Kowhai Cabin
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HOUSEKEEPING CHECKLIST

  • - Confirms you’re on site and safe

    - Notifies the team you’ve started

    - Ensures we can approve and pay you
    - Makes sure the WIFI is working ☺️

  • - Turn on all lights


    - Open doors and windows (if weather allows) to air out the house

    - Check for any guest items left behind


    - Note anything unusual inside or outside the property

    - open OVEN, DISHWASHER, FRIDGE and check nothing inside

    - Make sure dishwasher is turned on

    - Look behind closed doors, on hooks for left items

    - Check BBQ gas bottle is okay and that it has enough gas for the next lot of visitors

  • COLLECT all the tea towels and dishcloths from kitchen or cleaning cloths that need to be washed.

    Tea Towels and dish cloths are fine to was together but please RAGS and CLEANING CLOTHS MUST BE WASHED SEPARATELY.

    - Start wash cycle and set phone alarm for the end time so you can take home and hang out to dry or if you have a dryer pop them in the dryer.

  • - Remove all dirty linen (except select towels used for cleaning)

    - Put into linen bags and in the back of your car or by the front door loading later

    - Spare linen bags are kept in the linen cupboard.

  • USE YOUR CADDY’S TO COLLECT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO REFILL:

    - Laundry powder/liquid

    - Dishwasher powder/tabs

    - Dishwash liquid soap

    - Hand and Body wash

    - Salt, pepper, oil

    - Coffee, tea, sugar

    - Bring all to the kitchen and top up ALL supplies throughout the house


    - Wipe down stainless pump bottles around neck and pump if needed


    - Toilet paper
- top up toilet paper in bathroom, two in top draw of vanity - Return house essentials caddy to storage and items to their designated places


    Nice Extra Please:
Top up water in kettle. Also water jug in fridge.

  • - Kitchen bin

    
- Bathroom bin

    - WASHING MACHINE LINT

    Take all rubbish out to the appropriate bins

    Now all your essentials are topped up, all dirty linens and rubbish is off the property… t’s time to make the house pretty…

  • To open the linen cupboard, the magnetic key is on the back of the robot next to the TV.

    SUITE ONE: QUEEN

    • two queen plain sheets

    • one queen stripe sheet

    • two plain white pc’s

    • two striped pc’s

    • one grey throw

    • one decorative pillow

      Please make up with hospital corners and all tucked in nicely.

    SUITE TWO: QUEEN

    • two queen plain sheets

    • one queen stripe sheet

    • two plain white pc’s

    • two striped pc’s

    • one grey throw

    • one decorative pillow

      Please make up with hospital corners and all tucked in nicely.

    FOR PHOTO’S OF SUITES PLEASE CLICK HERE

  • - Detail cleaning:

    - Wipe bedside tables, window ledges, skirting, light fixtures and power points

    - Dust lamps and wood features, including the timber bedhead as needed

    - Polish Mirrors and Glass where applicable

    - Towels go in last - they signal a finished and signed off bedroom suite

    - In master suite please pull sheer roller blinds down on hot days to cool the suite.

    • Check oven to see if it needs cleaning.

    • Wipe down inside and outside of fridge and dishwasher

    • Wipe down all surfaces, dining table, chairs, stools, island bench, kitchen bench, splash back

    • Check that all utensils, plates, glasses, pots and pans, bowls ect are all tidy and clean and in there designated spots. Pans with lids bowls with bowls and so on.

    • Clean shower cubicle with Bio spray

    • Making sure you check and clean the shower waste and lift up to clean inside the trap

    • Clean all tracks of soap and dirt

    • Polish all chrome tapware

    • All glass and mirrors to be cleaned with the glass cleaner

    • Wipe down all surfaces of the vanity including the front of the draws

    • Wipe down chair

    • Clean toilet with the toilet cleaner provided. Give it a good scrub making sure you clean behind the toilet and around base of toilet.

    • Make sure laundry area is nice and tidy. Sink has been cleaned and clear of all lint, hair and dirt.

    • Empty Lint from rubber casing (this peels back and catches extra items left in pockets etc)

    • Sweep garage floor if needed

    • Vacuum all floors making sure you use the correct vacuum fitting for hard floors and the correct fitting for the rugs.

    • Mop the floors

  • - Do a walk through to check everything is okay and looking magnificent.

    - Walk around the outside of the house and check that windows are clean, pathways and timber deck are swept and tidy.

    - Turn the lights on above the dining table and turn the TV on with some soft music playing.

    - Lock the door and return the key to the lock box.

    - Deliver dirty linens to the linen shed and sign off Deputy.