How clean is your house?

brown*eyed*girl

Ok so how clean is your house/flat/apartment/room?

On a scale of 1 to 10 I’d be 8, would be a ten if I had the time and energy. Suppose I’m a bit like Monica in Friends and like to have everything in its place but I do have a closet like her which has some junk squashed in! Sometimes I hate being like this as its fcuking annoying that I can’t sit down until the house is tidy and clean, even when I come home from work. Other times its good because its nice to have a clean house. I’ve always been like this since I was very young i.e. I remember having my room really tidy with the teddy bears and toys and books all arranged. Same when I rented an apartment the landlord said I was the tidiest tenant he ever had and didn’t put up the rent for the 4.5yrs I rented because I kept the place so well. On the other hand my 13yr old daughter is the total opposite and her room is a bombsite. She would hide plates under the bed, let dirty washing on the floor, if her bin is overflowing then she’ll just throw the rubbish on the ground, she’ll step over dirt and rubbish rather then pick it up!

Also this got me thinking that the tidy/OCD gene is there all along and to an extent it doesn't matter how you're reared really as to whether you're tidy or not.

For those who are messy what's the worst state you've let your home get in and for those who are tidy whats you're weirdest habits with cleaning. I have too many to mention but eg's are cushions have to be straight, labels facing out the way in the fridge! . My mate loves tormenting me and moving stuff out of their place when I'm gone to the toilet to see will I notice....ok I'm a clean freak.

Archeron

I reckon I'd be fairly middle of the road. Cleaning wouldnt be a major thing for me, as long there are no infestations of things or food turning to bacteria, I'm fairly happy. I usually give the whole house a good going over once every 6-8 months where I'd clean all those things that you never normally think of cleaning. Other than that, I avoid it like the plague. (which I have yet to find in my house thankfully)

I particularly hate the hoover. Its evil and its noisy and it blows out more dust than it sucks in. But, its a nessecary evil, especially for those hard to reach spider gangs you find in corners.

greenkittie

Sometimes i feel lazy and slip to a 9 but generally i keep my room at a 10. People always comment on how tidy it is when they see it. I used to keep the rest of the house at the same level but my housemates are too messy and i get sick of tidying up after them so its at a 5ish mark.

Mrs_Doyle

I don't have my own home, so I am probably not entirely qualified to answer this question - but here goes:
Our house is messy, but it is a 'clean' mess, if you know what I mean.
No dirty dishes lying about, but plenty of shoes kicked off in the living room, and jackets thrown over the banister, and so on.
My own room is a bit of a mess, whenever I am getting ready for a night on the town I pull my room apart finding something to wear, the clothes remain on the floor until I finally get around to tidying them up a few days later.

A girl I know just moved into a new apartment, her first home.
When she lived with her folks her room was always a mess, but in her own home it is a different ball game altogether.

Her mam and little brother, aged 13, popped over to her apartment the other day, and her little bro was starving and asked for something to eat.

She told him she had some biscuits in the press - BUT - if he HAD to eat then he better do it over the sink, as she didn't want crumbs getting every where.

I gotta tell you, her mam almost murdered her, after all the years of her leaving her mess for everyone else to tidy up, she had the cheek to ask her lil bro to eat, standing up, over the sink!!!

DilbertPartII

9 1/2:D

thanks to Susan, my helper...;)

Ruu_Old

Probably 9/10 here the majority of the time.

Doomspell

ATM it's about 7-8. I'm not a neat freak, I just like to know where things are and not have to look for them for ages. I don't see the point in letting everything go becuase then it's just going to take longer to tidy up! And that would annoy me.

Sp@rtacus

Doomspell wrote:

...I don't see the point in letting everything go becuase then it's just going to take longer to tidy up! And that would annoy me.

mehh, my approach is to leave it for a while (days that is not months..! And nothing shocking either, just coats and papers and shoes and stuff) and then when it gets too much I whip out the marigolds and the mister muscle and lash into it. Then when its all done I really apperciate it and feel a sense of calm. If it was like that all the time, I wouldnt get that. Get it?

Love2love

My house would be an 11, purely because of my boyfriend. He is a clean freak - maybe because he is military but everything must be sparkling. If I was left to do it, it would be an 7.

free2fly

I'd say my place is a 9. I have to store things in my closets, so they're a bit crowded. My weirest thing is that everything has to be straight, i.e. pictures on the wall etc., and the drapes have to hang properly

brown*eyed*girl

free2fly wrote:

I'd say my place is a 9. I have to store things in my closets, so they're a bit crowded. My weirest thing is that everything has to be straight, i.e. pictures on the wall etc., and the drapes have to hang properly

Me too it would do my head in if a picture or mirror was crooked. I am very picky with my curtains too and tie backs and curtains have to be even on each side

A fair few of us are neat so far. I'm impressed..

Mrs Doyle LOL at your friend and the biscuits. I could be the same but I tone down as much as I can with guests and with my kids because afterall its a home first and I'm not the only one living here. My four year old son is taking after me and likes things in order too.

free2fly

brown*eyed*girl wrote:

Me too it would do my head in if a picture or mirror was crooked. I am very picky with my curtains too and tie backs and curtains have to be even on each side

I'm so bad that I actually use a level when I hang pictures. And they have to centered perfectly on the wall! A bit anal I know

brown*eyed*girl

free2fly wrote:

I'm so bad that I actually use a level when I hang pictures. And they have to centered perfectly on the wall! A bit anal I know

Makes sense to me and glad I'm not the only one. Centered and straight and even is the only way really!

projectmayhem

about 8 or 9. granted the house is done by my dear old mammy, but my room (the sanctuary!) is all me. i'm a germaphobe and probably have some kind of OCD, so everything's usually clean, and neat

Tar.Aldarion

Pretty clean, really clean if I decide to clean, I do something thoroughly when doing it. Hmm I should hoover tonight actually.

trilo

I used to be really fanatic about having the house clean. Now.. i don't really care..it's not just my job to do it. However there is a difference between clean and tidy, I don't really (ok i do) mind if the house is messy as long as it is clean.

matrim

At the moment probably about 8 but thats the cleanest it's been for about 3 months. Normally about a 6.

