Hubby and I have worked out a system that keeps our 3 story house very clean without too much pain. We have a schedule of tasks that are done in 15 minutes or less each, and these tasks rotate so that the entire house is cleaned once per month and spot cleaned constantly. So, one day tasks will be to spend 15 minutes cleaning the kid's bathroom, 15 minutes cleaning the girls' room, 15 minutes cleaning the master bath, 15 minutes cleaning the master bed. Then the next day will be 15 minutes on the living room, 15 minutes on the dining room, 15 minutes on the breakfast room, 15 minutes on the office, etc. It only takes 30 minutes a day for each of us. Of course the kitchen has to be done on top of this, and washing up, clearing tables, etc. I don't go so far as to iron sheets and definitely take a "good enough" attitude rather than striving for perfection. My ADD hubby is very good at keeping up with his part of this. He just has to do two 15 minute tasks per day.