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
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
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Bertram10021 Jul 2020 10:04For me, the dust is now on the wall thanks to the controlled residential ventilation system. The plastering effort remains the same.
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pagoni202021 Jul 2020 10:07Mycraft schrieb:
Yes, of course, that is another advantage of the systems besides the general increase in comfort.How is this reduction in dust achieved?
Bertram100 schrieb:
For me, the dust now stays on the wall thanks to the controlled ventilation system. The plastering effort is the same.Just install filters.@pagoni2020
Closed windows and filters in the intake and exhaust ducts. Depending on the setup, even odors can sometimes be filtered out.
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pagoni202021 Jul 2020 10:26Mycraft schrieb:
Just install filters.
@pagoni2020
Closed windows and filters in the supply and exhaust air ducts. Depending on the system, even odors can sometimes be filtered out.Got it. I was stuck on that and didn’t consider that the incoming air is filtered, unlike with window ventilation. Thanks.
Pinky0301 schrieb:
... A glass roof for the terrace is still important to me, so you don’t always have to cover the furniture outside and can simply leave things out sometimes.Of course, you have to clean the glass roof now and then so it doesn’t look dirty. I’ll have to do that in the next few weeks as well..P
pagoni202021 Jul 2020 12:41debaser schrieb:
Of course, the glass roof needs to be cleaned occasionally so it doesn’t look dirty. I’ll have to do that in the next few weeks as well..To be honest... phew... I have never cleaned it, although I was worried about that. Generally, the rain takes care of it. It also depends somewhat on the slope used. Even if you clean it, the cloth would be gray again after two weeks. For that reason, my glass-covered terrace was one of the very few “really great” decisions in my house build back then; it’s also affordable if you keep it simple.
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