BRITS spend the equivalent of more than two years of their lives cleaning their home.
Research of 2,000 adults found they'll spend 54 minutes a week on laundry, 25 minutes mopping floors, 35 minutes vacuuming and 45 minutes washing up.
But their most dreaded chores are cleaning toilets and windows or dusting, while 19 per cent despise mopping the floors.
All of this amounts to six hours and 16 minutes cleaning their home per week, or the equivalent of more than 13 full days a year.
Over the average adult lifetime, this means a total of 20,530 hours – or 855 full days - is spent scrubbing, mopping, vacuuming and dusting.
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A spokesperson for Flash, which commissioned the study to launch its new Power Spray Mop with a washable microfibre pad, said: "If you're going to spend this much time cleaning, you may as well do a proper job of it.
“But when you see just how long people will spend over their lifetime cleaning, it does make you wonder if there’s a more efficient way.
“A combined 28 months of your life devoted to scrubbing, washing, mopping and tidying seems like an awful lot.
“But on the other hand, most people are probably much happier in a clean home, so are in need of tools that get impeccable results and save us time.”
The study also found 21 per cent of adults are simply ‘resigned’ to the amount of time they have to spend maintaining their home each week.
But 20 per cent will try and make other people take over tasks they don’t fancy doing themselves.
Spouses are the most likely recipients of this literal dirty work (63 per cent), while 19 per cent try and get their kids to do it.
Only 21 per cent of those polled have a regular cleaning schedule, with 60 per cent just doing things as needed.
But 82 per cent claim they are more likely to give things a proper going-over if they’ve got friends or family coming round.
It also emerged only 22 per cent would describe their ability to clean their home as ‘very good’, with one in 20 actively admitting it’s ‘bad’.
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Although 74 per cent of those polled, via OnePoll, feel having the right tools makes the job a lot easier.
And while many tasks are met with a groan, 15 per cent confessed to quite enjoying vacuuming, and 10 per cent like organising their closets.
Flash’s spokesperson added: “Cleaning often seems like a thankless job.
"You spend hours tidying up, only for it to get messy again in no time so it's easy to feel demotivated when the results don't last.
"For many, cleaning represents a loss of valuable free time.
“Instead of relaxing or pursuing hobbies, they're stuck scrubbing floors or dusting shelves.
“But as the results show, if you have the right tools for the job, some cleaning jobs can be actively enjoyable and leave you more time for doing the things you love – not just the results.”
