Routine Cleaning Checklist
Kitchen
- All surfaces and items within arm’s reach are dusted
- Cupboard fronts
- Backsplash
- Countertops
- All items on counters are cleaned (small appliances, soap dispensers etc.)
- The kitchen sink is scrubbed, shined, and dried
- Kitchen window and windowsill
- The fridge (outside only) is cleaned and shined with stainless steel cleaner
- Stovetop
- Hood range (degrease traps as needed)
- Microwave inside and out
- Light switches
- Dining room table and chairs
- Clean high-touch surfaces (light switches and doorknobs)
- Dust light fixtures, shades
- Vacuum and Mop floors, including baseboards
Washroom
- All surfaces and items within arm’s reach are dusted
- Vanity lights dusted
- Mirrors
- Sink shine chrome taps with microfiber
- Countertop
- Cupboard fronts are wiped, and handles are shined
- Descale tub and shower, chrome shined
- Wipe items on the counters and in the shower
- Clean toilets and use enzymes for odours
- Walls and baseboards around the toilet
- Clean smudges from walls (eye level down usually)
- Clean high-touch surfaces (light switches and doorknobs)
- Garbage removed
- General staging and tidying
- Window and windowsill
- Vacuum and mop floors, including baseboards
Living Room
- All surfaces and items within arm’s reach are dusted
- Dust light fixtures, shades, and fans (within arm’s reach)
- General tidying (fluff pillows, fold blankets, straighten books)
- Straighten items on tables and cabinets to make them presentable
- Wipe windowsills
- Clean smudges from walls (eye level down usually)
- Clean high-touch surfaces (light switches and doorknobs)
- Furniture vacuumed, including underneath, as far as we can reach
- Vacuum and mop floors, including baseboards
Bedrooms
- All surfaces and items within arm’s reach are dusted
- Straighten bedding
- Dust the top of the headboard
- Dust bedside tables and lamps
- Straighten items on tables, cabinets, and shelves to make them presentable
- Wipe windowsills
- Clean smudges from walls (eye level down usually)
- Clean high-touch surfaces (light switches and doorknobs)
- Vacuum and mop floors, including baseboards
- Vacuum furniture and under bed and furniture as far as our tools can reach
Front Entry, Hallways, and Stairwells
- All surfaces and items within arm’s reach are dusted
- General tidying
- Vacuum and mop
- Clean smudges from walls (eye level down usually)
- Clean high-touch surfaces (light switches and doorknobs)
