Whole-House Cleaning Schedule

Who this is for

One page that says who cleans what, and when. Each room or area in the house gets a line with its main jobs, the frequency you have chosen, the day it happens, the person responsible and the date it was last done.

Households that want the cleaning shared out and visible, and anyone who keeps losing track of which rooms have been done and which have been quietly skipped.

What this helps you track

• Which room is cleaned on which day, agreed once and written down
• Who is responsible for each area, so nothing falls between two people
• The frequency you have decided on for each room — yours, not ours
• When each area was last done, which is the honest test of any schedule

How to use it

1. Fill in the household and the period the schedule covers at the top.
2. Go down the pre-filled list of areas and cross out any you do not have; add your own in the spare rows.
3. Write the main jobs for each area in a few words, then choose a frequency and a day.
4. Put a name against every line. A line with no name is a line nobody does.
5. Pin the printed copy up where it will be seen, or keep the browser version open and tick rooms off as they are done.
6. When the date in the last-done column is older than the frequency says, that room is the next job.

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

How often should each room be cleaned?

That is for you to decide, which is why the frequency column is blank. It depends on how many people and animals live there, what the room is used for and what standard you are happy with. Write in what you will actually keep to.

Is this the same as the daily and weekly checklists?

No. This is the overview — one line per room. The daily and weekly checklists break a single room's jobs into tickable tasks. Many people use this to decide the plan and the checklists to carry it out.

Can I use it for a flat-share or a shared office?

Yes. The person column is what makes it work in a shared space: every area has a name against it and a date it was last done, so the conversation is about the sheet rather than about who did what.

Does the browser version save my rooms?

It saves in your own browser on the device you used, with nothing sent to us. Print it or download the completed PDF if you want a copy elsewhere.