Keeping your living space clean and tidy is not just about maintaining a presentable environment; it’s also about being mindful of everyone sharing the space. With neighbours from diverse cultural backgrounds and cleaning habits vary, establishing a common understanding of cleanliness is essential.
This guide aims to provide practical tips and strategies for maintaining a clean living environment during your stay at International Students House. Whether you’re a seasoned cleaner or new to the task, these guidelines will help you maintain clean personal and communal living spaces so that everyone can enjoy a clean and comfortable home away from home.
Who does what?
ISH Housekeeping staff
Clean all public shared spaces
Are able to provide toilet paper and bin bags
Provide a paid-for cleaning service and advice
Residents
Clean their own bedrooms, en-suite facilities, fridges and cooking equipment.
- Keep your air vents open in your windows to aid air circulation.
- Keep all food items in sealed containers.
- Place your bin outside your room to be emptied by Housekeeping.
- Clean as you go, in rooms and communal areas, it is a quick win to avoid tough stains and retain friendships.
- Defrost freezer compartments.
- Use the PVC walls and pin boards for posters.
- Report defects straightway.
- Launder bedclothes regularly
- Tamper with the window restrictors for safety reasons.
- Use blu tack or pins on painted walls.
- Use electrical items with frayed wires.
- Move the furniture, it is attached to the walls.
- Use bedroom sinks to wash up food dishes; this will cause blockages
- Throw items other than toilet paper in the toilets.
- Have the room that everyone avoids, with overflowing smelly bins,
- Heaps of dust gathering on surfaces and floors that cannot be seen through the clutter.