The method both tracks dirt between rooms and takes much longer.
Lisa Romero, owner of Just Like New Cleaning, a home cleaning service in the US, said zone cleaning ultimately holds people back.
She told publication Woman's Day it is best to give each room the same level of limited attention.
House cleaning: People should clean every room to the same level in one fell swoop (Image: GETTY)
Ms Romero said: "You can either clean your kitchen in four hours or clean your entire house top to bottom in four hours.
"A lot of people get caught focusing on one area — say, doing a super job cleaning the counters — and never get to the stove, let alone the next room.