cyberfairy
http://unicycle-emptiness.co.uk/
Hiya!
How much of a mess is your home?
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cyberfairy
http://unicycle-emptiness.co.uk/
My parent's house makes me come home, throw everything in the bin and vow to never ever go to another car boot sale ever. Especially the ' fill a binliner for a quid' stall at Exeter carboot sale. Then I have to unpack the car of 'presents' from the 'fill a binliner for a quid' carboot stall from Exeter carboot sale.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
my bathroom floor is bare hardboard and carpet grippers. I tore up the carpet because who the fuck carpets bathrooms, its rank. Nan gave money for a new lino floor but ma used it to fund her buying a second hand motor instead. So now my bathroom looks like all bathrooms will be come the apocalypse
*air kiss*
I'd invite you over for a cup of chai latte, but I'd have to move all this stuff before you could even get in the door.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
they left carpet in the bathroom when we bought the place, ripped that out sharpish - carpets in bathrooms
got some cheap lino down now
Tankus
Slowing down to a stop
I'm a bit of a natural slob ....whenever close family stay over (3 weekends in a month in summer as I'm near a beach ) ....I get point scored out of 10 .anything less than an 8 .....they get up early the following morning and start cleaning making a lot of noise to wake me up with a bit of embarrassment....heh ....its a running joke....
More the visits ..the tidier I am
Couldn't live without a dishwasher .....
..my sisters house is like an immaculate show home ....always ........dispite my best efforts when cooking over there ....( big kick off Kitchen bigger than the ground floor of my house .. full of toys , yet can't boil an egg , heh, )
Best thing I ever did was put down wood flooring and go more minimal downstairs
3 settees TV and stand in the corner and one set of shelves ...that's it .....less always looks tidy !
More the visits ..the tidier I am
Couldn't live without a dishwasher .....
..my sisters house is like an immaculate show home ....always ........dispite my best efforts when cooking over there ....( big kick off Kitchen bigger than the ground floor of my house .. full of toys , yet can't boil an egg , heh, )
Best thing I ever did was put down wood flooring and go more minimal downstairs
3 settees TV and stand in the corner and one set of shelves ...that's it .....less always looks tidy !
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Of course if we ever did come into some money we could spend a fortune on the place - convert the rest of the attic (one of the bedroom takes up part of the attic) get a new bathroom - replace the flooring, replace the carpet, redecorate, replace the fence, sort out the garden, sort out the front steps which look a bit crumbly
replace the metal steps which lead to the garden from the kitchen on the first floor, which are a bit rusty - the only bit we are happy with is the kitchen tbf and the boiler which is excellent
replace the metal steps which lead to the garden from the kitchen on the first floor, which are a bit rusty - the only bit we are happy with is the kitchen tbf and the boiler which is excellent
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
My house is so small (victorian 2 bed end terrace, one of the small ones) the thought of having major work done while I'm living here is terrifying. I had to live here when they rewired the whole place -- middle of a freezing winter, no electricity, trying to survive in the kitchen with the cat and nothing to do for a week. It was hell. I don't think I could cope having a new boiler and new kitchen done. Having to micromanage a cat who doesn't go outside and has anxiety issues during it all would add to the stress, of course. That the house is so cluttered would make it worse too.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Suffice to say I have at least half a dozen species of spider indoors - including the two most often featuring in shock horror tabloid scares.
My dream is to win the lottery and run away from it.
I used to be thankful for the spiders keeping the other insects under control, but now I'm thinking I probably need some reptiles.
What other fauna is there?
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
a lot of moths.
silverfish.
I used to have woodlice, but I think they're now being eaten by specialist spiders.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Its reasonably clean & tidy and in a decent state of repair. Its not showhouse tidy by any means, but I can't stand living in a mess - it brings me out in a rash. I like to be comfortable, to be able to find most things and not have outside flora and fauna inside. I am currently fighting a battle with slugs that get in somehow and leave their trails on the carpet in the hallway
, and another with my daughter to keep the fucking kitchen clean. ITS NOT THAT DIFFICULT, BRAT!!!!
