Cleaning Schedule Generator
Generate a weekly cleaning rota for your household. Assign 40+ cleaning tasks across rooms and people for a fair, organised schedule you can print.
A Rota That Actually Splits the Work
Set the number of rooms (up to 6), the people in the household, and how often you want to clean. The generator builds a rota assigning specific tasks to specific people on specific days. Two adults sharing a four-room flat with weekly cleaning gets a 14-task week, with each task tagged to a person and a day so nobody is doing the bins twice while the other one watches television.
The default frequency is weekly, which works for most households who do a 30-to-45-minute blitz on Saturday mornings. Daily mode spreads 7 tasks per day for households with kids or pets where the bathroom needs daily attention. Fortnightly mode batches more tasks into longer sessions for working couples who would rather give up two Saturdays a month than every one.
What Gets Cleaned, How Often
The schedule pulls from a library of 40+ standard tasks split by room: kitchen (counters, hob, sink, floor, bins), bathroom (toilet, sink, mirrors, shower, tiles), bedroom (bed, vacuum, dust, mirrors), living room (sofas, surfaces, electronics), hallway and general. The randomisation means the same job rarely lands on the same person two weeks running, which kills resentment over who always gets the toilet.
The free version is the on-screen schedule. The premium PDF is the printable rota - one page per week, large enough to magnet to the fridge, with tick boxes per task. Households that already track other repeating jobs sometimes pair this with [Habit Tracker](/habit-tracker) to keep daily kitchen wipe-downs visible alongside personal habits.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long should a weekly clean take?
For a typical 3-bed UK home, plan 60 to 90 minutes for a full weekly clean if two people split the work. Solo, allow 90 to 120 minutes. A daily 10-minute tidy plus a weekly 60-minute deep clean is more sustainable than a single Saturday morning blitz.
What is the best cleaning order in a room?
Top to bottom, dry to wet, back to front. Dust shelves before vacuuming the floor (so dust falls onto the floor, gets vacuumed up). Wipe surfaces before mopping. Start at the back of the room and work towards the door so you do not walk back over wet floor.
How do I split chores fairly in a houseshare?
Either split by room (one person does the kitchen all week, another does the bathroom) or by task category (one does floors and surfaces, another does bins and laundry). The generator uses a rotation, which works well when no one task is much worse than the others.
Can I print the schedule?
Yes. The premium PDF download is a one-page-per-week printable with tick boxes, designed to fit on a fridge or notice board. Tick boxes are large enough to fill in with a pen while standing.
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