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Ok Beta Tau has a house. Since I was there we have had a housekeeper come and clean, but it still gets messy like mad. What we normally had was property manager who is active and she lives in the house. She gives all the girls chores. Like even with a housekeeper we had the girls in each room be responsible for their kitchen once a week. It would be posted in the kitchen who had kitchen duties each day or week. If things got out of hand, the prop manager talks to the girls and if it doesnt get better, house corporation steps in to talk to them.
This year is different though. We built a new computer room and the girls voted they would rather us pay for wireless internet in the house then a housekeeper so they are in charge of cleaning the house.
Now I am on House Corp, I am the House Manager, so what I do is keep in touch with the Prop Manager. We discussed over summer a plan of action. What I had them do and Im not positive they still will be doing this as new officers are coming is put together a list of all chores that need done. Print them out on paper and then color code them or even print them on diff colors of paper. Make all the chores that are most impt in red like 8 chores, then the next 8 chores in yellow that need done, and 8 more in green. (more or less based on what you feel should be done) Then if the house is clean on meeting night, Sun, they wont have a all house clean. If it needs clean, before anyone can leave the house, they pick a color from a hat and that is their chore to do. We post people at the doors so noone can leave and everyone does their chores. It takes like 25-30 mins to do and the house looks great. Usually we do the all clean 2 times a month.
Then the 16 girls who live in the house are responsible for the rest. The girls all take turns cleaning their bathrooms and of course they all have kitchen duties.
This has worked very well so far. We started this in Aug. The girls dont mind the cleaning cause if everyone at meeting does it it gets done fast and looks nice. Of course the house is going to be messy from Thurs to Sat cause its the weekend, but we understand that, it just doesnt get out of hand. We come over to the house too to check on it and to see if they need anything and everytime Ive stopped over without calling, it always seems pretty clean.
I really dont know how else to keep it clean but we seem to be doing well this semsester. We buy the supplies for the girls and they clean and it seems good.
Also we dont do fines. We never have. Id suggest having the prop manager talk to the girls and if it doesnt work have the House Corp come in. I know if my girls werent keeping the place nice, Id sure come in and tell them a thing or two and I can withhold their deposit if I think they arent keeping up with their lease. Its in our leases about cleanliness and keeping the place clean.
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