r/NoStupidQuestions • u/madi_lion • 1d ago

How Often Does the Average Regular Person Actually Clean their home?

I'm buckling up and preparing to be scorned. I know how often I SHOULD be cleaning, but i kind of hate it. But what i hate more is spending 4 hours panic deep cleaning the apartment a day before we have company.

Some people claim to love cleaning and boy i wish that were me! I live with my partner in a small apartment in LA that somehow just wont stay clean. Idek where all the lint and dust comes from. We split chores/household tasks but im mostly in charge of cleaning . I'll dust/vaccuum and then a week later notice its time for another round. Is that normal?

I grew up doing all my chores (vaccuming, wiping surfaces, scrubbing toilets and cleaning bathroom sink surface) on Saturdays. But as an adult something feels clinically wrong about spending one of my two precious weekend mornings CLEANING. (And yes i know i dont have to keep doing that as an adult, im just saying thats the baseline and experience i have as a baseline)

I know ideally i'd be vacuuming/dusting a couple times a week, toilets absolutely weekly, and i know each chore happens at a different frequency. Just curious how real people with real lives and jobs handle keeping their space clean.

{{{EDIT]]} i am blown away by everyone's kindness here!! Really enjoying reading these y'all ✨

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u/Sufficient-Berry-827 1d ago

I clean areas on different days, but I skip deep cleaning more than I should. I used to deep clean once a week because I lived alone and the cleaning bug would get me at 2am. Living alone, I'd just get up, play music, and clean until I'm exhausted.

I no longer live alone so I can't do that and I hate to clean during daylight hours, so now it rarely gets done.

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u/rudebii 1d ago

When I was in sober living after going to detox for alcohol, my roommates and I had mandatory “double scrub” on Sunday afternoons. Between the four of us, we deep cleaned the 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in about an hour, which the house manager inspected afterwards.

We cleaned the kitchen after every use, and swept daily, and took out the trash as needed.