How Clean Is Your House?

Massimo Cassagrande · 23-08-2015 11:24AM

There's places on the Gaza strip that got hit by artillery that are tidier. It's a home, full of dogs, kids, projects, hobbies, "works in progress". I'm not a neat freak, you wouldn't want to be, or you'd go nuts.

Medusa22 · 23-08-2015 11:25AM

I thought my place was clean enough until I read some of the posts on this thread. I like to keep my place tidy enough but my OH is quite messy so I have to keep on top of it. In fairness though, she's great with cleaning. I wipe down the kitchen and bathroom every few days and I give them a good clean once a week/every two weeks. The floors are hoovered and mopped once a week, though sometimes the mopping is done every two weeks. Dishwasher goes on every second day and so does the washing machine. I change the bedsheets every two weeks. The oven and the fridge are cleaned every six months. Windows....maybe once every three years when the OH decides to do it

NeonCookies · 23-08-2015 11:26AM

I'm pretty clean and tidy. My boyfriend thinks I'm a clean freak but that's because he doesn't know what a bin is for :pac:

The kitchen counters, sink etc. would be wiped and cleaned after every use (hate a dirty looking kitchen!). Floors would be swept or hoovered a few times a week, but I'm horrendously lazy about mopping! Bathroom would be fully cleaned once a week, or more if it looks visibly dirty e.g. soap scum around the sink or something. I like surfaces to be clear and clean, it adds a lot to a room i think.

Usually the first thing I do when I come in from work, or get up on a weekend is whizz around and do a general tidy while the kettle boils (the aforementioned boyfriend is a night owl too, so he can be up making a mess late at night!)
If I'm really busy, the place always ends up untidy and cluttered looking which stresses me out, although the odd evening (shameful secret alert!:eek:)...I just revel in it, leave my dishes, don't tidy up, go to bed, and worry about it in the morning! It feels naughty...haha!

anncoates · 23-08-2015 03:18PM

My wife is a bit of a clean and tidy freak and I'm a bit of a scruffbag so it's been a growing compromise: she's eased off ever so slightly and I've learned to contribute.

Day Lewin · 23-08-2015 04:03PM

Fairly messy. Mostly clutterologists live here. (But the inhabitants all revel in rude health.)

And I'm fussy about bathrooms, always cleaning those: my bathrooms sparkle and my hall always has flowers and a welcome. And kitchen surfaces are clean clean, because hygiene.

23-08-2015 04:10PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

Not great really, I live in a houseshare so no one has much interest in cleaning. I always tidy the kitchen after myself (and the others who never do) but the living room, stairs, hall way etc hasn't seen a hover in over a year. I keep My room tidy but I'm not the best for actual cleaning, probably hover and dust it about every 6 months (been longer than that now but I'm very lazy about it recently).

The bathroom got its annual clean there a few weeks ago.

If it was my own place (even renting alone rather than sharing) I'd be far more inclined to do regular cleaning.

You can't be a real person. It's just not possible.

Menas · 23-08-2015 04:27PM

Candie wrote: »

You can't be a real person. It's just not possible.

I doubt Kim and Aggie would go in there.
Seriously nox, is there a smell in the place?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 23-08-2015 04:30PM

It has to smell. This thread reminds me of that debate where people said they showered every few days, and that their bedsheets only needed to be changed every month or two. It's manky

Menas · 23-08-2015 04:32PM

I still think people were messing in that thread when they said they only showered every few days.

23-08-2015 04:33PM

Menas wrote: »

I still think people were messing in that thread when they said they only showered every few days.

Same poster, that's why I think he's winding us up.

kfallon · 23-08-2015 04:46PM

Tis clean enough, have to give the bathroom a good clean this week tho, fúcking hate doing it but it has to be done!

23-08-2015 04:50PM

Menas wrote: »

I doubt Kim and Aggie would go in there.
Seriously nox, is there a smell in the place?

Nox001 - putting the Nox into noxious.

Sounds like a biohazard.

