll avoid a long cleaning session later on.
Dust with a dry cloth. From surfaces as well as from the floor. Take a microfiber cloth and, without lifting it, wipe down the dresser or the parquet. That’s it, your place is already much cleaner!

All the points listed above take at most 10 minutes. This way, you take maximum care to keep the house as free from dirt, dust, and stains as possible. You’ll see that as soon as you start using these tips, your planned cleaning won’t take all day, but no more than an hour.