I used the 3-30 cleaning method to ‘fake’ a spring clean of my home – it was so effective that I completed my to-do list days ahead of schedule

Galley kitchen with dark grey cabinets and colourful chevron floor tiles and a breakfast bar island to the left.

As Ideal Home’s Cleaning Editor, part of my job is testing out cleaning hacks and routines, so you don’t have to. And if you, like me, are a sucker for anything that cleans my house quickly and efficiently, I have a feeling that you’re going to love the “3-30” cleaning rule.

Over the past few years, I’ve tried everything from the Japanese Kiyomeru cleaning ritual to the one-tool cleaning method in an attempt to find time-saving cleaning routines to maintain a clean, clutter-free home. But now spring has sprung, I’ve been on the hunt for something that will allow me to ditch my lengthy (and, quite frankly, boring) spring cleaning routine for something much more manageable.