We don't leave dishes lying around, and everything would normally be done the same day. But little things like hoovering, dusting aren't done very often. Normally only when someone new is moving in or someone special is coming over.
I can't live with someone who is anally clean. I can't relax in a house that constantly feels like it's unused. Plus, I hate the smell of most cleaning products, especially air freshner. It just smells fake and disgusting.

I've lived in some kips during my time. I'm not that bad I'd do my own dishes, throw out things after myself but refuse to constantly do it after other people.
So if I live with someone that doesn't do this the place can go to bits.

I once lived in a house where no cleaning of any kind was done for at least 3 months (This place would have been a 0). The only good thing about living in a place like that is I'm pretty sure I'm now immune to all diseases.

In another place I lived the (unused at the time) toilet overflowed into the kitchen. We mopped up the water closed the kitchen door and I don't think anyone used anything except the fridge for about a month, until one day someone threw everything out and replaced them. As well as using about 4 bottles of disenfectant on every surface in it.

molypiper

7
it is :rolleyes: most of the time..if not 3:D

magnum69

molypiper wrote:

7
it is :rolleyes: most of the time..if not 3:D

i wonder what happens when your rate is 3?:rolleyes:

murrayeel

mine would be around 8. not bad huh?:rolleyes:

The Sweeper

6/10 on the grounds that the carpets aren't hoovered and the kitchen and bathroom floors aren't washed enough. Plus the windows need cleaning. And I need to wash the office carpet. And there's laundry needs to be hung out.

I rate a 10/10 clean that there's nothing that needs to be done, including things like cleaning out the fridge or repotting houseplants.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Generally about 6, but i just moved into a new place and its about 3 at the mo... left it in a state this morning

WhiteWashMan

generally about a 7+

but im the tidy one in the house. my partner is the clean one.

so i pick up all the crap she drops on the floor and put it away etc, and shes the one that generally makes the place actually clean.

cormie

Our house is a minus 10 seriously, the term "like a bomb has struck it" is an understatement in this house. My mam likes to keep old magazines, by old magazines I mean mags from before I was born, vogue magazines from 1982 and stuff and that's just magazines. We just got a skip last week, filled it right up with junk but the place looks no different there's so much **** in it.

We're missing a door or two downstairs and a few presses are hanging off the hinges too. Chaos, but chaos is good.

We weren't the type of children who we're always spick and span, we'd be up at the kitchen table painting, drawing with crayons, getting ourselves messy. It's kept hygenic though, windows always open with fresh air coming in, no smokers or anything like that.

My room is tidy though, I work there a lot so I have to keep it clear and I don't hold on to much crap, recycle or sell anything I don't need:)

FlutterinBantam

As a milatery man myself the gaff is always ship shape an bristol fashion with the possible exception of the Thunderbox which can well, look a bit "lived in" if you understand.

Black Swan

9

bounty

there is mold all over the walls, and a speckling of dead insects i splattered with the bat, and a mystery stink i cant place. all the delph in the kitchen is permanently dirty, the sink is clogged, and theres these mini flys constantly hovering around. the toilet has never been cleaned, so the piss has caked up around the bowl. the bin, has turned into a rubbish heap with overflow, and theres dirty underwear and socks everywhere. i never cut the grass, and its like mine field out there, the amount of shjts the dog has done.

overall about a 8 or 9, could be a lot worse

luckat

The Guards once arrived after a robbery, looked around and said: "They really made a job of this place."

I said: "Umm, well..."

But that was many years ago. Now it's about a 6 - I've even discovered the joys of putting things into the same drawer each time, so you don't have to open every drawer to find your socks.

The one problem is books, for which I just haven't enough shelves: they totter around in piles as well as living on the shelves.

Sp@rtacus

bounty wrote:

there is mold all over the walls, and a speckling of dead insects i splattered with the bat, and a mystery stink i cant place. all the delph in the kitchen is permanently dirty, the sink is clogged, and theres these mini flys constantly hovering around. the toilet has never been cleaned, so the piss has caked up around the bowl. the bin, has turned into a rubbish heap with overflow, and theres dirty underwear and socks everywhere. i never cut the grass, and its like mine field out there, the amount of shjts the dog has done.

overall about a 8 or 9, could be a lot worse

Sounds like that old Golden Pages ad...

"...and just WAIT <stifles a gag> til you see what they've done to your bathroom.."

WhiteWashMan

luckat wrote:

The Guards once arrived after a robbery, looked around and said: "They really made a job of this place."

I said: "Umm, well...".

man, that made me laugh.
happened to me many years ago when i shared a house.

the only way to see what had been stolen was that there was a square dustless patch on my pc desk where the stereo had been.
with dirt and dust and fag ash all piled up around the side.

it did look like they had pulled all of my colthes out and thrown them about as well, but that was just part of the lived in effect i so liked at the time!

man, that was a fúcking kip!

Pigman II

I reckon if I got rid of all the milk bottles full of piss I'd have at least a 3.

Kolodny

8.5 - 9 for cleanliness and tidiness in common areas, mostly down to me. 9.5 for my room. One of my housemates often refers to me as 'Monica' and my own mother thinks I am now teetering on the brink of OCD due to my fixation with having a 'right' place for everything. I think it amuses her because I was such an untidy child.