The work to clean the house / the work of cleaning the house

[JACEK1]

Hello everybody!

I would like to ask you about how to say in English "the work which involves / entails doing something or the work which is connected with / related to doing something". What's the best way to say that in English? Should I say:

For example:

The work of cleaning the house takes quite a lot of time.

or

The work to clean the house takes quite a lot of time.

Maybe there are other ways of expressing the thought.

The sentences were created by me. Thank you.

[Rover_KE]

'The work of cleaning the house takes quite a lot of time' is acceptable.

I'd say 'It takes a long time to clean the house'.

Rover

[konungursvia]

Or, 'housework is hard work.'

[JACEK1]

Suppose that I will shorten the sentence by removing "takes quite a lot of time". What I have now is "the work of cleaning the house" and "the work to clean the house", respectively.
Which version is better?:
the work of cleaning the house

or

the work to clean the house

[bhaisahab]

Suppose that I will shorten the sentence by removing "takes quite a lot of time". What I have now is "the work of cleaning the house" and "the work to clean the house", respectively.
Which version is better?:
the work of cleaning the house

or

the work to clean the house

Neither one is particularly natural but, as Rover said, the first one is accepteble.