How do I split house chores fairly?

Start by writing every recurring job down and how often it needs doing, then divide by time and effort rather than by task count — one big weekly job can equal several small daily ones. A shared checklist everyone can see keeps it transparent and stops the same person always doing the invisible work.

What chores should be done weekly?

The weekly core is changing bed sheets, vacuuming and mopping all floors, cleaning the bathroom top to bottom, dusting surfaces, wiping kitchen appliances, doing the laundry, and emptying the bins. Keeping up with daily tidying makes these go much faster.

How often should you do each household chore?

Dishes, surfaces, and tidying are daily. Sheets, floors, the bathroom, dusting, and laundry are weekly. Deeper jobs — the oven, descaling, windows, under the furniture, and washing-machine maintenance — are monthly. Splitting chores this way keeps any single job from becoming a big one.

House Chores Checklist

Running a household is a rolling list of jobs on different clocks — some daily, some weekly, a few only monthly. Written down and split by frequency, that invisible workload becomes something you can plan around and share fairly between everyone in the home. This checklist gathers the recurring chores in one place so nothing slips until it becomes a bigger job. See more cleaning and chore checklists.

Curated by the Gisti team · Updated July 2026

House Chores Checklist · 20 items

Daily: wash up or run the dishwasher after meals
Daily: wipe the kitchen counters and the hob
Daily: make the beds and do a quick tidy of each room
Daily: take out the kitchen bin when full and reset the liner
Weekly: change and wash the bed sheets and pillowcases
Weekly in summer; every two weeks is fine in winter.
Weekly: vacuum all carpets and rugs, and mop the hard floors
Weekly: clean the bathroom — toilet, sink, bath, shower, and mirror
Weekly: dust the surfaces, shelves, and electronics throughout
Weekly: wipe the kitchen appliance fronts, the microwave, and the sink
Weekly: do the full laundry, including towels and tea towels
Weekly: empty and wipe out all the household bins
Weekly: water the houseplants and clear away any dead leaves
Monthly: wipe down skirting boards, door handles, and light switches
Monthly: clean the oven and degrease the extractor hood
Doing it monthly stops grease baking on and needing a deep scrub.
Monthly: descale the kettle, coffee machine, and showerhead
Monthly: wash the bins, doormats, and any pet bedding
Monthly: run a hot maintenance cycle in the washing machine and dishwasher
Monthly: clean the windows and wipe the sills
Monthly: vacuum under the furniture and behind large appliances
Monthly: check and restock cleaning supplies, and replace worn sponges and cloths

Make it yours in Gisti

Open this checklist in Gisti to tick items off, add your own, set reminders, and keep it in sync across Android and the web. AI can tailor every item to your exact situation.

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