Well home maintenance not only means keeping the house clean but also mean maintaining all the other home settings like plumbing, electrical and building works under best condition. And Each one these needs times of its own.
Well actually a home maintenance can be done effectively when done in a timely manner and with team work. In my home, the home maintenance is combinely done with both my mom with our maid and myself. My Mom takes care of the regular cleaning which I call it as Software and I take care of the other maintenance work called as Hardware.
The Cleaning work involves daily sweeping and mopping twice a week. And removing of dust and web-cobs every once a month and through dust removal of the overall house 3 months once, especially before the festivals.
And I take care of the normal hardware maintenance like electrical, plumbing, sump cleaning and so on, which I do when the need arises or atleast 4 to 6 months once.
Here are some of the Advice on home maintenance with time frames -
Daily or weekly -
1) Sweep the whole house daily. especially in the mornings.
2) floor Moping the whole house with help of floor cleaning liquid atleast twice a week. This is to kill the germs.
3) Water broom the sit out areas including the gate entry, to remove the outdoor dust accumulated daily. In South India this is done daily so as to get away from unwanted bad things and to draw Kolam. Previously this method was done by Brahmins. Today most of the families do this regularly but this is slowly deteriorating in the Cities.
4) Clean up toilets atleast once in week with cleaning chemicals like lyzol or phenol. This solely depends on how many people use the bathroom. More people, more frequent cleaning. this also include the Wash basin cleaning too.
5) Clean the kitchen maze and basic once in a week. This is remove the unwanted deteriorating food which was accumulated while preparing the food. This is also to avoid insects and other bugs.
Other Regular maintenance -
1) Clean up the water sump every 5 to 6 months once. Simultaneously clean up the terrace water too.
2) Always be in touch with ur regular electrician. Its good that the same electrician knows both Electrical and plumbing work.
3) Always install high quality electrical Switches and Water pipes. But if a Switch or tap fail, replace them with a new and again a good quality product. Never take Chances with Electrical equipment.
4) Dont keep stagnated water inside the premises of our house. Becoz that helps in the breading of mosquitoes. So always keep ur house premises clean and clear of the the stagnated water. Make sure that it is underground. If u do this, u wont require the bug controllers very often.
5) Replace the old Electrical as well as the hardware parts before it gives out any problem as a precautionary method.
6) Do house Renovation every 5 to 6 years once. This is advisable to keep ur house looking just like new always. Thou this involves a lots of works like Cementing, Painting, Electrical and plumbing reformations. This is good as auditing and also gets to know ur house weaknesses.
7) If u own a inverter, make sure that its battery is under good life. If the battery needs watering, call up an Battery Service personal and refill the battery.
8) Clean up ceiling Fans, wall Fans, Top of cupboards & Berrows, wash carpets, sun screen and bed covers regularly atleast 2 to 3 months once.
9) Other Regular maintenance include - Paying for electrical billing, House Tax, Telephone bill and so on.
And all above this, always maintain ur home clean and keep the items in a regularized manner.
Doing these will surely keep ur home clean and well maintained, always.