I'm glad I saw Fruitcake's comment about the sound in the menu, because at first I confused that the nice music from the intro didn't continue! Turning the volume up was really necessary to get the full cozy experience.
I really liked the addition of cleaning as a calm, mindful task along with planting, but it took so long I was sometimes unsure if I was done or not. Unfortunately, there was a bug in my playthroughs that caused the view direction to constantly, slowly drift towards the bottom right which made the experience less pleasant than it could've been, but I can see the appeal in a tidier, cuter House Flipper Simulator kind of way.