What should a spring clean cover?
Short answer: 23 items, from air the duvets and pillows outside on a fine day through to wipe skirting boards. The complete Spring Clean checklist is written out below — and the exact same 23 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Spring Clean checklist — all 23 items
- Air the duvets and pillows outside on a fine day
- Blower and charger
- Check expiry dates in the pantry and medicine cabinet
- Check smoke alarm batteries while you're up a ladder
- Clean behind and under the fridge
- Clean extractor fan filters
- Clean gutters while you're up there too
- Clean out the letterbox cobwebs
- Clean showerheads (soak in vinegar overnight)
- Clean the washing machine drum and seal
- Declutter the junk drawer
- Deep clean the oven
- Descale the jug and coffee machine
- Flip and vacuum mattresses
- Sort and wipe kitchen cupboards
- Vacuum the car
- Vacuum under couches and beds
- Wash curtains and net curtains
- Wash pet bedding
- Wash windows inside and out
- Wipe down light switches and door handles
- Wipe down the tops of cupboards and wardrobes
- Wipe skirting boards
A real spring clean is the once-a-year descent into the places weekly cleaning pretends not to see: behind the fridge, inside the oven, the tops of cupboards, window tracks, the shower head's slow calcification. It's less cleaning than archaeology, and it needs a dig plan.
This checklist is the dig plan, room by room and task by task, so the burst of spring energy lands somewhere useful instead of deep-cleaning one cupboard and declaring victory. Tick jobs off as they're done, split the list across the household, and finish the weekend in a house that feels newly bought.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "oven cleaner" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should a spring clean cover?
You need 23 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from air the duvets and pillows outside on a fine day through to wipe skirting boards — and the same 23 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=spring%20clean opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Spring Clean list (23 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.