how clean is your house

loismustdie

hi all, sorry to seem sexist on the topic but figured this forum would be the best place for this thread:
how often do you clean your house, and what would this clean entaile
, how fussy are you? would u clean every inch on a regular basis and would you allow a dirty handmark on the wall or dirt on the floor to stay there for long? ust wondering what other peoples standards are at home and if their house would always be up to scratch or would they often hav a few jobs need attending to?
oh the trials and tribulations of an aprentice parttime housewife

Quality

I feel I am constantly cleaning, tidying up, cooking, washing clothes, ironing, hoovering, dusting, washing windows, cleaning out drawers, recycling, putting bins out...


A womans work is never done.


I have high standards, I like things to be clean and tidy all the time. I couldnt sit down if the house was a mess!

Novella

I'm pretty obsessed with cleaning so I'd say my apartment is very clean! I wouldn't be able to relax if it was a mess. I know some people can have dinner and just leave the dishes there and go off and watch tv or whatever, but I'd never do that.

I clean every single day. I clean everything, even things that already are clean! I feel like my life is more in order when everything in my apartment is in it's rightful place and all is neat and tidy!

I'd never ever ever leave a mess anywhere. I tried to go to work the other day leaving a glass on my bedside table but I actually couldn't do it! :pac:

Professey Chin

Novella wrote: »

I'm pretty obsessed with cleaning so I'd say my apartment is very clean! I wouldn't be able to relax if it was a mess. I know some people can have dinner and just leave the dishes there and go off and watch tv or whatever, but I'd never do that.

I clean every single day. I clean everything, even things that already are clean! I feel like my life is more in order when everything in my apartment is in it's rightful place and all is neat and tidy!

I'd never ever ever leave a mess anywhere. I tried to go to work the other day leaving a glass on my bedside table but I actually couldn't do it! :pac:

But a little mess is a good thing :pac:

minidazzler

Novella wrote: »

I'm pretty obsessed with cleaning so I'd say my apartment is very clean! I wouldn't be able to relax if it was a mess. I know some people can have dinner and just leave the dishes there and go off and watch tv or whatever, but I'd never do that.

I clean every single day. I clean everything, even things that already are clean! I feel like my life is more in order when everything in my apartment is in it's rightful place and all is neat and tidy!

I'd never ever ever leave a mess anywhere. I tried to go to work the other day leaving a glass on my bedside table but I actually couldn't do it! :pac:

I am basically the same, except my whole house is a Mess, I can't clean a house this messy because it's so hard to start. When I (eventually) get a place of my own I will basically treat it like Novella does!!! Nothing will be out of place!!

midlandsmissus

Wow that's mad about the glass on the table! I'm pretty messy. I never leave dirt anywhere, but I will definitely leave things lying round d place. There are clothes lying round my room right now! One of my friends is obsessed with cleaning. She apologises every time I go over for 'the mess', when it's the most pristine house ive ever been in!

Novella

minidazzler wrote: »

I am basically the same, except my whole house is a Mess, I can't clean a house this messy because it's so hard to start. When I (eventually) get a place of my own I will basically treat it like Novella does!!! Nothing will be out of place!!

I think we should get married and have a beautiful, beautiful house together!!

minidazzler

Novella wrote: »

I think we should get married and have a beautiful, beautiful house together!!

I agree, I have to be divorced by the time we are 40 though, I have an Engagement then!!!

What if we conflict on where something should be??? I assume you follow basic Feng Shui???

Abi

House? Ohhhhhhh. That thing around my computer :pac:

Novella

minidazzler wrote: »

I agree, I have to be divorced by the time we are 40 though, I have an Engagement then!!!

What if we conflict on where something should be??? I assume you follow basic Feng Shui???

That's fine, gives us almost another twenty years of organising and tidying!

Us, conflict? Don't be ridiculous! We will live in perfect harmony in our fabulously Feng Shui-ed home! I'm so excited!!!!

minidazzler

Novella wrote: »

That's fine, gives us almost another twenty years of organising and tidying!

Us, conflict? Don't be ridiculous! We will live in perfect harmony in our fabulously Feng Shui-ed home! I'm so excited!!!!

2 Engagements in 2 days!!! I am good!! Lol.

Yes, if you will put up with Feng Shui, or at least what FEELS right, then I think we could be perfect!!!

Ruu_Old

I am very fussy about the wood floors, has to be always shining for me.

Novella

minidazzler wrote: »

2 Engagements in 2 days!!! I am good!! Lol.

Yes, if you will put up with Feng Shui, or at least what FEELS right, then I think we could be perfect!!!

Ah, if you get the what FEELS right thing, then we should be absolutely amazing together!

