How much of a mess is your home?

[Supine]

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.

The wankers!

 

[killer b]

perhaps, but at least you can sit down on their sofas without having to shift a load of discarded paperwork and a half-eaten stale bacon sandwich first.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not too bad. I endeavour to hoover at least once a year, and sweep up the rest of the time. Floor wipes make life easier.

Have far too many books do they live in piles on the floor. I'm only there really to sleep during the week, so not much time for cleaning.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Pretty tidy, but it needs shitloads doing to it and we've been there 3 years.

My partner thinks it looks "like a squat" but actually, bar the bare walls, it is just an ordinary flat that hasn't had anything doing to it since the 1980s.

Our oven door is in danger of falling off. There are precarious sockets in the kitchen. The floorboards creak and wobble. The roof has a small leak.

We have these carpets:

(actually the mainly blue one has gone now and is bare floorboards).

 

[polly]

Fozzie Bear My 4 year old is on my lap and said of your carpets: 'Wow! Those are beautiful! Can we get them please?' (I kind of agree)

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Fozzie Bear My 4 year old is on my lap and said of your carpets: 'Wow! Those are beautiful! Can we get them please?' (I kind of agree)

Thank him/her for me - they are not so good with a hangover ;-) Lots of people have said they think it's cool but I think it just gets to us - especially my partner who works from home...

Actually they are also quite threadbare in places... and yes, anyone who wants a chunk is welcome to it when we get rid!

the one pictured bottom left used to have bits of glitter woven into it, we think, judging by the less worn sections.

 

[kittyP]

Not too bad. I endeavour to hoover at least once a year, and sweep up the rest of the time. Floor wipes make life easier.

These (and they do a floor version too) have made cleaning sooo much easier!!
And the apple smell is lovely.

 

[tufty79]

but at least you can sit down on their sofas without having to shift a load of discarded paperwork and a half-eaten stale bacon sandwich first.

Have you got a webcam on my house?

 

[polly]

Glittery carpet

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

In 5 years, i've redecorated 2 of 3 bedrooms, although 1 needs redoing because we had a leak in the roof (fixed!). Living room redecorated, and both living room and dining room floors sanded from a horrible old and knackered mahogany stain to clear varnished pine.

Not done kitchen or bathroom yet and both are a bit tired, but got builders coming round this evening to quote for an extension which would include the kitchen.

Update - builder has been and against all expectation it's within budget! Ask me again sometime in the new year and the kitchen will be bigger and shiny new along with a conservatory style dining room looking out onto the garden, also with a downstairs toilet and utility room. Result!

 

[5t3IIa]

Fozzie Bear I thought you lived in Hackney!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

These (and they do a floor version too) have made cleaning sooo much easier!!
And the apple smell is lovely.

They're marvellous inventions. Makes life so much easier, and I don't care what it does to the environment.

 

[Cid]

they left carpet in the bathroom when we bought the place, ripped that out sharpish - carpets in bathrooms got some cheap lino down now

Nothing more weird than bathroom carpets.

My room is a bit of a tip, but the rest of the flat is very clean.

 

[toggle]

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

and considerable swearing. I did a clean on a place before it was let as a holiday home a couple of years ago and there was one place where the oven took 2 hours.


my place is a bit untidy. and a bit grotty. i have a freak out if it gets too bad, if i can'[t see the floor, but other than that, i work as a cleaner, the last thing i want to do is clean more when i get home. so i generally don't do anyhting that i don't really have to.

 

[Poot]

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.

I don't mean it. I used to know a family just like killer b describes - veggie, bohemian, intellectual and living in a house lined with paperbacks and discarded pianos and dogs. I was very jealous. But try as I might I am actually not like that at all. As it turns out, I need some sort of order. I wish I was cluttered and eccentric but yes, I can usually make the place presentable in 15 minutes. If I wasn't living with Mr Anal Retentive things might be much much worse, though.

 

[Cid]

Pretty tidy, but it needs shitloads doing to it and we've been there 3 years.

My partner thinks it looks "like a squat" but actually, bar the bare walls, it is just an ordinary flat that hasn't had anything doing to it since the 1980s.

Our oven door is in danger of falling off. There are precarious sockets in the kitchen. The floorboards creak and wobble. The roof has a small leak.

We have these carpets:

(actually the mainly blue one has gone now and is bare floorboards).

My god, that's awful.

 

[killer b]

That was my folks house growing up, Poot (apart from the dogs). Since we all left home they've brought a semblance of order to it, which (I have to say) I much prefer.

I like the idea of order, but am an idle fucker. It causes me sadness. But clearly not enough sadness to spur me to sort it the fuck out.

 

[moomoo]

I like my house to be clean and tidy but I live with two boys and 2 dogs and sometimes I just want to weep.

 

[Sea Star]

I moved into my place at the start of the year. The carpets are ten years old and now getting peed on regularly by the dog, the kitchen floor is threatening to cave in in places, the seal round the bath is rotting, the sink leaked and I had to get it fixed, the paper in my bedroom is coming off and I'm pretty sure the roof leaks. Also the shop below me now is complaining about water coming through from my house but I have no idea where from!!! Aaaargh!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Fozzie Bear I thought you lived in Hackney!

I... do? At least I did this morning?

 

[killer b]

I moved into my place at the start of the year. The carpets are ten years old and now getting peed on regularly by the dog, the kitchen floor is threatening to cave in in places, the seal round the bath is rotting, the sink leaked and I had to get it fixed, the paper in my bedroom is coming off and I'm pretty sure the roof leaks. Also the shop below me now is complaining about water coming through from my house but I have no idea where from!!! Aaaargh!

?

 

[starfish]

Ours is ok. Doesnt take long to give it a decent clean up. We've redecorated, well repainted, one bedroom , the dining room & the living room. Will eventually get round to a new bathroom & kitchen & maybe finally empty all the boxes stacked up in the utility corridor that are full of books. But it has only been just under 4 years. Theres no rush.

 

[Sea Star]

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Ha ha!! No! She doesn't pee indoors that much!!

 

[shakespearegirl]

Very very tidy. I grew up in squalor and rebelled at a young age.

Mr shakes is a total fucking slob. I did have a bit of an angry mutter about his dishes from dinner last night still being out this morning and not expecting me to clean up after him. Was very surprised to come joke to a tidy house this evening, then remembered the cleaner had popped round to borrow our drill and must have had a sneaky tidy up

 

[Geri]

I feel so much better about my house after reading this thread!

I've just had my bedroom decorated after years of living with peeled off wallpaper and black mould on the walls. Unfortunately the decorators discovered that the plaster was damp due to the roof leaking, so they had to fix the roof and replaster before they could carry on, which was a big hassle, but it was worth it in the end as I have a lovely bedroom now

I also had the front of the house painted a lovely olive green.

Still needing to be done:-

New blinds (cats wrecked them)
New stair carpet (ditto)
Back garden wall to be re-rendered
All garden walls painted
Replastering in front room below window and wall repainted to cover up black mould

Would like new flooring throughout and a new kitchen as mine is a little tired looking.

 

[The Boy]

then remembered the cleaner

Thread takes off

 

[minnyp]

Tidy tidy tidy and things easily found in their place. I cant be untidy.

 

[Thimble Queen]

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.

Is that what your meant to do when people come round? Fuck

 

[Sea Star]

We have these carpets:

(actually the mainly blue one has gone now and is bare floorboards).

One of them matches my 1974 sofa suite!!

 

[shakespearegirl]

Thread takes off

I'm a very happy cleaner employer and she's a very happy cleaner. No way I could live with my husband without a cleaner