How messy is your house right now? BE HONEST

Clean and tidy. Three adults. Surfaces wiped over. Toilet cleaned minimum once a day. Bath could do with clean. Basically visitor-ready I suppose

Downstairs is ok apart from the conservatory and utility room, because I've spent most of the day sorting stuff out and hoovering.
Upstairs is work in progress.

Tbh it's the price we pay for having lots of things and all of us being a bit untidy.

My house is currently a complete and utter shit tip. I'm not normally the best as keeping on top of things but I do try. Unfortunately in February I fell down a flight of stairs, completely shattering my shoulder and am still recovering from the reconstructive surgery. I feel like I've had a good day if I've managed to load the dishwasher and wipe down the kitchen tops and put on a load of laundry. Everything else has to wait.

The floors haven't been swept or vacuumed since February. The bathroom hasn't be cleaned and DS's bedroom has descended into chaos.

The lounge and kitchen are quite clean, because my bloke decided to clean today (which was mostly a nice surprise but now the straw cleaning brush is missing and I suspect it got cleaned into the bin).
The playroom has toys everywhere but DS has helpfully put up a crash mat barrier so I can't see the miss so out of mind, out of sight. His bedroom is also a tip.
DD's room is in dire need of a good vacuum and mop but I'm leaving her to do that so its probably going to stay dusty for a while.

The less said about the basement, the better... the store room badly needs organising but I have no desire to do that and I don't want anyone else to do it in case they throw away something important.

Mine is all tidy and clean - my parents visited yesterday, I did all of housework on Saturday.

Except for the spare room - there’s stuff everywhere from my recent house move. Could not be bothered to do anything about it because I knew they wouldn’t go in there. Maybe next BH weekend I’ll tackle it?!

The kitchen is mostly OK bar some washing up in the sink. The living room is OK but the coffee table is covered in stuff and needs clearing. The carpet upstairs is covered in cat hair, thanks big boy, but only in one area. Must put the robot on now. And put away some washing that is on the arm of a chair.

I'd give it a 60% rating, it's basically.clean but a bit messy, carpet notwithstanding.

Luckily the cleaner comes tomorrow which means i am motivated to tidy first.

My living room is clean and tidy as I did this first thing. Kitchen & bathroom are ok but could do with a wipe over. Hallway clean but too many shoes. Our bedroom is ok but too much laundry & clutter. Kids rooms - one is a Lego disaster zone and the other is a bit messy but could be tidy within 5-10 mins.

3 labradors. Over 50 toys between them. Hoover broke last weekend. Ordered new one. Not arrived.

So not for the Gram rn

Immaculate because I tidy as I go every single day. It's just my son and I and he is ultra tidy (OCD)

My house is relatively tidy but the kitchen cabinets all need a sort through, there's loads of stuff I haven't used in a long time. Laundry is up to date with one wash hanging outside so that'll need folding. Three out of four bedrooms hoovered and tidy so that's a plus.
There's 7 of us and we definitely have more stuff than we have space for so it gets messy very easily.
But I have two teens, and one adult child, they clean and hoover their own rooms and do help tidy up so I'm not on my own doing it all.

Hideous. Although my kitchen and bathroom are ok. Both kids have tummy bugs so I've gone mental with the bleach there. The rest of the house is a mess and in desperate need of a vacuum and dust though

It’s not too bad at the moment. It’s not like a show home though.

Clean and tidy (I do a bit everyday and I do one big job everyday too) eg today I did the fridge

mad 20 mins a day keeps the house on track (then a bit more on washing etc)

Mine is tidy. But I'm a PITA about keeping it tidy most of the time. And the kids are at their dads so they've not been here to make a mess. The whole place needs a dust but I CBA with that. I hoovered yesterday. Bathroom could do with a quick wipe but that is tomorrow's problem.

It looks like there’s been some kind of incident.

Clean and tidy as always. We have a cleaning schedule/routine which means it never gets messy or dirty. We don’t leave shoes or anything lying about either - things get put away where they belong. I couldn’t live in a messy or dirty house as I grew up in one.