Orla K

My father won't come over for to my place it's so bad and, if he does for the next two weeks I get asked have I cleaned up yet and get given out to (even by my brother, who was messy until the moment he sat on a bird we were nursing, his room was messy and the bird was under his jumper and he sat on his jumper, he's been a bit of a clean freak after that)

But I am really crap at cleaning, I tend to start something wander off and forget to finish it. If I ever have enough money I'll hire someone to clean my place one or twice a week but I don't think I will ever have enough.

Edgedinblue

im pretty bad when it comes to cleaning i love everything to have its own place and should be clean. i cant handle a coat on a chair or shoes at the bottom of the stairs.. even the coat hangers on the wall look untidy! but im like some of the guys who have above said once they're not in rented places they'll have loverly houses. i feel like i could be cleaning for days in this place yet itd still seem untidy to me!

Black Swan

We live in tight quarters, so out of respect to each other, we stay pretty cleared away and clean.

Dudess

Cleanliness is more of a concern to me than tidiness. A bit of clutter doesn't bother me. I tend to just do small bits of cleaning as I see the need for them, rather than one big clean-up.

Xiney

I have a theory that people are either big into cooking or big into cleaning. Very very few people are big into both, in my experience.

Personally, I fall more on the cook end of the spectrum.... although the place isn't a health hazard or anything, it's likely messy unless I've got guests coming over.

I_am_Jebus

Sometimes I think I have developed the Monica syndrome... (DAMN YOU! MOTHER).

I hate when things are messy etc... I was hoping it was just because I am only in my new house (and first one of my own) for 2ish months... but the feeling of everything needing to be tidy and in it's place is not going away

Although sometimes I am just too lazy to do anything about things that aren't tidy and I sit around on the couch pee'd off at the mess but not bothering to do anythin about it... which I think is worse.

minidazzler

Xiney wrote: »

I have a theory that people are either big into cooking or big into cleaning. Very very few people are big into both, in my experience.

Personally, I fall more on the cook end of the spectrum.... although the place isn't a health hazard or anything, it's likely messy unless I've got guests coming over.

I would agree here, I hate cleaning, but love the place to be clean and will do so. Besides it can't get durty if I do nothing!!!

But I LOVE cooking, absolutely adore it!!

I am still good at cleaning (well more the organisational side of things anyway!!)

Ickle Magoo

minidazzler wrote: »

I would agree here, I hate cleaning, but love the place to be clean and will do so. Besides it can't get durty if I do nothing!!!

But I LOVE cooking, absolutely adore it!!

I am still good at cleaning (well more the organisational side of things anyway!!)

+1

It's a bit of a never-ending cycle of cleaning & tidying here - as soon as the place is in some kind of order the kids go through it like a tornado. If it's a choice between hoovering & baking a batch of fresh bread tho, the baking wins hands down.

minidazzler

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

+1

It's a bit of a never-ending cycle of cleaning & tidying here - as soon as the place is in some kind of order the kids go through it like a tornado. If it's a choice between hoovering & baking a batch of fresh bread tho, the baking wins hands down.

You bake fresh bread?:( Mammy hasn't done that in years:(


Can I come over for dinner :P

Ickle Magoo

I try to cook everything from scratch so yeah, regularly bake bread...& if you'll excuse the mess, you are more than welcome to come over! :D

SeekUp

Dudess wrote: »

Cleanliness is more of a concern to me than tidiness. A bit of clutter doesn't bother me. I tend to just do small bits of cleaning as I see the need for them, rather than one big clean-up.

I'm the complete opposite . . . I don't care if things aren't spotless, as long as everything is neat and tidy. I tend to stress out when everything is everywhere; I feel as if I can't relax until everything is in its place. So even when the oven needs a clean and the mirrors need a wipe and the floor needs a vacuum, as long as the counters are clear and the lotions are in the medicine cabinet and there aren't shoes and socks left lying around, I'm good.

Let me tell you though -- I currently live with someone who I've dubbed a sprawler. Even when he's not around, you can tell where he's been by the amount of crap that's lying around wherever he was.

I like to think this situation is the sole reason why I've come to possess a tad of patience.

metrovelvet

Its constant and never ending and never seems to get accomplished. While one thing is getting cleaned another is getting dirty.

I have a two year old and I have never mopped and hoovered so much in my life.

Im not germanic about order, but I dont like dirt. I love the smell of Dettol.

jenny2hat

heh not very
clean but messy :rolleyes:

shellyboo

Xiney wrote: »

although the place isn't a health hazard or anything, it's likely messy unless I've got guests coming over.

