About CozyHaus, and how we make these guides
Who makes CozyHaus, where the numbers in our guides come from, how we check them, and what we never do.
In short
CozyHaus is a cleaning schedule and chore app made by Third Floor Studios, a small studio in the Netherlands. Our guides use the app’s own chore data, name a source for every fact that needs one, and carry no ads, affiliate links or sponsored posts.
Who we are
CozyHaus is made by Third Floor Studios in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The app draws your home as a pixel dollhouse, plans the chores that fit it and offers a few small ones a day, for one person or everyone who lives there. It’s for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. The company’s full details are on the privacy page.
The guides are written and checked by the CozyHaus team. We sign them as a team, and every page is approved before it goes up.
Where our numbers come from
- The chore catalogue. CozyHaus has 125 ready-made chores, each with how often it comes round and how long it takes. When a guide says “about 8 minutes, once a month”, that’s the app’s own figure.
- How the minutes were set. Some were timed in our own homes; others were estimated from the steps and the sources behind them, then rounded. Treat them as typical, not exact: a bigger home or a dirtier oven takes longer.
- The step-by-step guides. 39 chores in the app have a full guide, with what you need, the steps and the mistakes to skip. Each one lists the sources it was built from, such as Consumer Reports, the appliance makers and the Sleep Foundation.
How we check what we write
- A named source for every fact that needs one, linked at the bottom of the page. For appliances we go to the maker’s own manual or support page first; for anything to do with health, like dust mites or bedding, to bodies such as the Sleep Foundation and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
- If we can’t read a source, we don’t cite it. Where sources disagree, we say which says what, then give our view.
- Other people’s ideas get their name. When a guide builds on someone’s method, like KC Davis’s Five Things, we credit it by name and use our own words.
- Nothing medical. Our ADHD pages are about cleaning and planning, never about diagnosis or treatment.
- Dated. Every page shows when it was last updated.
What we never do
- Ads, affiliate links or paid placements.
- Sponsored posts, or guides written for a brand.
- Stock photos. Every picture here is CozyHaus’s own pixel art.
- Ask for your email to download a printable.
Spotted a mistake?
Write to support@cozyhaus.app with the page and what’s wrong. We read every message, fix what’s wrong, and update the date on the page.