MotionShine01 / Daily
Seven boxes
Quick jobs get a box under every day of the week.
Free tool
Cleaning schedule template, daily, weekly and monthly jobs on one sheet.
List your cleaning jobs by how often they happen and get one printable sheet with a box for each. Daily jobs get seven day boxes, weekly jobs can be spread across the week for you, and monthly and every few months jobs get their own columns. Load a starter list for a flat or a family house, change it, and print.
Your jobs, your boxes. The preview is the PDF.
The schedule is made in your browser. Your lists are kept in this browser for next time and are never uploaded.
How it works
Four lists, one sheet.
02 / Weekly
A day for each job
Choose to have each job placed on its own day, or a box on every day.
03 / Monthly
Weeks and seasons
Monthly jobs get four week boxes, and every few months jobs get four quarter boxes.
Guide
How to build a cleaning schedule, and how it spreads the week.
A cleaning schedule is a checklist that sorts jobs by how often they come round, so the whole home gets looked after without one big weekend clean. This page builds the sheet from your own lists. You type the jobs in four boxes, one for each rhythm, and it prints a tidy sheet with a tick box wherever one is needed. The starter lists are only examples. Every job and every frequency is yours to change.
How to use it
- Pick Start from a list to load Small flat or Family house, or type your own jobs.
- Put quick jobs in Every day, jobs for each week in Once a week, and the rest in Once a month and Every few months. Up to 30 jobs in each box. A box can be empty and its section is left out.
- Under Weekly jobs, choose Pick a day for each job to have each job given a day, or A box on every day to decide on the day yourself.
- Tick Add a Who column if people share the work and want to write initials.
- Choose the week start, colour, whether to include weekends, and the paper, then press Save the PDF.
How the weekly jobs are spread
With Pick a day for each job, job number k out of n is given the day at position (k + 0.5) times the number of days divided by n, rounded down. Six weekly jobs over a seven day week land on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so Thursday is left free. If you turn off weekends, the same six jobs over five days land on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The order follows the order of your list, so put the jobs you want early in the week at the top.
Only the chosen day shows a tick box, and the other days stay empty. That keeps the sheet readable and makes it clear what is due on which day. If you would rather mix the days yourself, choose A box on every day.
The four sections
| Section | Columns | Box for |
|---|---|---|
| Every day | Seven days, or five without weekends | Each job on each day |
| Once a week | The same days | One day for each job, or every day |
| Once a month | Wk 1 to Wk 4 | Each job in each week |
| Every few months | Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec | Each job in each quarter |
Writing jobs that get done
- Name a job by what you do, such as "Wipe the counters", so it is clear when it is finished.
- Name the place when it matters: "Clean the bathroom" is one job, "Scrub the shower" another.
- Do not overfill the daily list. A short daily list gets ticked, and a long one gets ignored.
- Move a job to a different box if you keep missing it. The frequency is yours to choose, and no one rule fits every home.
When the lists are long
The sheet is one page when it fits. If your lists need more room, the next section moves to a second page, and a section that runs over is marked as continued. Each page has the title and a name line at the top.
Pair the schedule with a chore chart to share the jobs between people, or a weekly planner to fit them around the rest of the week.
Questions
Good to know.
What is a good cleaning schedule?
There is no single right answer. It is the one that matches your home and your time. List the jobs by how often they come round, and move a job to a different frequency if it is not working.
Can I pick which day each weekly job falls on?
The tool places each weekly job on its own day for you, in the order of your list. To choose the days yourself, pick A box on every day.
Can I leave a section out?
Yes. Leave its box empty and the section does not print.
Does it print in black and white?
Yes. Choose Black and white under Colour for plain grey headings.
Can two people share the sheet?
Yes. Tick Add a Who column and write initials beside each job.
How many jobs fit on a page?
About thirty on a page, depending on the paper. More jobs flow onto a second page.
Are my lists saved?
In this browser only, for next time. Nothing is uploaded.
