🧽 Spring cleaning checklist

Ordered room by room rather than task by task, so you carry the bucket once. Within each room it runs top to bottom, because dust falls.

36 items

1. Whole house first
2. Open every window
3. Strip and wash all bedding
4. Curtains washed or aired
5. Light fittings and lampshades dusted
6. Skirting boards wiped
7. Door handles and light switches
8. Kitchen
9. Oven, including the door glass
10. Extractor filter — soak it, do not scrub it
11. Fridge emptied, shelves out, and behind it
12. Freezer defrosted
13. Cupboards emptied and wiped
14. Out-of-date food thrown out
15. Bin washed inside
16. Descale the kettle
17. Bathroom
18. Descale taps and shower headOvernight in a bag of vinegar beats twenty minutes of scrubbing.
19. Regrout or reseal anything black
20. Plughole cleared
21. Extractor fan cover washed
22. Bin, toothbrush cups, bath mat
23. Bedrooms
24. Mattress vacuumed and turned
25. Under the bed
26. Wardrobes sorted, one bag to donate
27. Windows inside and out
28. Living room
29. Sofa cushions out and vacuumed underneath
30. Behind and under the furniture
31. Screens and remotes
32. Bookshelves
33. Last
34. Hoover everywhere, once, at the end
35. Mop hard floors
36. Take the donation bags out of the houseBags left in the hall come back upstairs.