, and another with my daughter to keep the fucking kitchen clean. ITS NOT THAT DIFFICULT, BRAT!!!!
mrsfran
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It was brand new when we moved in nearly 8 years ago, and it's just now starting to fall apart a bit Had the plumbers in last week to fix a leak, got an electrician in tomorrow for some problem with the lights and getting a new laminate floor put in next month. The shitty carpet is our fault though - cat + baby + me dropping an iron and burning it. The main thing that does my head in mess-wise though is the teetering piles of books on every surface and complete lack of storage.
I love going to my best friend's house because it's always a mess and she's not in the least bit embarrassed or bothered by it. Makes me feel way better about mine.
Then again, I also love going to my mum's because it's so clean and tidy.
Had the plumbers in last week to fix a leak, got an electrician in tomorrow for some problem with the lights and getting a new laminate floor put in next month. The shitty carpet is our fault though - cat + baby + me dropping an iron and burning it. The main thing that does my head in mess-wise though is the teetering piles of books on every surface and complete lack of storage. I love going to my best friend's house because it's always a mess and she's not in the least bit embarrassed or bothered by it. Makes me feel way better about mine.
Then again, I also love going to my mum's because it's so clean and tidy.
Nancy_Winks
Well-Known Member
It's usually clean & tidy.
Right now the loft is being converted so there's some disruption. It's still bearable tho as I've had a massive clear out, the mother of all clear outs, and cleaned frantically all last weekend.
Was bought up to have a clean house especially if guests (this includes tradesmen haha) come over.
Right now the loft is being converted so there's some disruption. It's still bearable tho as I've had a massive clear out, the mother of all clear outs, and cleaned frantically all last weekend.
Was bought up to have a clean house especially if guests (this includes tradesmen haha) come over.
5t3IIa
Registered User
That's my mum, that is. Since I left home (years and years ago) I keep my gaffs lovely and she thinks I'm peculiar. Me! She thinks I'm peculiar!!!
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
You are. They're supposed to look like shit.
5t3IIa
Registered User
Who says? They really aren't supposed to be so bad that 15 minutes' notice isn't enough to make them acceptable for guests IMO. I feel pretty strongly about this.
Looby
Well-Known Member
they left carpet in the bathroom when we bought the place, ripped that out sharpish - carpets in bathrooms
Our bathroom is carpeted and it's disgusting. It's always wet as we don't have a shower and the plastic attachment thing spurts water everywhere. It's got hair dye on it too.
We've had the tiles for about 2 years to replace it but have delayed as our bath was being replaced but that hasn't happened.
I think we might just go ahead now, I can't stand looking at it.
ETA-the kitchen was too but that was replaced ages ago. It really is crazy to carpet kitchens and bathrooms.
Nancy_Winks
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I've got a mate with two kids. Middle class. Big house but *stuff* everywhere! Her daughters bedroom looks like an episode of how clean is your house. It's horrendous! You can hardly see the floor. Now I don't give a shit cos I don't live there but how anyone can let it get that bad without blitzing the fuck out of it I've no idea.
Still messy, but not as bad as it was...
Things i would like are a decent boiler (last gas safety check reckoned i'll be lucky to have this one last through winter) and carpets/lino. It was bare, splintery, gappy boards when i moved in, and cheap, badly laid/cut and torn lino in the kitchen, stairs and bathroom. All that has changed is that i freecycled a carpet for my bedroom, which is ace, but still a few feet short in both length and breadth. I long for cosyfooted fittedness throughout
Things i would like are a decent boiler (last gas safety check reckoned i'll be lucky to have this one last through winter) and carpets/lino. It was bare, splintery, gappy boards when i moved in, and cheap, badly laid/cut and torn lino in the kitchen, stairs and bathroom. All that has changed is that i freecycled a carpet for my bedroom, which is ace, but still a few feet short in both length and breadth. I long for cosyfooted fittedness throughout
liberal M/C bohemians - mind on more important matters to bother cleaning - art, love, politics - but too guilty to employ a cleaner.
