Daily Cleaning Checklist

Who this is for

The everyday jobs on a seven-day grid. The tasks that keep a house ticking over run down the left, the days of the week run across the top, and each one gets a tick when it is done — so a week of daily cleaning fits on one sheet.

Anyone who wants the small daily jobs to happen without thinking about them: busy households, people setting up a routine for the first time, and shared homes where the day's jobs need to be visible to everyone.

What this helps you track

• The handful of jobs that make the biggest difference if done every day
• Which days the routine held and which days it slipped
• A week at a glance, on one sheet, rather than a new list every morning
• Spare rows for the jobs particular to your home

How to use it

1. Write the week beginning at the top and pin the sheet up in the kitchen, or open the browser version.
2. Go through the pre-filled tasks and cross out any that do not apply; write your own in the spare rows.
3. Tick each task under the day it was done. A blank box is information, not a failure.
4. At the end of the week, look at the columns: a task with no ticks is either not needed or needs a better time of day.
5. Print a fresh sheet each week, or clear the ticks in the browser version.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Do I really need to do all of these every day?

No. The list is a starting point, not a rule. Cross out what does not fit your home and add what does. The point of the grid is to see which jobs you actually do daily, not to hold you to somebody else's routine.

What is the difference between this and the weekly checklist?

This one holds the short jobs that are repeated every day — beds, worktops, washing up. The weekly checklist holds the longer room-by-room jobs that are done once a week, grouped by room.

Can two people share it?

Yes. Either agree who does which rows, or initial the tick boxes instead of ticking them. The whole-house schedule is better if you want a named person against each room.

Does the browser version remember the week?

It saves in your own browser on that device. When the week is over, download it as a PDF if you want to keep it, then clear it for the next week.