How untidy are you people?

How untidy do you let your house get before you would be uncomfortable with someone calling around?

I had people over last weekend after the pub, a lot of people, I ended up letting them use the bathroom in my bedroom as well as the main one because there was a queue. My bed was made, and the place was tidy but my running clothes were on the floor because I had to so a quick turnaround earlier in the day when I was home. I apologised profusely for "the state of the place". I got funny looks.

I saw someone come up the to the front door earlier and I looked around in panic to make sure the place was clean.

Does everyone worry to some degree about "the state of the place" when people call over or do I need to relax ta fcuk. I wouldn't even notice if someone else's house was untidy like, unless it was dirty then I might.

So how untidy are you? And do you notice when other peoples houses are untidy?

Yes I know it's Saturday night and there's loads of deadly things happening but I've to stay in because I've something on early in the morning so this is as exciting as my night is going to get!

Zed Bank

Very.

Ted_YNWA

I would be a clean freak to a certain extent as well.

If you want us to call around & rate the cleanliness there Whoops, just say the word.

hoodwinked

Deleted User wrote: »

I apologised profusely for "the state of the place". I got funny looks.

i did that before lots of times and got the same strange looks, i think i offended my in-laws once too by saying that, it sounded like i was apologising for our place (which was tidier than their house usually is) and they got very strange about it,

Snake

I can be tidy as anything or a bit messy. Usually a bit messy but I clean up if it's gets too messy. Enough to look bad if someone calls around is enough a reason to clean. I hate people calling when my house isn't clean

Ted_YNWA

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

I would be a clean freak to a certain extent as well.

If you want us to call around & rate the cleanliness there Whoops, just say the word.

*has panic attack*

Give me an hour will ya!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

My hutch is chilled out. So long as there's no dirty dishes in the sink, the laundry is in the basket and no visible dust round the place it's cool.

Renegade Mechanic

I literally have car parts under my bed..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

House is always clean and tidy due to my CDO (I know it's OCD but it's much neater alphabetically)

Banjo String

Visitors to my gaff need to wipe their feet on the way out .

Tail Docker

When it reaches windowsill level, we get a mini-digger in.

Not really, the Missus is a clean-freak. In a good way.

Dublin Red Devil

Very untidy. I clean my room annually

Ruu

Dishes are the main issue, sink is the only untidy area. Only two of us here so not sure how we accumulate so much!

Banjo String

Tail Docker wrote: »

When it reaches windowsill level, we get a mini-digger in.

Not really, the Missus is a clean-freak. In a good way .

Ditto. Mine actually made me get out of bed one day just so she could make it. :mad:

Ted_YNWA

Ruu wrote: »

Dishes are the main issue, sink is the only untidy area. Only two of us here so not sure how we accumulate so much!

Paper plates are the way to go.

Teyla Emmagan

I love a clean house! Can't claim the blinds are totally dust free, and the tiles in the bathroom upstairs need a good scrub, but it's definitely a consistent 8 out of 10.

I definitely notice other people's houses as well. Especially the bathrooms, there is something awful about a dirty bathroom.

orchidsrpretty

I am really really untidy. I never make my bed and would have about two weeks worth of clothes on the floor. I don't think I'm dirty though but have no problem leaving dinner dishes ' soaking' until the next day.
If I went to someone's house, I couldn't care less if they were messy but if the place was dirty, it would put me off accepting food or something to drink off them.

And oh god if the bathroom was dirty, I'd be making my excuses to leave ASAP.

PizzamanIRL

Until the bottles of piss start to smell.

gugleguy

Utter durtburd . Then I've a free gaff to do what I like right now

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Deleted User wrote: »

Does everyone worry to some degree about "the state of the place" when people call over or do I need to relax ta fcuk. I wouldn't even notice if someone else's house was untidy like, unless it was dirty then I might.

I used to warn people if they were calling unexpectedly "just to let you know, the place is a state", stopped when one of my best friends replied "jesus, I won't bother so? I don't care what the house looks like".

I'm fairly untidy, to be honest, but a lot of that is because I have hoarder tendencies. I usually don't have enough storage for the amount of clothes and books I have, and surfaces will be cluttered with ornaments, candles, crockery, etc. If I'm house-sharing I think I'm pretty good at keeping the communal areas decent, I've never had any complaints and I'm definitely not one to leave dishes festering in the sink or bins overflowing or anything. But I'm looking around my bedroom now and...yeah, it's not great when you can't see most of the carpet, is it?

hoodwinked

hoodwinked wrote: »

i did that before lots of times and got the same strange looks, i think i offended my in-laws once too by saying that, it sounded like i was apologising for our place (which was tidier than their house usually is) and they got very strange about it,

Oh I never looked at it that way!

I know I said that I like things to match once, cups and the likes, and my friend was like "eh, you must have a heart attack when you come to my house"
Course I couldn't give a fiddlers if her stuff doesn't match, it's only in my house - and I do have stuff that doesn't match aswell like!

I'm also the same about underwear (matching, not being tidy!)

Ted_YNWA

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm also the same about underwear (matching, not being tidy!)

