What is Spring Cleaning?
In traditional terms, spring cleaning is an yearly cleaning ritual where homeowners do a deep, thorough, home cleaning to usher in the start of spring. A thorough cleanup includes areas you do not usually include in your weekly cleaning or day to day maintenance, such as cleaning beneath carpets and furnishing, on top of bookshelves, etc. To spring clean means to clean up dirt from your ceiling all the way to your floor.
In the Singapore context, a spring-cleaning marathon is carried out in preparation for the festive season when families usher in the festive season with a clean slate.
A well-thought-out spring-cleaning is no walk in the park; it requires dedication for every section to be sparkling clean and welcoming. Spring-cleaning can be very time-consuming and hectic; hence, many people choose to hire a professional cleaning service to take care of it.
When Should You Start Spring Cleaning?
Different cultures have different traditions for thorough domestic cleaning. The spring clean up can start anywhere from 1st of March and continue all the way until the end of April.
However in Singapore, Chinese New Year (CNY) is mainly about the opportunity to start your life anew and most of us will start spring cleaning to prepare for the Lunar New Year. As spring cleaning requires special attention, it can take a couple of days to complete every corner of the house. The year’s spring cleaning officially starts on the 23th day of the 12th lunar month. There is approximately one week that you can dedicate to deep cleaning your house.
If you don’t want to end up with dirt on the first Chinese New Year’s day, you have to work hard. You should put value on each day of the preparation period to help each corner of your house spotlessly clean. CNY spring cleaning is a major whole-house task that requires a lot of effort and dedication. If your house is big, you especially have to rush to manage to sweep away all bad luck.
You may be wondering if you could spring clean during a non-CNY period? Of course! Regular household cleaning is a must for many. A lot of people tend to treat spring cleaning as part of their weekly or monthly chores. Spring cleaning is usually planned on your own before the festive season or springtime, but sometimes, the mundane and tiring chores can get in the way with your busy schedule. For busy professionals, balancing obligations of working hectic schedules and family on top of your household’s monthly chores can be difficult. While cleaning your house yourself may be enough to keep your house clean, you need to make sure cleaning is done right. Helpling’s professional cleaning service will give you the best house cleaning services that will last the longest amount of time. We are here to provide that ease of comfort and affordable solution to help you with your spring cleaning duties with some heavy duty cleaning and prepare you for the festivities in no time! Say goodbye to tiring chores and hello to a house cleaning service!
How is Helpling’s spring cleaning service different from regular cleaning service?
Our spring-cleaning services are different from regular house cleaning because we place a strong emphasis cleaning even the hidden spots that would usually be overlooked during a routine house cleaning. For an even more thorough cleaning, you can consider engaging our deep cleaning services. Click here to find out more about getting a deep clean with Helpling.
For our home cleaning services, we provide the cleaners with a supervisor (more experienced and knowledgeable) to oversee the whole cleaning service in your home. With our well-informed supervisor-in-charge, you may not have to be around for the job to be done to your expectation. Once you have safely secured your valuables and other confidential or private belongings, our professional cleaners take over to clean the rooms. Simply engage us for next year’s spring cleaning and spend quality time with your loved ones!
Tips on preparing for Spring Cleaning
It is important to tackle your home’s dirtiest spots when you have some extra time on your hands. In order to do so, here are some spring cleaning tips for you!
1) Declutter your home
Decluttering can help you focus on what’s important and be more focused on your everyday tasks. This leads to reduced stress and anxiety levels, which is great for your mental health. Furthermore, when decluttering in preparation for spring cleaning, it allows you to go through your belongings and remove everything that’s unnecessary, making spring cleaning easier for yourself!
Going through your possessions and decluttering them will help you get the house into order, and you won’t have as much to clean in spring cleaning. Here are some areas to tackle:
- Wardrobe
- Personal Care Products
- Book Shelves, DVD/CD Collection, Toy Boxes
- Food Storage
- Kitchen Drawers and Cupboards
- Window Blinds
2) Look into your fridge and clear out
Most families may neglect looking into their fridge and freezer to clear out food items that have been left there for a long time. In fact, most of us might not know where to start.
Going through your possessions and decluttering them will help you get the house into order, and you won’t have as much to clean in spring cleaning. Here are some areas to tackle:
Removing all items from the fridge and freezer can make it easier for you to sieve out expired products, discard them and repack your fridge in an organised manner. Organize everything in a way that lets you see quickly and easily what you have at hand, and with the upcoming expiration date at the front. The ice compartment will also need cleaning, by thawing the ice and cleaning all compartments and shelves with soapy warm water. Organize everything in a way that lets you see quickly and easily what you have at hand, and with the upcoming expiration date at the front.
3) Preparing your cleaning supplies
Make a list of all the cleaning supplies you will need, and make sure you will have all of them at hand for your spring clean. Some basics include a vacuum cleaner, cleaning cloths (preferably microfiber), sponges, a wet cloth, a mop and you might also need a step ladder.
However, with Helpling’s Spring Cleaning Services, you don’t have to prepare anything! Our company’s service quality is top-tier, and we have mastered the spring cleaning tips and tricks, and we have comprehensive spring-cleaning checklists to guide us, so you can engage our highly qualified team of cleaners to do the work for you. Enjoy all the benefits of a clean home without the hassle.
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When you use Helpling, you’re not just letting anyone into your home. Every single one of our cleaners has been thoroughly interviewed and chosen to provide you with the very best service. Each of our cleaners has been background checked, and is reliable, making us the preferred trustworthy local cleaning service in Singapore. All you have to do is make a booking, and leave the rest to us. Even if you’re looking for a one-time cleaning service, the process is simple.
At Helpling, we put great effort into finding the very best cleaners so that when you book a cleaning service with us, you get the great service that your home deserves. No risk, just a perfectly cleaned home. Make a booking for our professional cleaning services, sit back and relax. Let us do the hard work!
