ᐅ Ideas for a Low-Maintenance Home

Created on: 5 Jul 2020 21:05
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Shiny86
Hello,

I’m hoping to get lots of great ideas here.
I hate spending a lot of time cleaning but don’t want to hire a cleaning service. Ok, I will hire someone for the windows though.

That’s why I’m thinking about what to consider during both building and furnishing a house to always have a clean home with minimal effort.

Tips from any area are welcome, including for the garden.

I’ll start with my thoughts:

- No tiles at all, everything seamless
- Prefer spotlights rather than hanging lights
- Brick or masonry showers instead of glass shower enclosures
- Rimless toilets
- Wall-mounted furniture and sofas on legs so dust and robot vacuum can easily pass underneath; basically, arrange all furniture to accommodate the robot vacuum
- Lots of storage space, minimal decoration. Prefer hanging a photo collage rather than many separate photo frames
- In the kitchen, no countertops wrapping around corners. Rather smaller countertops and open space. Store all kitchen appliances and dust collectors inside cabinets
Pinky03015 Jul 2020 21:28
Have you planned for towel radiators? There are also stylish options made from a single panel (still with towel rails), so you don’t have to wipe each bar individually.
11ant5 Jul 2020 21:29
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ntsa86
5 Jul 2020 21:36
Flush doors and flush-mounted baseboards also come to mind. Although they can be quite expensive. Of course, everyone has to weigh the cost-benefit ratio for themselves.
Nida35a5 Jul 2020 21:36
Water softening, you will miss your limescale stains
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Bookstar
5 Jul 2020 21:56
No stairs but a ramp, so the robots can clean over both floors.
kati13375 Jul 2020 21:58
Bookstar schrieb:

not stairs but a ramp, so the robots can clean both floors.

Also ramps to the kitchen countertop and to all shelves deeper than 40cm (16 inches), so that dusting can be avoided as well.