23-08-2015 05:10PM

Candie wrote: »

You can't be a real person. It's just not possible.

It's the truth, the others won't do any cleaning and I won't volunteer to do it. I clean the kitchen regularly but it's probably been about 6 months actually (when people were viewing a room that was available) that the living room, hallway etc got a hover. Bedroom could do with a dusting and a hover too but I've been very lazy about doing it recently.

Menas wrote: »

I still think people were messing in that thread when they said they only showered every few days.

I was totally serious there too, it's very rarely I would shower two days in a row. Normally every second day and sometimes I might go 3 days, I stand by my opinion that people are totally shower obsessed in recent years and can't see that it's not actually necessary to have one everyday.

Penny Tration · 23-08-2015 05:33PM

My house is very messy, but quite clean. My youngest sister leaves things lying about on all available surfaces, so it looks like a bomb would do 20k of improvements.

But, the counters, floors, curtains, windows, bathroom, bedrooms, etc are all spotless. Big clean up is done once a week, where I scrub everything in sight to within an inch of its life, and hoovering, cleaning down counters, tables, windows etc are done pretty much every day.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 23-08-2015 05:41PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

It's the truth, the others won't do any cleaning and I won't volunteer to do it. I clean the kitchen regularly but it's probably been about 6 months actually (when people were viewing a room that was available) that the living room, hallway etc got a hover. Bedroom could do with a dusting and a hover too but I've been very lazy about doing it recently.

I was totally serious there too, it's very rarely I would shower two days in a row. Normally every second day and sometimes I might go 3 days, I stand by my opinion that people are totally shower obsessed in recent years and can't see that it's not actually necessary to have one everyday.

This statement is making me feel itchy

23-08-2015 05:43PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

I was totally serious there too, it's very rarely I would shower two days in a row. Normally every second day and sometimes I might go 3 days, I stand by my opinion that people are totally shower obsessed in recent years and can't see that it's not actually necessary to have one everyday.

You can't see it, everyone else can smell it.

Not that I believe any of this anymore.

Penny Tration · 23-08-2015 05:49PM

Candie wrote: »

You can't see it, everyone else can smell it.

Not that I believe any of this anymore.

Nox is taking inspiration from the queen a few hundred years back who bathed twice a year, whether she needed to or not.

23-08-2015 05:52PM

Candie wrote: »

You can't see it, everyone else can smell it.

See this is the nonsense, you don't automatically smell because you don't shower everyday. Ask anyone I work with or my gf etc they will tell you I smell just fine.

I also don't know why you don't believe me, I'm not even exaggerating never mind making things up.

23-08-2015 06:01PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

See this is the nonsense, you don't automatically smell because you don't shower everyday. Ask anyone I work with or my gf etc they will tell you I smell just fine.

I also don't know why you don't believe me, I'm not even exaggerating never mind making things up.

The smell emanating from you is masked by the noxious fumes of the filth encrusted bathroom in your house. You stink if you don't wash for days.

A yearly clean. Of course, anything more is just fussy.

Not that any of it is true, nobody lives like you claim to in 2015.

Penny Tration · 23-08-2015 06:04PM

My jack russell is washed more frequently than nox, and she cant even wash herself! :eek:

Harry Palmr · 23-08-2015 06:05PM

Showering every day would be a complete waste of water - which they now charge for!

For anyone who think differently ask your parents how often they bathed or showered back in the day. It will be once or twice a week.

As for the house - basically clean but a bit of a mess. I keep saying I'll hire a small skip and give everything not nailed down or heavy the heave-ho but still not done it.

dark crystal · 23-08-2015 06:10PM

You don't really need to shower daily and it doesn't make you smelly or dirty if you skip a day (unless you work in a job that makes you sweat a lot or involves 'dirty' work).

http://www.med-health.net/How-Often-Should-You-Shower.html

I wouldn't shower every single day, but I always wear fresh clothes and use deodorant daily. I'm not a smelly or dirty person at all!

