This is really embarrassing!
I am 25 and have never lived alone. I got a staggeringly bad example from my parents - house falling apart, dust and clutter everywhere, mouldy food, broken windows not fixed (my bedroom), mice/rats/slugs/beetles etc, it was not nice to grow up with - and escaped the hell hole moved out with DH. Similar with learning to look after my body/appearance, but that's a whole other thread which my self esteem isn't ready for yet!
We get the basics done (DH is actually much better at getting on wih it than me - I have AS and am rubbish at routines and organisation) and at least we aren't in as much of a state as my parents (and our landlords have not complained when they've visited), but I really have very little clue how to keep a house properly clean and lovely!
We've had an awful couple of years due to our health, DH is nearly better but as mine is now getting worse (CFS/ME) I am really starting to see how much harder life is because our house is messy! We have managed a lot of decluttering recently (I have a thread on the Christmas board about it :o) and that has helped, I feel ready for being more house proud now and having a simple, achievable routine. I have tried flylady/Ongoing GH threads in the past but I found it too difficult to keep up with, I think I'd do better if somebody could tell me what needs doing and how often, what stuff to use etc, and we can just get on with it and gradually make it habit.
Our house is tiny, no garden, very small bathroom and galley kitchen, carpet everywhere except kitchen. Plenty of storage but not using it efficiently at the moment.
Can anyone give me a few tips please?
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I just realised I have NO idea how to look after a house. Guidance and encouragement, anyone?
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fuzzpig · 19/11/2012 10:04
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