5 Cleaning tips for busy households on a budget

Life is busy and it is difficult to muster the energy after a task-driven day to tackle the mountain of cleaning work waiting at home.

Surely, the world won’t end if you didn’t get to clean as often, or bought less cleaning supplies? It won’t! But eventually, neglecting to do so creates an unhygienic and unhealthy environment for everyone in the household.

Cleaning requires time, energy, and money. However, you can make it fit in with your lifestyle and budget with these tips:

Tip 1: Create a cleaning schedule

Set aside specific days (or times) each week for cleaning different areas of your home. For example:

• Mondays – Laundry
• Tuesdays & Fridays – Bathroom/s
• Wednesdays & Saturdays – Kitchen
• Thursday – Bedrooms and communal areas

This consistency will help prevent tasks from piling up and make cleaning feel more manageable.

Tip 2: Make it fun

Try to make cleaning fun by listening to music, seeing it as part of your exercise regime and setting achievable goals.

Tip 3: Declutter regularly

Take time each week to declutter surfaces, closets, and drawers. Donate or discard items you no longer need or use to keep your space organised.

Tip 4: Make it a team effort

Everyone in the family needs to help. Create a chore chart to ensure everyone contributes regularly to maintaining the tidiness of the communal areas in the home. It goes without saying that every person oversees his or her bedroom.

Tip 5: Use efficient cleaning products and tools

Buy quality cleaning products and tools that will make the job easier and more efficient. With microfibre cloths for example you don’t need to buy furniture polish that often.

Look for product bundles like Cleaning Warehouse’s Budget Home Hamper.

This affordable hamper contains:

• 1 x 1L Dishwash Green
• 1 x 1L Heavy Duty Cleaner
• 1 x 1L Tile Cleaner
• 1 x 1L Bleach
• 1 x 1L Handy Kleen &
• 2 x 500g Oxy Powder

Everything your home needs for only R178.99.

About the Budget Home Hamper

Dishwash Super Green

Dishwash Super Green is a medium concentration, neutral dishwashing detergent pleasantly fragranced and gentle on hands.

Tip: Add 3.5 ml of product to 5 litres of warm dishwasher and another 3.5 ml directly on the dish wash sponge for a truly effective clean.

Heavy Duty Cleaner

Heavy Duty Cleaner is an automotive, high-pressure degreaser and general-purpose cleaner, containing eco-friendly raw materials.

Tile Cleaner

Tile Cleaner is a neutral detergent with a pleasant fragrance for daily floor tile maintenance.

Bleach

Bleach is a registered hard surface disinfectant and laundry bleaching agent, also effective at removing bad odours from drains.

Handy Kleen

Handy Kleen is a non-scratch ammoniated all-purpose cleaner suitable for cleaning baths, basins, stoves, tiles, showers etc.

Oxy Powder

Oxy Powder is a concentrated laundry detergent with long-lasting fragrance and zero dirt build-up in the machine. It is suitable for front-loaders, top-loader & twin tubs.

At Cleaning Warehouse, we are as passionate about our communities as we are about cleaning. That’s why we offer the most effective products in diverse sizing so you can buy what your budget allows.

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