Spring is a great time to refresh the home with a deep and thorough clean. To make your spring cleaning easier, we’ve put together this convenient room-by-room guide (alongside some expert product recommendations). 

General spring cleaning jobs for throughout the home

Spring is a great time to do those more in-depth (or just often overlooked) cleaning jobs. So, before we jump into some more room-specific jobs, here are a few tips to remember for throughout the home:

  • Dust/wipe skirting boards and light fixtures.
  • Clean windows and windowsills.
  • Clean ceiling fans.
  • Check and clean/replace air filters, such as those in split system air conditioners, as needed (check product manuals first to see if safe to do so).

Kitchen

  • Remove expired items from your refrigerator and wipe down all compartments.
  • Repeat the process for your pantry.
  • Deodorise and degrease kitchen drain.
  • Scrub the stove and burners.
  • Clean extractor factor fan and hood.
  • Clean the oven, including soaking and scrubbing racks and trays.
  • Wipe down the inside and outside of the microwave.
  • Wipe all surfaces, such as splashbacks, walls, and cabinets.
  • Dust and clean hard to reach/forgotten spots such as above the fridge, tops of cabinets etc.
  • Vacuum and wash floors.

Product recommendations

Hard floor cleaners are an excellent time-saving solution for hard floor cleaning. With the ability to vacuum and wash floors simultaneously, and dual tanks keeping dirty and clean water separate, you get more hygienic floors in half the time!

We recommend the Bissell CrossWave® HF3 for an excellent, affordable hard floor option.

Dining room

  • Wash table linen.
  • Polish silver.

  • Dust china.

  • Spot clean seat cushions.

  • Vacuum and wash floors.

Product recommendations

Lightweight and cordless, stick vacuums are the ideal grab and go option to get under dining tables and around chairs, picking up dropped crumbs and messes. And a great place to start is with the Tineco PURE ONE range. Consisting of three stick vacuums, the PURE ONE X, PURE ONE S11 and PURE ONE S12, these smart sticks offer benefits like multi-stage filtration and smart dust sensors which automatically adjust suction power as needed.

Lounge/Living room

  • Dust/wipe down furniture.
  • Spot clean/wash upholstery.
  • Use a dry cloth (or even dryer sheets) to dust electronics.
  • Dust blinds and wash curtains.
  • Shampoo carpets.

Product recommendations

Breathe life back into your living room with our range of powerful carpet cleaning solutions. A great place to start is with a barrel vacuum such as the Hoover Tornado, a deep-cleaning vacuum that reaches into carpets, lifting embedded debris. Follow this up with the Bissell Cleanview Lift-Off Carpet Shampooer Bundle, which can bring a fresh and hygienic finish back to your carpets, so that they look and feel like new!

Bedroom

  • Wash bedding.
  • Turn your mattress over.
  • Empty cupboards and draws, dusting and cleaning inside.
  • Sort through clothes and donate unwanted items.
  • Clean mirrors.
  • Shampoo carpets.
  • Remove everything from desk – dust, clean, and sort through items and paperwork.

Product recommendations

Like the living room, your bedroom carpets can do with a good shampoo. You can stick with the Cleanview Lift-Off mentioned above, but another great option we recommend is the Hoover SmartWash™+ Automatic Carpet Washer. Equipped with Auto Dry and HeatForce™ technology, the SmartWash™+ powerfully extracts water for a faster drying time, so you can back to enjoying your bedroom.

Bathroom

  • Clear out expired personal care products such as medicine and makeup.
  • Clean makeup brushes.
  • Wipe mirrors.
  • Clean bath and shower.
  • Clean shower glass or wash/replace shower curtain.
  • Clean/replace shower head.
  • Scrub grouting and remove any mould/mildew.
  • Clean toilet (including removing and cleaning the seat).
  • Vacuum and wash floors.
  • Clean basin, bath, and shower drains.

Product recommendations

A natural way to sanitize tiles, steam mops are the ideal cleaning solution for the bathroom. And the Hoover Dual Plus Steam Mop is a versatile solution that is great for so much more than just floors.  Thanks to its clever design, the Dual Plus quickly converts to a handheld steamer which, when combined with the 14 specialised accessories, can be used to clean everything from faucet taps to shower grouting. It can even help steam clean upholstery and furniture!

Laundry

  • Clean washing machine.
  • Clean dryer vent.
  • Clean lint trap.
  • Organise laundry supplies.
  • Wipe walls.
  • Wipe baseboards.
  • Vacuum and wash.

Product recommendations

Typically, your laundry floors will be the same as your bathroom, so sticking with a steam mop is a good idea. Of course, if you prefer standard mopping, or your laundry isn’t tiled, the Essential Spray Mop is an affordable option that effectively cleans hard floors.

Find your cleaning solution at Godfreys

Discover a great range of cleaning solutions just in time for your spring clean at Godfreys. You can shop online or visit our friendly team of in-store experts for more information, advice, and demonstrations!