do you put bleach down the loo as you swish off on holiday

[BadgersArse]

or is it just me

[LIZS]

if I remember and don't then flush it on a last minute pee !

[BadgersArse]

it s such a MUM thing to do

[brimfull]

no

dh cleans the fridge though
but I beat him to it today

we re leaving dd in house-aaargh!

[janeite]

I haven't before but now I've read this, I probably shall! Dp always vacuums (why?!) before we go and I wipe out the fridge.

[CybilLiberty]

Yes always. And down plug holes.

Do you unplug all sockets?

And leave curtains in an 'they might be home, they might not' position to baffle burglars?

[BadgersArse]

i hide jewelllery adn car keys

[BadgersArse]

i have half heartedly wiped fridge

[BadgersArse]

the HAKF curtain thing really makes me cross
its SO obvsious

we ask neighbours to park on our drive to fox

[brimfull]

yeh the curtain thing
tis so obvious isn't it

[claricebeansmum]

I do the baffle burglar curtains thing.

Hadn't even thought about hoovering and stuff but suppose it makes sense!

[brimfull]

I do bugger all cleaning really

thn get depressed when I come home

[CybilLiberty]

Do you leave lamps on. I do then worry they will catch light.

yes yes I know I should invest in a timer.

I think you can get one that swishes your curtains across for you.

Perhaps a cardboard cut out at the window would be ok

[brimfull]

cardboard people partying into the night would be good

[PestoSoggyMonster]

I do too.

[scrappydappydoo]

Yep - clean house top to bottom - Its lovely coming home to a clean house and not that sinking feeling when you walk in on a mess

[GrungeBlobPrimpants]

Oh yes

It's the only way to get rid of the past 10 months accumulated crud

Turn off the water at mains too (we once came back to water tank contents dripping through ceiling)

[Seeline]

I don't belive in tidying before we go - it's my burgler deterant. I reckon anyone casing the joint would assume someone else had got there first and turned the place over

[BadgersArse]

oh i clean till its spotless so you arent disappointed

upstairs done
kitchen awaits

[GeneHunt]

Love coming home to tidy house. I like to do all the ironing as well.

My ultimate bliss is to do all the holiday washing whilst still on holiday then I just whip it out of the suitcase, iron and put away.[/sad]

I had a deeply interesting conversation with the owner of our gite in Bergerac about her washing machine, spin-speeds and how the air-er folded that boggled my dh as she spoke no English and my French is poor. We both spoke the international language of laundry.

[BadgersArse]

you are a saddo re doing it on holiday

[GeneHunt]

I like to think that if Customs ever demand that I open my suitcase they will be v. impressed and possibly give me a special award.

[Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner]

Yup sadly and we spend all the day before cleaning - i hate the days before a holiday though love comig home to a clean house.

[GwarchodwrPlant]

Nope- my holiday starts before we go away. It's a bit sad doing your holiday washing whilst you're on holiday GH! Do you keep all your shoes in labelled boxes too?

[GeneHunt]

Of course, with a photo on the front.