Ok, I will try to keep it brief. We have swapped houses with a family in a different country for a holiday. The family asked if I minded if they arranged for their cleaner to clean their house after we left, if I could arrange the same for our house. I said yes, but was informed earlier in the week by the cleaner that I had in mind that she couldn't actually clean our house before we get home as planned. I emailed the family in our house and said, really sorry but this has happened, would you mind awfully reverting to original plan and we both clean each other's houses before we leave. I assumed that this would be fine!
I left our house immaculate and cleaned for a week to make sure it was to hotel standard with crisp white bedtime and white fluffy towels etc. We left chocolates and wine for them. Our house is also in a really nice area of London and quite large.
Their house is half the size, tatty around the edges etc etc. They said no. They want to tidy around but each to clean our own houses (they have their cleaner arranged to clean theirs and it is half the size of ours!) I am livid and it has completely ruined the holiday. They definitely got a far better deal on the swap than us and I just feel cross that they couldn't at least clean before they leave. I emailed back asking them to at least clean the bathrooms/showers as I don't want to get home to deal with their dirt. Am I being unreasonable or are they? I guess this is the problem with swapping your house..... :-(
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goodygoodymummy · 17/08/2016 20:47
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