This is me. I live with two boys who never, ever clean; so I kind of refuse to clean too much cos it would annoy me to be cleaning after them the whole time.

If the place is needing a good clean, I'll do it, but I'm more likely to leave it until I *need* to, as in, I have guests coming. Dishes and things could lie there for ages, tbh. Same in my bedroom, clothes everywhere!

Strangely though, at home I'm very neat and tidy. My mum is really organised and is always cleaning; so I tend to keep it clean there and adopt her same habits.

stovelid

The parts of the house that my wife has responsibility for are spotless; mine display a more charming and earthy homeliness.

Oh The Humanity

Im so conflicted about this!

Inside I am a Monica and if I had the time my house would be like a showhouse Im sure. When I lived alone everything was tidy and organised and clean.

But now I live with my OH, he is more messy than me but quite considerate by many peoples standards. So there are for example a lot more crumbs on the floor in the kitchen, yet he clears up after himself, putting his plates, cutlery etc in the dishwasher and voluntarily cooking and hoovering and tidying around, which is astounding to me.

So its a mixed bag now. My place is getting very raggedy around the edges now, due to lack of money for upkeep so I have become disillusioned about it and care a lot less about keeping it nice as even with a mammoth clean up it still looks a bit tatty with ageing carpets, cracked tiles etc It depresses my inner perfectionist greatly.

As for cooking, I positively despise it. It was only recently for the first time after living there for 3 or 4 years I used all 4 rings on the cooker at one time! :eek:

In the previous house where I lived for 10 years I couldnt operate the oven as it was too complicated and boring to me so I just grilled or microwaved everything. I can't understand people who cook everything from scratch, the repetition and boredom drive me insane! Same with grocery shopping, I despise it!

If it takes longer to cook it than eat it then ..............NEXT !

Ickle Magoo

Oh The Humanity wrote: »

I can't understand people who cook everything from scratch, the repetition and boredom drive me insane!

You can't have a very extensive repertoire if you find cooking repetitive! I find cooking quite therapeutic - and the difference in the kids behaviour since cutting out the processed crap is astounding and probably the biggest motivator for me.

Molberts

my house is clean but untidy

It can get very hairy as we have three dogs, but I'd rather have some hair than no dogs

beks101

I like things to be in order, otherwise I get stressed. It's symbolic I think - if I'm leaving a clean and tidy bedroom in the morning, I'm setting myself up for the day.

But I don't have time to be anal about cleanliness - I'm barely at home half the time with my working hours, gym, travelling home to Galway etc, so the big clean up is generally reserved for weekends.

I have a messy housemate however, who leaves a whirlwind of plates, crumbs, books, products etc in her wake...and her room looks like it's been raided and ripped apart by a host of burglars. Then she emerges out of it looking like a supermodel, flawless and perfect!

metaoblivia

How clean is my house?

Well that all depends on who's coming over.

I was raised by two neat freaks, so becoming an unorganized mess was one of my first rebellious acts. I do clean my apartment about once a week and I clean it very well if I have guests over. But when it's just me, I don't mind tossing a few things on the floor, leaving my bed unmade, or leaving a few unwashed dishes in the sink.

Das Kitty

I'm very untidy, I am clean however. Most of my clutter is piles of clean dry laundry awaiting the ironing and putting away fairies, all my knitting bits and pieces. However I hate a grubby surface so will move all of the clutter aside and make a worktop or coffee table shiny clean, then just put the clutter back. Everything has its own place in my home but rarely are they in there place!

My husband is the opposite. He would arrange all the remote controls in perfect alignment on a filthy coffee table and think he has cleaned! He'll Hoover the floor but not move the furniture, if it looks tidy he's happy. The thought of what would still be remaining under the sofa frightens me!

He does say about my untidyness that ge can analyse my trail of destruction to see what I was up to. He has no argument though as it's me who cleans all 3 bathrooms!

miss no stars

I can be a bit untidy, however, I can't sleep (literally) until my bedroom is immaculate. I've also been known to tidy other peoples rooms up. I DO admittedly have a habit of finding new homes for things (like my keys and iPod, things that NATURALLY want to live on the table I like to leave them on but then are mother-moved back to my room to leave me wondering where they are).

Overall though, I'm anal about cleanliness. I can't STAND the sight of dirt. Vacuum every day, polish my (glass) study desk, dust, etc etc and I'm not even home all day. I like a clean home. Just wish I had more storage space so I could hide more stuff.

fizzlepurplefuz

Hi Everyone,
This is completely off topic but i've just opened the washing machine and somehow the clothes have turned green!!!! Aaagh!!!

Can anyone tell me what this might be or what might have caused this to happen ....the washing machine is only 2 years old!!!!!

