How Often Should You Clean Your Home? A Room-by-Room Guide for Londoners

Life in London is busy. Between work, commuting, social plans, and everything else, cleaning often falls to the bottom of the list. But here is the truth: not every room needs a weekly deep clean. If you know what to prioritise, you can keep your home fresh without spending your whole weekend scrubbing.

Here is our room-by-room guide to how often you really need to clean — and when to call in the professionals.

The Kitchen — Weekly Minimum

Your kitchen gets the most use and needs the most attention.

• Daily — wipe worktops, wash dishes, sweep the floor.
• Weekly — mop the floor, wipe cupboard doors, clean the hob and sink, take out the bin and wipe it.
• Monthly — inside the microwave, inside cupboards, degrease the extractor fan.
• Quarterly — inside the oven and fridge, behind and underneath large appliances.

The Bathroom — Weekly

• Weekly — clean the toilet, shower, bath, sink, and mirror. Mop the floor.
• Monthly — descale the showerhead, clean grout lines, wash bath mats.
• Quarterly — deep clean tiles, descale glass screens, organise cabinets.

Living Areas — Fortnightly

• Weekly — vacuum high-traffic areas, dust surfaces, plump cushions.
• Fortnightly — vacuum under furniture, dust skirting boards and shelves.
• Monthly — clean windows inside, dust light fittings, vacuum curtains or blinds.
• Seasonally — deep clean carpets or rugs, wash curtains, declutter.

Bedrooms — Weekly or Fortnightly

• Weekly — make the bed, put away clothes, dust surfaces.
• Fortnightly — vacuum floors (including under the bed), change and wash bedding.
• Monthly — wipe skirting boards, dust blinds, organise wardrobe shelves.
• Quarterly — flip or rotate mattress, wash pillows, deep clean carpets.

Halls, Stairs, and Landings — Fortnightly

• Fortnightly — vacuum stairs and hallway, dust banisters and skirting boards.
• Monthly — wipe down front door, clean light switches, dust high shelves.

The Lazy Londoner's Shortcut — Book a Regular Cleaner

Honestly? The easiest way to keep your home clean is to have someone else do it. A standard clean once a week or fortnight from Book the Cleaner covers all the regular stuff — hoovering, mopping, dusting, kitchen, bathroom — so you only have to worry about the bits in between.

Our standard clean starts at £60. Same cleaner every visit, all products and equipment included. You book online, we handle the rest.

Book your standard clean online — takes two minutes, no phone calls.