Map the floor plan before you map the duties
Before discussing a schedule, walk through each floor with a clear sense of what sits where: the wet kitchen and laundry area downstairs, the dry kitchen or family space upstairs, bedrooms and bathrooms on the top floor if there are three levels. A terrace house rarely has one continuous open area the way an apartment does, so tasks naturally fall into floor-by-floor blocks rather than a single sweep.
Note where the stairs sit relative to the wet areas, since that affects how often heavy or wet items get carried up and down. A back staircase near the kitchen changes the daily pattern compared with one that only connects the living areas.
- Ground floor: wet kitchen, utility area, sometimes a back yard or car porch
- Middle or top floor: dry kitchen, living space, bedrooms
- Stairs: how often they're used each day, and for what
Split the routine between wet and dry zones
A wet kitchen and laundry area need a different rhythm from the dry living spaces: more water, more grease, more frequent floor cleaning, and often less ventilation than the upper floor. Decide early which zone gets attention daily and which can run on a two or three day rotation.
This split is also where terrace houses most often differ from a condo brief: a condo unit's whole footprint might be the size of one terrace house floor, so the two-zone, multi-floor rhythm is not something a general cleaning routine written for an apartment will automatically cover.