As of 13 August 2026, AI can plan a spring clean.

What to actually do

1. Do it yourself

   The route this page recommends

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Walk through your home and write down every room, the main problem in each one, and any surfaces or items needing special care.
   2. Gather your available cleaning products, cloths, brushes, vacuum attachments, bags and laundry supplies, then add them to the prompt.
   3. Add the time you have, who will help, and any pets, children, allergies, mobility limits or tasks you cannot do.
   4. Paste the completed prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and answer any follow-up questions using what you can observe at home.
   5. Compare the proposed products and methods with the labels and manufacturer instructions, remove any task that does not fit your equipment or constraints, and copy the final checklist into your phone.
   6. Start with the first session, mark completed tasks as you go, and ask the chatbot to reorder the remaining checklist if your time or priorities change.

   Prompt

   Plan a spring clean for my home in the UK. Use only the information I provide and do not assume I own equipment or cleaning products that I have not listed.
   
   Home and rooms: [list rooms and any important features]
   Main problems or priorities: [list them]
   Time available: [state the total time and any separate sessions]
   People helping: [state who is helping, or say nobody]
   Cleaning products and equipment available: [list them]
   Tasks I do not want to do or cannot do: [list them]
   Relevant constraints, such as pets, children, allergies, mobility limits or delicate surfaces: [list them, or say none]
   
   Create a practical plan in priority order. Divide it into sessions that fit my available time. For each task, name the room, surface, action, products or equipment needed, and an approximate effort level rather than inventing precise timings. Include preparation, decluttering, cleaning, laundry and rubbish or recycling where relevant. Put high-impact tasks first and identify tasks I can skip if time runs short. Do not recommend mixing cleaning products, and flag any task that needs manufacturer instructions, ventilation or extra care. Ask up to five necessary questions before making the plan; otherwise produce the plan directly. End with a concise checklist I can copy into my phone.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.