When you are the sole member of the family in charge of the cleaning, or you live alone, then the cleaning chores and domestic work can really get in the way of life! You don’t want to be a person who simply lives to maintain their life, rather than actually living life for themselves, so how do you ensure that the housework is sorted, amongst the myriad of other things on your mind? It can be difficult to ensure that you are getting things done effectively, so have a decent think about the help that you need, and the ways in which you could be getting things done faster and better. There is plenty of help out there, no matter what your situation is. You can help yourself by developing better ways of doing things, or you can get a cleaning service in. If you have a family under the same roof, then you may well be able to utilize them to ensure that your life is that little bit easier over all. Have a look over these few ideas to see which works for you.For a start, simply being a bit clever and efficient is a good way to ensure that you are able to get the jobs done as you need them to be sorted. As a starting point, you should identify those tasks that you find take you the longest, and work out ways in which you can make them less lengthy or less stressful. Things like applying vinegar to lime scale Th. Night before, or getting a cordless vacuum cleaner can take a lot of time off of the minutes that you actually spend cleaning each individual thing. Think about the ways in which you use the house as well; if you clean up as you cook, then there will be less mess to clean when you come to clean the kitchen more thoroughly, and the same goes for various other parts of the house. Cleaning for a shorter time, but more regularly will often lead to a much better time in terms of how much of your time the cleaning takes up.If you are thinking about getting a cleaner in, then be sure that you do a trial shift, and have a thorough check afterwards.  You should certainly check out a couple of services and a couple of independent cleaners, and see if any of your friends have a recommendation for you, as a personal recommendation will be very valuable, as you know that the cleaners are good and trustworthy from the start. In many ways, there is a lot to be said for getting a larger clean done once a month or so, and doing the smaller bits and pieces yourself. This will reduce the amount that you spend over all, and improve massively on the base level of cleanliness in the house.Using your family to their full potential is important as well, as it means that you are able to get the place cleaned without completely over working yourself, f not spending loads on a cleaning company! Getting your kids to tidy their rooms is a pain, but if they have a couple of jobs that they need to do each week, then the amount that you have to do is at least reduced a little bit! Provided that you both work the same hours, you should get your other half involved, after all, the traditional gender stereotypes have been broken down, anyone can be in charge of the mopping!