Let The New Year Clean Up Commence!
With Christmas and New Year celebrations now out of the way, new research commissioned by Bissell® Experts in Home Cleaning reveals that over 40% of Brits will feel happier with a New Year household detox.
The survey also revealed that stains and messes at the top of the New Year blitz list. Weather related messes and outdoor dirt have over a third of us reeling (40.3%) at the prospect of dirty floors, a high probability considering current storm warnings!
Meanwhile leftover cooking spills from a week of over-indulgence fall in second place, at 21%. Lower down on our clean-up list is the outstanding decorative messes such as decorations (8.9%) wrapping paper (12%) and pine needles (9%).
However, the study involving 2,005 Brits highlighted that with our busy schedules set to kick back in we are prepared to cut corners.
A staggering 9 in 10 (90%) of us admit that we will only clean the visible areas such as kitchens (30.7%) and living rooms (31%). Meanwhile bedrooms are sure to be neglected, with 22.8% admitting these are the messiest areas of their home.
One important question left to be answered, however, is who exactly will be rolling their sleeves up to get the job done?
In 60% of UK households it appears that traditional roles continue to live on with women taking on the lion’s share of the cleaning duties compared to men (19%).
There are still hope however with some households (18%) sharing the cleaning duties! The cleaning task most favoured by both men and women alike is vacuuming (53.8%) with men in particular (57.6%) claiming this as their top household chore.
Alistair Roberts, European Managing Director at Bissell®, comments: 'With the amount of time spent in our homes over Christmas and the New Year, the increased traffic and general comings and goings during the festive period, our homes take quite a beating.
'It comes as no surprise that 87% of us only clean the areas of the home that are visible to us however it is the dirt buried deeper beneath the surface that we cannot see and can be harder to reach that is exposing our families to harmful germs and allergens.'
- Brits will be battling the post-Christmas blues with a household detox with over 40% feeling happier after cleaning the home
- In 60% of UK households it appears that traditional roles continue to live on with women taking on the lion’s share of the cleaning duties compared to men (19%)
- There are still a small number (18%) of households where the cleaning duties are shared
- Vacuuming is the preferred cleaning task for men and women (53.8%) but women are left to manage the majority of the New Year clean-up
- Parents bedrooms (22.8%) are messier than kids bedrooms (18.3%)
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