Houses are a lot of work, what tasks should we be doing daily, weekly, monthly and bi annual/annually?

Daily

• Kitchen surfaces or anything food and dirty hands will touch
• Dishes, no one wants a pile of dishes to greet them in the morning
• Laundry, try to do at least a load a day (if you make that much laundry)
• Messes, any mess that was just made that can be cleaned now should be cleaned now (yes easier said than done)

Weekly

• Bathrooms:
  • Toilets
  • Sinks
  • Shower/Tub
  • Floors
  • High touch areas like door handles, cabinet pulls mirrors etc.
• Kitchen:
  • Wipe down surfaces that may have not been cleaned daily
  • Clean high touch areas like switches and door pulls
  • Scan the fridge/pantry for expired food
  • Check places like the microwave, oven, and small appliances and clean if needed
  • Clean the floors
• Bedrooms:
  • Bedding should be changed weekly (or at least twice a month)
  • High touch areas like switches, door knobs, pulls etc.
  • Clean up any stray laundry
  • Clean floors
• Other areas:
  • Pick up any messes or things that don't belong in each room
  • Clean high touch areas like switches, door knobs, remotes etc.
  • Dust (start high work lower)
  • Vacuum and/or sweep
  • Mop

Monthly

• Ceiling fans
• Light fixtures
• Baseboards (at least hit them with a duster or your mop)
• Cabinet doors
• Regular doors
• Windows and window trim
• Dishwasher and Washing machine filters if you have them
• HVAC filters
• Run a washing machine cleaner and cleaning cycle
• Same with the dish washer

Bi Annually and/or Annually

• Smoke detectors! Not cleaning but, check them make sure they work!
• Carpets and/or rugs. Hit them with a carpet cleaner or hire someone
• Windows, do a full clean inside and out of your windows 1-2 times a year. Some climates lend well to mold and mildew and may need to be done more often
• Curtains and blinds, they get dirty too! This is very important if you have allergies
• Your furniture, make sure you're hitting it with an upholstery cleaner every so often if it's fabric
• Pantry/Fridge/Cabinets: Semi or annually pull out everything, see what you have, what you forgot about, what got pushed to the back and missed during your weekly checks
• Cabinets: Take everything out and wipe everything down. Dust settles in there too. If you have shelf liners, this is a great time to replace them if needed.
• Oven: If you haven't been keeping up on it, now is your time. Deep clean that bad boy.
• Fridge: Pull it forward, clean the coils on the back (consult your user manual for any other cleaning you may need to do)
  -Oven Vent: If you have an oven vent, it probably has a filter and that filter needs to be changed or cleaned 1-2x a year, more if you cook a lot.

And finally

If you have any places you don't go often, garage, under a specific sink, in the basement etc. Check those out at least twice a year. A slow leak over 3 years will do a lot more damage than a slow leak over 3 weeks!

Please share any tips or tricks you have, anything you would add even if it's not for the home.