I suspect we’re fair to middling. My mum considers our house a tip but that’s because we don’t wash up everything after every meal and DH has ADD so is rather prone to leaving stuff all over, which I try to keep in small piles so I can see plenty of surface around it 😂 We both work fullish time and have a 2yo, a 5mo, and a hairy cat-it’s NEVER going to be immaculate. After the kids go to bed we tidy up the toys and make sure washing up/dishwasher all done, so we get a tidyish downstairs to relax in. Our bedroom is currently absolutely covered in DH’s (mostly) clean clothes as he’s had no desire time to put them away, but as we have a cleaner every 3 weeks this gives me an excuse to nag about mess so the cleaners can actually get to the surfaces they are paid to clean. To me, being clean is more important than being mess free (obviously both would be nice!). I know the important things like bathroom and kitchen surfaces are clean.

She didn’t say unrealistic has to be untidy or dirty. She’s saying the replies to the thread where people were asked to show photos were unrealistic. Realistically some people will have tidy houses, some messy and some filthy. Even the people with normally tidy houses will have messy rooms sometimes. My kitchen is normally immaculate, but if I took a photo now there’ll be a pressure washer and power tools on the floor and my dc’s dirty plates on the side. When the pp in that thread said take a photo as it is RIGHT NOW and 52 of the 61 photos show a fucking immaculate kitchen, hobs and sinks sparkling, an artfully folded tea towel and not so much as a dirty mug in sight, you KNOW that more than a few people have cheated there

I feel like a lot of people are one extreme or another. Maybe that's just on Mumsnet though?

Kitchen and living room cleanish but cluttered. Bathrooms and shower room ok. Utility hmm. All other rooms are totally terrible. 1 of us is diagnosed adhd and the other 3 of us are highly likely. So not good at using my time well/disorganised/buy too much stuff and also huge guilt about it. Also, severe need of redecorating when we get around to it. 4 adults here.

It's fairly tidy, but not as perfect as I would like (I'd like our lounge to be immaculate but that's totally unrealistic with a child and a dog)

DD and DH are much messier than I am, they pitch in, but need a prompt to actually start tidying up.

There's currently kinetic sand everywhere. Laundry is slowly being defeated.
Toys aplenty.
I'm planning a big toy cull but will need to be like a top drugs mule to get it out of the house.

Downstairs is pretty good. Always keep it fresh and nice. Our kitchen is falling apart though (door front coming off) so it looks grubby even when it is not. Living room, dining room and family room all look nice.
Our bedroom is a mess as trying to sort it out before redirection.

Both Bathrooms fairly good superficially (though cupboards would not stand an inspection).
DS (12) room is a bit dusty and untidy as he is very particular about his treasures and gets upset if they are moved. Looks ok though at a glance.
DD2 (19) is away at uni. Her room is a bit cluttered and dusty. Not dreadful. But not great. Again, looks ok at a distance.
DH and I each have a study as we WFH. Mine is immaculate. His is a disaster zone.
DD1 (23) has a studio flat in the garden. Her’s is immaculate and always inspection ready.
So a mixed bag here. There is always somewhere to take an unexpected guest. But lots of areas that I’d want to hide away.

The bathroom could do with a deep clean but the rest of the house is pretty spotless. No small children or pets, the robot vacuum does the rounds overnight most nights, and DH and I are both pretty on top of putting stuff away when we’re finished with it and tidying as we go: DH just made a sandwich and then immediately washed up the plate and cutlery and wiped the counter down, for example. I think that’s half the battle, once you let things pile up or get really filthy the mountain eventually seems like too much to tackle.

The realistic picture threads make me laugh. Of course the people whose room is currently immaculate is more likely to post them, but there’s always a sanctimonious tone to their posts like their house always looks like a show home and everyone else must be dirty or lazy compared to them. ATM all of my upstairs is clean and tidy, I’d be happy for visitors to see it but I have gotten into a horrible habit of shoving things out of the way in a few of the closets. Downstairs my kitchen is fine, except I’ve had rats get into my shed and chew the wiring on my pressure washer and power tools so they’re on the floor as I’m repairing them. Conservatory’s fine. Utility needs a sort out. Living room fine expect my cuddle chairs are fucking minging to the point a professional cleaner can’t get the stains out, I need to replace them but I have small children so don’t want to spend the money doing it yet :/ I do have covers on my couch, also minging as it’s such a nightmare undoing the elastic I’ve had to tie to keep
them on