Must not think impure thoughts.

Would never judge other peoples houses if they were untidy.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Ah if I find the place getting too untidy I just get the butler to order the maid to clean it so it never really gets too bad.

hcass

We get a cleaner in once a week cos we both hate cleaning. My parents were disgusted that we have a cleaner - think we are "getting above our station" I reckon...

Before cleaner the place got pretty messy but not dirty. We have lots of pets so there is always hair everywhere. Clean freaks - couldn't be dealing with them. "Take your shoes off before yo come into the house" etc.., Eh, no!

toastedpickles

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

I literally have car parts under my bed..

You and me both! few driveshafts....a few hubs, the usual yknow? :P

_Kaiser_

My place - I'm told - is spotless. I'd say it's tidy alright and never more than a few days between a hoovering and having the floor washed, but I just think of it as "tidy enough" myself.

I'm the same with the car though.. Never leave stuff like chocolate wrappers in it, and once I can see little stones gathering in the footwell it's time for a good clean.

Maybe I have a problem

Renegade Mechanic

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Must not think impure thoughts.

Would never judge other peoples houses if they were untidy.

Yup, I genuinely don't mind if someones house had been "lived in". Ill do a bit of hoovering and the like but I lose no sleep knowing theres dishes need cleaning:D

Now a quick story. A person I knew tested, then broke my very limits.. Im talking grease running down the windows and walls from years of fry ups, an actual layer of movable dirt on the floor, rather strange smells but deceptively clean cutlery.

Now the test: I went to the bathroom. It had never been cleaned. The bowl was a sort of yellowy cream colour till the waterline at which point it turns creamy brown. The near black rings on the bath tub fascinated me. And, Im ashamed to admit, a morbid curiosity overcame me when I saw it. What did a tub that filthy feel like... The close I can come to is open out a cereal box and scrape your fingernails along the inside..

Now the breakage.
Walking down the hall I spotted, under the kitchen table, white dog sh*t.
His dog was a good while dead.
We had words..

looking_around

I hate cleaning. And my partner isn't too fussed about it either.

I tend to give the house a good run over once a week, but until then, it can get quite messy.

Don't really care what visitors think either. Mind as soon as we can afford to, we'll have a cleaner once a week or so. Definitely worth paying for.

Renegade Mechanic

toastedpickles wrote: »

You and me both! few driveshafts....a few hubs, the usual yknow? :P

Hello, brotha!
Crankshaft wrapped in an oiled shirt and bin bag, brake parts 4 ECUs and some other bits myself:D

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Do any other glasses-wearers just take their glasses off to get another couple days between cleaning the house?

Ted_YNWA

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Yup, I genuinely don't mind if someones house had been "lived in". Ill do a bit of hoovering and the like but I lose no sleep knowing theres dishes need cleaning:D

Now a quick story. A person I knew tested, then broke my very limits.. Im talking grease running down the windows and walls from years of fry ups, an actual layer of movable dirt on the floor, rather strange smells but deceptively clean cutlery.

Now the test: I went to the bathroom. It had never been cleaned. The bowl was a sort of yellowy cream colour till the waterline at which point it turns creamy brown. The near black rings on the bath tub fascinated me. And, Im ashamed to admit, a morbid curiosity overcame me when I saw it. What did a tub that filthy feel like... The close I can come to is open out a cereal box and scrape your fingernails along the inside..

Now the breakage.
Walking down the hall I spotted, under the kitchen table, white dog sh*t.
His dog was a good while dead.
We had words..

Sounds like you needed anti viral shots before entering.

holystungun9

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

I literally have car parts under my bed..

A neighbour of mine used his kitchen for fixing motorbikes before he had his garage built. The divorce happened before the garage happened.

groucho marx

I cant relax in an untidy house.
Always pretty clean. Be mortified if people called and it was a mess.
Same with the car,try to keep it clean.

BrokenArrows

In the common areas of the house I'm very clean and always keep everything in its place, however my bedroom is a dump. The floor is covered in clothes. Lol.

The Backwards Man

I've been known to leave the bed during sex to wipe a cobweb off a lampshade.

I'm very tidy and very clean, which is easy when it's just me. I hate coming home to a mess and like the place uncluttered.

I try not to judge other peoples houses but sometimes it can be hard. I've been in a house where I've peeled my feet from the kitchen floor, been given tea in a mug with someone elses lip gloss still on it, the bathroom was useable because the seat was filthy and the loo entirely dark brown below the waterline. The bath was covered in scum. The open bedroom doors were portals to the most stale, disgusting, fetid smell ever, presumably because the bedlinen is rarely changed. Small children lived in that house, and if the conditions don't kill them first then they'll have the strongest immune systems in the West.

I couldn't live like that.

It's probably a good time for me to say it's not like I'm the tidiest person in the world! I can leave stuff lying around and I even sometimes leave cups in the sink! I just would be freaked out if someone saw that I did that :pac:

I have a cleaner once a week too and I loves her sooooooo much but I'd like her to here all the time to run around and pick up after me

Smidge

Candie wrote: »

I'm very tidy and very clean, which is easy when it's just me. I hate coming home to a mess and like the place uncluttered.

