Household Chore Rota
Split the jobs between everyone in the house before the month starts, so the question of whose turn it is has already been answered in writing.
CR-05 1 page
Cleaning and routines · CR-01
Weekly Cleaning Schedule
A free printable weekly cleaning schedule — your own jobs down the side, the days across the top, and a box to tick for each one.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Hold your own weekly routine on one page and see what has actually been done. The jobs are yours to write in; the grid is the part worth printing.
Who it is for
Anyone running a household, a shared house or a flat, and cleaners who want the week written down rather than remembered.
How to use it
- Write the jobs you actually do down the left-hand column.
- Tick the day each one was done — the blank columns are the honest bit.
- Use the starting-point list above to catch anything you have been forgetting.
- Print a fresh copy each week and keep the last one until the new one is filled in.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Your own jobs down the side, the days across the top. There is no cleaning plan printed on this sheet, because a one-bedroom flat and a farmhouse with a dog do not share one — write in the routine you actually keep and tick the day it was done.
Write-on lines: Household · Week beginning
A starting point to argue with — left column weekly · right column monthly or less often
- Floors vacuumed and washed
- Kitchen worktops, sink and hob
- Toilets, basins, shower or bath
- Bins emptied and the bin wiped
- Bed linen and towels changed
- Handles, switches and remotes
- Inside the microwave and the toaster
- Extractor and cooker hood filter
- Skirting boards and door frames
- Windows inside, sills and blinds
- Behind the furniture that moves
- Shower screen, grout and plugholes
Your week — write the job, tick the day it was done
Table, 9 rows: Job · Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun
Questions
Why does the sheet not tell me what to clean on which day?
Because the answer depends on your home, not on ours. A flat with one bathroom and a farmhouse with a dog do not share a routine, and a printed plan that fits neither gets thrown away. The short list on the sheet is a prompt to argue with, not a schedule to follow.
How is this different from the chore rota?
This one covers a single week and is usually filled in by one person. The chore rota runs across a month and splits the jobs between several people by name.
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Also in the resources library
The same subject, with a version you can fill in on screen.
Daily Cleaning Checklist
The handful of jobs that make the biggest difference if done every day.
CL-12 Checklist PDF Online
Shared House Cleaning Rota
Which jobs the house has agreed exist, written down once.
CL-422 Schedule PDF Online
Weekly Cleaning Checklist
Every room's weekly jobs on one page, so nothing is done twice or not at all.
CL-13 Checklist PDF Online
Whole-House Cleaning Schedule
Which room is cleaned on which day, agreed once and written down.
CL-11 Schedule PDF Online
