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Why is my house so dirty

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Thespecialonepercent · 06/03/2025 17:19

I have two cleaners come every fortnight for four hours to do a big clean everwhere..all bathrooms, windows, all dusting, hoovering, mopping, cleaning the oven and fridge etc.
There’s only Dh, me, Dd (6) and d dog. I have to wash all the sofa covers every fortnight, the curtains fairly regularly. If I don’t wipe down/dust the dining table, tv unit etc daily, it gets a layer of dust within a couple of days, is this normal?!
I can’t remember it ever being like this before dd and even when she little, it was always clean & tidy

Is it just me?

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AvoidingStalkers · 06/03/2025 17:39

Every 2 weeks for a proper clean with a dog and a child is too long.
You would be better splitting the hours and having a more regular clean!

unsync · 06/03/2025 17:36

Do you have a fire? My last house always had a thin layer of grey dust thanks to the wood burner. Also, since my dog died, the house is a lot cleaner. I'd rather have the dog though.

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Thespecialonepercent · 06/03/2025 17:29

Whatifitallgoesright · 06/03/2025 17:26

Air purifier?

We have a dehumidifier upstairs

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Reugny · 06/03/2025 17:28

stayathomer · 06/03/2025 17:26

I once said to my mum about all the dust, she said it was a good thing- meant the house was dry. Same here op, a few days after I wipe the table the tv is on, it’s grey again!

AHH that explains it.

I have been using my dehumidifiers more this last autumn/winter due to the wet weather and I have more dust.

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Thespecialonepercent · 06/03/2025 17:28

Whatifitallgoesright · 06/03/2025 17:25

You wash your sofa covers and curtains that often!! Perhaps your cleaners are secretly reverse cleaners and are bringing in dust to drive you insane.

The sofa is pissing me off, it’s stupidly a light colour (light beige) but surely it shouldn’t need it that often. Curtains similar colour, they’re nowhere near as often as that, but do seem to get dirty fairly often

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SwerveCity · 06/03/2025 17:28

I often think this too. If I don’t dust and polish every surface daily there is dust everywhere. I never notice it in other people homes, it makes me feel like my house is dirty and I don’t know how it gets that way.

WetBandits · 06/03/2025 17:28

Mine too! I’m forever dusting, I hate it Envy

I especially hate it when the sun shines through the window and I can see all the little particles of dust dancing around in the air. Where does it all come from?!

stayathomer · 06/03/2025 17:26

I once said to my mum about all the dust, she said it was a good thing- meant the house was dry. Same here op, a few days after I wipe the table the tv is on, it’s grey again!

Whatifitallgoesright · 06/03/2025 17:26

Air purifier?

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Thespecialonepercent · 06/03/2025 17:26

justasking111 · 06/03/2025 17:21

Age of the house? What breed of dog, what type of walks.

The house was built in the late 90’s, she’s a whippet cross, we live near the woods, but abroad so usually v dry, explains the dust in summer perhaps, but not winter when it rains quite a lot

OP posts:
Whatifitallgoesright · 06/03/2025 17:25

You wash your sofa covers and curtains that often!! Perhaps your cleaners are secretly reverse cleaners and are bringing in dust to drive you insane.

justasking111 · 06/03/2025 17:21

Age of the house? What breed of dog, what type of walks.