Any help would be really appreciated

princess-lala

My mam does all the cleaning, Spotless house and rooms - until I walk in!

She says I make the house look dirty

princess-lala

fizzlepurplefuz wrote: »

Hi Everyone,
This is completely off topic but i've just opened the washing machine and somehow the clothes have turned green!!!! Aaagh!!!

Can anyone tell me what this might be or what might have caused this to happen ....the washing machine is only 2 years old!!!!!

Any help would be really appreciated

What colour clothes were they?? Thats strange?

fizzlepurplefuz

princess-lala wrote: »

What colour clothes were they?? Thats strange?

They were a mixture....
There was a couple of white tops, a grey top and some bath towels!!
Wasn't even a full wash

My dad actually did the washing
Can't wait to see the look on my mam's face when she comes in!!!
I'll be ringside with popcorn hahahaha

Pythia

I clean the house once a week, generally a Saturday. I've just done the hoovering, cleaned the bathroom, tidied the bedroom, mopped the floors, cleaned the kitchen and done the dishes. Won't be doing any more housework (apart from dishes) until next Saturday. That means on a Thurs or Fri the house can look messy enough. It does annoy me when the house is messy but I don't like spending every evening cleaning.

The Big Red Button

minidazzler wrote: »

You bake fresh bread?:( Mammy hasn't done that in years:(

My mammy bakes a couple of loaves of yummy brown bread every single day without fail, as well as doing a good big proper dinner every day, as well as working full-time and playing tennis several times a week and being a mammy of seven! Other mammies always feel bad when they hear that

My house - well my bedroom - is always either spotlessly perfectly tidy, or else a complete mess! It looks like a tornado hit it at the moment But it's always just messy mess, I couldn't live with dirty mess! Like I'd never ever leave dishes or glasses in there. It's mostly just clothes scattered around, I'm the opposite of a hoarder so I have very little random "stuff" to mess the place up. And at least I know my other bedroom in my non-home house is lovely and tidy, it'll be nice to go back to that tomorrow.

LimeFruitGum

I do a big clean on a Sunday morning. It is just me in an apartment, so I can get the vacuuming, surface-cleaning and dusting done in an hour. I like a shiny floor too. Once I do a big clean at the weekend, I really don't need to do that much during the week apart from wiping down surfaces and washing-up.

I was up North last weekend and came back with loads of detergents and no new clothes as had been originally planned... I am officially old and sad!!! :rolleyes:

This is the first time I've ever had somewhere all to myself and I don't have messy housemates anymore, so I like the fact that I can keep my gaff exactly how I like it and I can keep on top of the housework.

pow wow

Hopelessly untidy but pretty clean. I just lift everything up, hoover under it, and then put it back down

My housemate though.....her mum sent a set of cutlery back up with her for me the last time she came back from visiting home because we'd had a ruck about her only doing her dishes once a week and there never being any clean forks...made me lol.

Clare Bear

Very clean. We're both pretty tidy. Not clean freaks but we both hate mess. Lots of storage is my friend.

doctor evil

Clare Bear wrote: »

. Lots of storage is my friend.

I wish I had more storage!

mental07

I've a clean-freak housemate who throws hissyfits over the smallest things. A cup unwashed? Horror!! Speck of dust visible in the hallway? Crisis! A drop of water splashed on the bathroom floor? World War III!

I do the necessary for a quiet life.

Abi

mental07 wrote: »

I've a clean-freak housemate who throws hissyfits over the smallest things. A cup unwashed? Horror!! Speck of dust visible in the hallway? Crisis! A drop of water splashed on the bathroom floor? World War III!

You know what she needs? a big ....

cup of camomile tea

I need more storage in my house, theres the occasional little bundle of random bits and pieces that need a home of their own. Outside of that, everything is clean.

Latchy

My internetz connection has being playing up so I got into a cleaning frenzy today .Jeeze I can accomplish all sorts when I put my mind to it .

Like even the cobwebs had cobwebs on them :pac:

Dudess

mental07 wrote: »

I've a clean-freak housemate who throws hissyfits over the smallest things. A cup unwashed? Horror!! Speck of dust visible in the hallway? Crisis! A drop of water splashed on the bathroom floor? World War III!

I like clean, but that I am not. Thankfully.

goldilocks77

My motto re: cleaning is: clean sheets, clean body and clean plates. Clean floors has, however, managed to slip onto the list. I do an hour or so on a Saturday and more when I'm expecting visitors! I'm fairly tidy, really - the coffee table and the sink carry the brunt of the 'mess'....:)

Latchy

I have a friend who lives alone ,terribly untidy chap who was recently burgled.

How can you tell I asked ?