When you’re a homeowner or renter and all your other responsibilities keep piling up, finding time to keep your home tidy can be difficult. This article has some top tips from the community to help you keep on top of it all.

1. Podcast Cleaning

One of the most popular tips from younger renters or homeowners is to put a podcast on while you clean. Whether it be an educational, true crime podcast or just of fun one, listening to an entire episode each week gives you something to look forward to while you clean, and puts your mind at ease while multi-tasking.

2. Pantry Organisation

Just like the Kardashians, many people feel that organising your pantry is the number one way to feel lighter and feel like you have given an area of your home a proper clean. Using clear (and cheap) boxes to store loose items or pantry foods also makes a huge difference when organising your pantry.

3. Empty Hand Tactic

You may have heard of it, but it’s the “don’t leave the room empty-handed” reminder to yourself, that if said enough times turns into a subconscious reminder and you won’t even need to think about regular tidying of your home.

4. Essential Oils

Becoming increasingly popular, though not a new tactic is using essential oils to keep your home smelling fresh. Choose your favourite essential oil, though many have said they like peppermint or eucalyptus and soak a couple of cotton balls with them, you can use these to keep certain areas smelling nice such as placing them at the bottom of your bin bag, in the shower or using aroma therapy such as a diffuser to spread the scent throughout your home.

5. Self-timer

A motivational tactic, particularly for the younger renters is timing your clean-up or choosing a set time to complete your clean-up and attempting to improve your time each week. For example, you may set a timer to 40 minutes to completely clean your bedroom. If you still feel motivated after the timer goes off, choose another room and keep going! Either set another time for that specific room to try and beat or just carry on with the knowledge that you cleaned your bedroom within 40 minutes.

Staying on top of housework is easier than you think. Give these tips a go and enjoy a cleaner, more organised home.