Each tenant will be assigned a required area of responsibility for a period of one week and then given the other area of responsibility the next. If a tenant does not do assigned chores and no action was made after reminding by other roommates or the landlord, a third-party cleaner will be called in to do the cleaning and the cost will be billed to the tenant with the next rent payment. The kitchen, garbage, laundry, and basement chores will be shared by all five. The upper bathroom and common area chores will be shared by rooms 1,2 and 3. Lower bathroom and common space chores will be shared by rooms 4 and 5.
To simplify the process, whoever is on duty will take care of all the following chores for one week and get a break for 4 weeks. In case of a “skipped week” for garbage collection, the chores can be shared by two people before the next collection date.
Kitchen Chores
(Weekly, due 10 pm the night before garbage collection day)
- Clean any residue in the sink
- Flush the sink with a half-full sink of HOT water with dish soap
- Wash the sink with dish soap and rinse with clean water
- Wipe clean countertops and dispose of any leftover stuff on the countertop.
- Wipe clean stove and microwave, both outside and inside
- Wipe clean the rangehood top and lower surface (use damp cloth only, don’t let any water get inside)
- Sweep and mop the kitchen floor at least twice
- Take out the kitchen garbage whenever the bin is full or at least twice during the week.
- Remove any empty bottles/boxes/containers and put them in the recycle bin outside
- Sweep off any cobwebs/spiderwebs on the ceiling, walls, and corners
Bathroom, living room, and hallway
(Weekly, due 10 pm the night before garbage collection day)
- Brush the toilet at least twice, and clean with toilet bowl cleaner at least one time.
- Wipe clean mirror and sink at least twice.
- Clean the bathtub/shower wall at least one time with bathtub cleaner, wipe off any residues/stains
- Sweep and mop the bathroom floor at least twice
- Sweep clean and mop floors in the living room and hallway at least one time
- Sweep off any cobwebs/spiderwebs on the ceiling, walls, and corners in the bathroom, living room, and in hallway, including stairs and handrails
- Vacuum clean the sofa
- Wipe clean the coffee table and side tables
- Wipe clean the bay window
Retrieve all the contents (mail and flyers) from the mailbox
(Weekly, due 10 pm the night before garbage collection day)
Garbage and Laundry Chores
(Follow collection schedule, due 10 pm the night before garbage collection day)
Garbage collection calendar for zone B (Link>>)
- Clean up the lint in the dryer
- Clean the floor of the laundry room and the room beside it.
- Take garbage bins and recycling bins to the curb before 6:00 AM on collection day
- Follow the instruction for curbside garbage collection (link>>)
- Follow the Blue box recycling instruction (link>>)
- Make sure no regular garbage in the recycling bins
- Bring garbage bins and recycling bins back at the end of the collection day.
- Sweep off any cobwebs/spiderwebs on the ceiling, walls, and corners in the laundry room
Snow shovel
( due the night after any snowfall that is>1inch)
- Each person is responsible for one of the five sections (lottery or rotate system)
- Clean any snow or ice on the stairs at the front door and at the backdoor (1 and 2)
- knock off any ice spikes on the roof at the entrance (if any) (1 and 2)
- Remove snow/ice on and around the garbage bins ( 2)
- Push/shovel snow outside the edge of the driveway (3, 4, and 5)
- Shovel the snow bank from the snow plow truck outside the edge of the driveway (5).
- Tips: It will be much easier to shovel right after the snowfall and before anyone steps on or before they compacted into ice
Shared Cleaning supply for the common area
Every tenant needs to contribute to a fund pool for the cleaning supplies to be used for the common area. These supplies are for the common area only and should not be used for personal cleaning. Unused funds will be refunded to each tenant at the end of the lease proportionally.
- Garbage bags (large bin and kitchen bin)
- Broom, dust pan, mops, dust sweeper
- Toilet bowl and shower/bathtub cleaner
- Air refresher
- Deep clean detergent (for common area use only)
- Vacuum dust bags
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