I try not to judge other peoples houses but sometimes it can be hard. I've been in a house where I've peeled my feet from the kitchen floor, been given tea in a mug with someone elses lip gloss still on it, the bathroom was useable because the seat was filthy and the loo entirely dark brown below the waterline. The bath was covered in scum. The open bedroom doors were portals to the most stale, disgusting, fetid smell ever, presumably because the bedlinen is rarely changed. Small children lived in that house, and if the conditions don't kill them first then they'll have the strongest immune systems in the West.

I couldn't live like that.

You should have told them how to combine cleaning fluids to create a magical solution that would have that place spotless in a jiffy.

toastedpickles

Deleted User wrote: »

It's probably a good time for me to say it's not like I'm the tidiest person in the world! I can leave stuff lying around and I even sometimes leave cups in the sink! I just would be freaked out if someone saw that I did that :pac:

I have a cleaner once a week too and I loves her sooooooo much but I'd like her to here all the time to run around and pick up after me

You filthy human :pac:

In fairness I can't say anything

Menas

We have a cleaner but I like a good tidy up before she comes around...just in case she thinks we are savages like.

That's normal, right?

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

We have a cleaner but I like a good tidy up before she comes around...just in case she thinks we are savages like.

That's normal, right?

Totally normal to tidy for the cleaner :pac:

Cupcake_Crisis

The communal areas of my house are generally very clean, unless my niece is over in which case I don't bother tidying around after her as it's just pointless. My bedroom however, is a whole other world, organised chaos. It's not dirty persay, but there's clothes (clean) absolutely everywhere. If anyone ever went in there I'd be mortified, but I'm so comfortable in the mess.

AulBiddy

I can make a mess sometimes but it will be cleaned, by mess I mean clothes on the floor or something that can be fixed quickly.

On the same note, I hate people who think their houses are clean but they are really only tidy.. If you understand me.
For example my friends house - the house looks tidy as you walk in.. Then you take off your shoes and you walk across the tiles and you can feel crumbs on your feet and your socks are black from dirt. You open the drawers in the kitchen and all the cutlery is put away neatly but still has grease on it.. Make up is all put away but the jars are filthy with no caps, open eyeliners all jammed together begging for infection... I'd rather someone who had some things lying around rather than things actually being dirty

Teyla Emmagan

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Now the breakage.
Walking down the hall I spotted, under the kitchen table, white dog sh*t.
His dog was a good while dead.
We had words..

White as in dog poo from the 80s, or from age? Not sure why I'm asking, dog poo left around the house is mental health territory, regardless.

My Dad always tells a story (not sure why I feel this is relevant) about a car salesman going out into the sticks somewhere to sell a car, a long time back. The potential client was an auld bachelor, of the type no one visits, so lonely an' all. He had plenty of money, but never had guests. And he was delighted this fella turned up, so asked him to stay for a sup of tae and a bit of lamb. Your man says yes. The auld fella pulls this leg of lamb from out of the chimney (open fire, there was no fridge in the house). It was crawling in maggots. He carved a bit off, poured the tea, and they had a good old chat while they enjoyed the repast. Your man puked the whole way back home. He sold the car though

August Important Trapeze wrote: »

Do any other glasses-wearers just take their glasses off to get another couple days between cleaning the house?

No. You dirty skank :pac:

Menas

AulBiddy wrote: »

On the same note, I hate people who think their houses are clean but they are really only tidy.. If you understand me.

This.

A buddy of mine has a nice tidy house but the place is minging. I remember telling him that we changed our bedclothes weekly and he nearly fell off his barstool laughing.
He changes his every 6 months or so.

I did not mention that we iron the pillow covers. The shame.

Oh and people who do selfies in their bedrooms?

Make your feckin bed ffs!

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh and people who do selfies in their bedrooms?

Make your feckin bed ffs!

A lot of the time bedroom selfies involve nakedness and the text starts with "you won't show this to anyone will you?"
The state of the bedroom tends to pale into insignificance in such circumstances.

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

We have a cleaner but I like a good tidy up before she comes around...just in case she thinks we are savages like.

That's normal, right?

Trigger Happy wrote: »

A lot of the time bedroom selfies involve nakedness and the text starts with "you won't show this to anyone will you?"
The state of the bedroom tends to pale into insignificance in such circumstances.

Um...

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

Um...

Selfies received, not sent!

Jeez, if I sent a naked selfie I would be up in court on an offence against humanity charge.

Teyla Emmagan

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh and people who do selfies in their bedrooms?

Make your feckin bed ffs!

On the internet, somewhere, there is a photo of a woman, taken by herself. It's in the bathroom, and she looks pretty well. However, in the background you can see the toilet, with a MASSIVE unflushed turd in it.

A genuine epic fail...

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Selfies received, not sent!

Jeez, if I sent a naked selfie I would be up in court on an offence against humanity charge.

Boards is acting all weird. You had a deleted post that completely contradicted your undeleted one about selfies. It obviously decided to quote a random post in its place!