If you work a job outside the house 40+ hours a week....

I have a cleaning lady for the big stuff, but I do laundry once a week, and I keep my kitchen clean constantly. DS will help out as well. It also helps that I live less than 2 miles from work, so I don't spend a lot of time commuting.

I voted for days off but I would do a little something every work day so that I would have some down time on my days off.

I voted for days off but I do try to keep it tidy and do one or two loads of laundry during the week.

You know I work full time and I'm a student. I have been paying my kids to do the vast majority of the cleaning. My house seems like it is never clean to my standards but you know I figure when all the kids are grown then I'll have that spotless house. Until then I spend my sunday morning doing one deep cleaning chore...usually the kitchen or my bathroom...

Little bits at a time get done.

The kitchen gets cleaned regularly as I'm cooking and cleaning up from meals. The counters get wiped down every night, and the garbage and recycling are controlled easy.

The bathroom is small, and I try to keep it clean all the time too. I might spray the tub down with cleaner as I'm getting ready in the mornings, and once the scrubbing bubbles have done their thing I quick wipe it down and spray...it really only takes a couple minutes. A different day I might clean the toilet in the same way...scrub, wait for it to set while I'm getting ready, then finish.

The living room is always picked up.

Vacuuming is done a lot on Friday afternoon when I get home from work before others are home. That way, it's just done for the weekend it's really just a couple of rugs and the couches. Hardwood floors make this go fast! A quick swipe of the duster and the floors are done!

Laundry is frequent, but easy to remember since the cats are fed right there.

you don't have an option for my choice, which is:  whenever it gets bad enough that we need to...

Seriously, though-- we should just hire house cleaners, but haven't done it yet.  Maybe after we move in a couple months, I'll talk my BF into it-  that way the new house will be clean right from the start and we can keep it that way.



ETA:  I'll throw in a load of laundry a couple times a week in the evening, or do it on Sunday afternoon / evening.  We vacuum up any dust bunnies as they get really bad, I take care of the litterbox and cats whenever, and my BF will clean the bathrooms whenever they absolutely need it. 

We don't have a set schedule for any of it: I cannot stand taking up time on the weekend to clean the house. (my Mom did it every Saturday morning, and I honestly think I'm rebelling against that-- cleaning the house is one of the LAST things on my list to do on a weekend, now, as an adult.)

Clean as I go, breakfast, dinner. Bed made in the morning. The rest of the house I do on the week-end.
Vacuum, sweep, mop, bathrooms, laundry, or as I call it "never a day off." This is one I'm currently struggling with. I work M-F, 8am-5pm with a good 1.5 drive. So on my days off I usually spend cleaning up & getting all the errands done. It really sucks. I never have time for just me. It's an ongoing battle.  

I like the idea of a little everyday so my weekends are free but my commute is too long so I am wiped when i get home. I just do "good enough" on the weekends. The kitchen is cleaned everyday- I assign days to family members. My days are on the weekend because of the commute. I basically just make dinner and play with the dogs and veg on weeknights!

I have a housekeeper who does the deep cleaning every other week. Otherwise I try and keep it picked up daily.

I have a cleaner every two weeks but we are good about keeping things tidy during the week. my DH usually vacuums and starts a load of laundry when he gets home from work. We never have enough time on the weekends to do what we want to do so there is no way I'm going to waste that precious time cleaning bathrooms.

I really want to get to where I do a little each evening, but when I come home from work, I turn into a slug. I blame the comfy furniture! I usually just wind up spend a weekend day cleaning, which irritates me to no end. I really need to find a way to motivate myself to do bits during the week.

Mostly, it's during the week. I used to wait until the weekends, but then that was what I was doing EVERY weekend. And I want to enjoy my weekends, dammit!

So, it depends on what I want to do. Laundry gets put in the washer in the am, put on a timer so when I get home, it is just washed, then I can toss them in the dryer and another load in if needed - still have 2 loads done by 7pm.
I will clean the bathroom one night, dust another night.

My advice, don't sit down when you get home!! Keep moving! If you do sit, it's all over...

My dh works offshore and is gone two weeks out of the month so it is those weekends I do the deep cleaning. I clean the kitchen everyday and sweep/vacuum daily if need be. I do have a bad habit of letting laundry pile up but even that is usually put off until the weekend.