I do think people have become a bit too clean freakish in ways; extremes on either side of the spectrum aren't healthy imo. Of course it's important to be hygienic and have pride in yourself and your surroundings, but I do think people can be a tad judgemental if someone says they don't bathe daily or keep their house spotlessly clean at all times.

Saying that, I wish I had a bit more Monica in me - I hate housework with a passion. It seems like such a pointless endless cycle of drudgery....

23-08-2015 06:11PM

Candie wrote: »

The smell emanating from you is masked by the noxious fumes of the filth encrusted bathroom in your house. You stink if you don't wash for days.

A yearly clean. Of course, anything more is just fussy.

Not that any of it is true, nobody lives like you claim to in 2015.

A shower every second day sometimes maybe pushing to 3 days does not mean you smell it's total nonsense.

As for cleaning I already said I'd do it far more often was it my own place but I've no desire to clean up after other people (except the kitchen as I can't prepare food if it's let in a mess so I do end up cleaning after others)and they have no interest in cleaning either so things like hovering and cleaning the bathroom don't happen very often.

I've lived in a few houseshares and with loads of different housemates and I've found that cleaning the house does not happen very often at all in these types of living arrangements.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 23-08-2015 06:13PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

See this is the nonsense, you don't automatically smell because you don't shower everyday. Ask anyone I work with or my gf etc they will tell you I smell just fine.

I also don't know why you don't believe me, I'm not even exaggerating never mind making things up.

I'm certain you do smell. My oh showers before work every day, and when we cuddle in the evening, he smells. Not strongly, or even offensive, but ykno he could do with jumping in the shower. Imagine sweating all night on top of that and then putting on crusty clothes and heading out for another day of it?

23-08-2015 06:18PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I'm certain you do smell. My oh showers before work every day, and when we cuddle in the evening, he smells. Not strongly, or even offensive, but ykno he could do with jumping in the shower. Imagine sweating all night on top of that and then putting on crusty clothes and heading out for another day of it?

I don't have to imagine it as I do it all the time and I don't smell. I work in an office job so don't have an active day and I use both an anti perspirant and a separate deodorant.

Penny Tration · 23-08-2015 06:19PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

A shower every second day sometimes maybe pushing to 3 days does not mean you smell.

Except for your case, where you also don't change your jocks or clothes daily, give your sheets a change something like every 3-6 months iirc, and only clean your room and bathroom once or twice a YEAR.

All of that combined with showering every few days absolutely DOES result in a person smelling like a sweaty sewer.

Diamond Doll · 23-08-2015 06:26PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

As for cleaning I already said I'd do it far more often was it my own place but I've no desire to clean up after other people (except the kitchen as I can't prepare food if it's let in a mess so I do end up cleaning after others)and they have no interest in cleaning either so things like hovering and cleaning the bathroom don't happen very often.

Would ye not just hire a cleaner then, if you're not going to do it yourselves? Even if only once a month for a good deep clean ... wouldn't cost much between a few of you.

Menas · 23-08-2015 08:23PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

I've lived in a few houseshares and with loads of different housemates and I've found that cleaning the house does not happen very often at all in these types of living arrangements.

I dont know about that. I lived in one place that was bad-I left after a few weeks. But that aside all of my house shares were pretty decent from a cleaning perspective. Am glad I have been living in my own place since my mid -20s though.

No one should live in a dirty pigsty.

23-08-2015 08:56PM

This little piggy wrote: »

Would ye not just hire a cleaner then, if you're not going to do it yourselves? Even if only once a month for a good deep clean ... wouldn't cost much between a few of you.

I would be in favour of this myself but doubt the other housemates would be interested, one in particular who is very messy.

Can't wait to get away from housesharing.

Tarzana2 · 23-08-2015 09:08PM

Jasmine Incalculable Martinet wrote: »

See this is the nonsense, you don't automatically smell because you don't shower everyday.

If you don't change your underwear every day, you will definitely smell with not showering every day, no doubt about it. As if your colleagues would answer that question honestly. :pac:

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