Anyone who calls on me unannounced will more than likely find me not in. Even if I am in.
When I know I'm having visitors the house is clean and tidy. The more notice the better, obviously, but if someone rang me right now this minute and said they'd be here in an hour, it'd take me about half an hour to put this laptop away, do the washing up, wipe down the kitchen counters, tidy up* the dining room and front room, gallop round with the hoover, give the sink in the downstairs loo a bit of a clean and make sure there was a clean towel in there and that the loo passed muster.
*Carry extraneous papers and books and ironing and other lying about stuff upstairs and chuck it on my bed for the time being.
When I know I'm having visitors the house is clean and tidy. The more notice the better, obviously, but if someone rang me right now this minute and said they'd be here in an hour, it'd take me about half an hour to put this laptop away, do the washing up, wipe down the kitchen counters, tidy up* the dining room and front room, gallop round with the hoover, give the sink in the downstairs loo a bit of a clean and make sure there was a clean towel in there and that the loo passed muster.
*Carry extraneous papers and books and ironing and other lying about stuff upstairs and chuck it on my bed for the time being.
onenameshelley
is Major Morgan's bitch
I was tempted to post a pic of the sloping ceiling above the cooker but I can't as it's too gross
I will post the inside of my oven
if you do your ceiling. I refuse to clean it, it was mucky when we moved in and when we move out I am going to get one of those specialists in to do it, I imagine its going to require cemtex
5t3IIa
Registered User
Normal ^
polly
Well-Known Member
cyberfairy My daughter just started school and we had a home visit from her class TAs. I spent a whole day clearing up and they said 'oh it's great to see a house with a bit of mess'
This thread has made me feel so much better. We moved in almost a year ago and have decorated one and a half rooms. We have a massive hole in our bedroom ceiling from a leak in the roof (fixed), a hole in the porch ceiling, bathroom has bare boards from where I drunkenly and angrily ripped up the carpet (WHY?) and those spiky things, half the stair carpet is ripped up because the previous owner's dog had apparently been pissing on it, half the board underneath has been hacked away because I wrongly judged the source of a leak - which has also marked my kitchen ceiling, both toilets are leaking, there are massive holes in many of the walls from where I went around taking shit down and then losing interest, ditto boarded up fireplace which now has a big hole hacked in the plasterboard.... I could go on actually but it's depressing. My husband thinks we're doing really well
eta actually before we moved in the Daily Mail did a piece on the previous owner who was the subject of some non-controversy and they described the house as 'dilapidated' It's worse now
This thread has made me feel so much better. We moved in almost a year ago and have decorated one and a half rooms. We have a massive hole in our bedroom ceiling from a leak in the roof (fixed), a hole in the porch ceiling, bathroom has bare boards from where I drunkenly and angrily ripped up the carpet (WHY?) and those spiky things, half the stair carpet is ripped up because the previous owner's dog had apparently been pissing on it, half the board underneath has been hacked away because I wrongly judged the source of a leak - which has also marked my kitchen ceiling, both toilets are leaking, there are massive holes in many of the walls from where I went around taking shit down and then losing interest, ditto boarded up fireplace which now has a big hole hacked in the plasterboard.... I could go on actually but it's depressing. My husband thinks we're doing really well
eta actually before we moved in the Daily Mail did a piece on the previous owner who was the subject of some non-controversy and they described the house as 'dilapidated'
It's worse now 
Supine
Newt Member
liberal M/C bohemians - mind on more important matters to bother cleaning - art, love, politics - but too guilty to employ a cleaner.
That's me. Plus holding down a job, commuting and being a bit lazy.
this is the only one that matters. I know people who work ludicrous hours, keep a family together and somehow have time for extracurricular interests, yet still have spotless houses.
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