To have a very messy house because it's too hot to clean?

Join the club. I can barely function to do the essentials like changing my cats litter tray and wiping the worktop down,never mind anything else.

Nope. I can't stand a messy/dirty house, I'm cleaning, tidying and doing laundry as normal. Cooking can get in the bin though.

Health advice is to do less, stay hydrated.

The house is ok as I managed to blitz it this morning before it got too hot. The back garden is an absolute state though. You can't exactly mow the lawn at 6am!

Oh this is a comforting read! Everywhere i look there's something that needs cleaning or sorting out but I'm too lethargic..plus if I attempt to do a task one of my toddlers is meanwhile making a new mess elsewhere 😂😂 thanks OP for helping me realise it's ok

I was up before 6 to get the bare minimum done, including changing the bed and putting washing on the line.
I’m having a salad sandwich, packet of crisps and a yogurt for dinner. Cba to do more.

No one ever died from living on sandwiches fruit from the fridge and magnums. Fact.
Rinse and repeat every day in this house.

Hey, that’s a balanced meal! 😀

Having grown up in hot countries when DM had 3 of us, cleaned, cooked every day, no AC and DF was training with a backpack, leather boots, full military uniform in the rainforest, no this is pathetic IMO. @Itsalittlebitwarm

Buildings in Asia are built for the heat, buildings in this country are built for the cold with plenty of insulation. You are comparing apples and pears! Living in Asia gives you a chance to acclimatise to the hot temperatures - we don't get the same opportunity here because the high temperatures are in short spells.

We will have to adapt but the infrastructure is totally different.

This has made me feel so much better. My main meal the other day was two choc ices and some cherries

You do what households do in got countries, you get up earlier and do it all before 8am. You then take a long nap in the afternoon.

If you work, you go to bed and get up earlier.

I’m up doing chores at 6am . Laundry on line , kitchen and bathroom spruced up . That’s it . Anything else can wait . I hate this prolonged heat and spend the days keeping my dogs cool . Have booked AC to be installed but as expected a long month or so wait . Can’t come quick enough .

A few days I've replaced "run o'clock in the morning" with "housework o'clock" but that doesn't solve noisy jobs like vacuuming.

The evenings are out as by the time I've litterally chilled from working in a greenhouse school, the house is still heating and the outside hasn't been cooling enough to draw heat out from inside until towards 10pm.

There's also been the issue of a constant string of busy weekends since May half-term so it's been hard fitting in catch-up cleans and get things actually tidy.

Just two more weeks of term to endure...

It's dreadful in my house. I will have to do something soon. Actually surprised we haven't got mice. I desperately need to vacuum everywhere and deep clean the kitchen, plus mop all the hard floors.

Bring on the weekend after this one, when it will be low 20s and I will be able to breathe again.

I wake up and clean bathrooms, cook etc around 4 am so I don't have to do anything (apart from the gym - and sometimes I do that before 6 am) in the heat of the day. I can't stand the thought of hot/stale urine smells from the bathroom or food sat out in the kitchen on plates, in the rubbish etc.

Might be different if the heat was for a day or two but, when it's extended like it has been, I just don't see how anyone could put off cleaning at least so things remain sanitary.

Cleaning, especially hoovering, has me dripping with sweat once the heatwave gets going. So I don't do it. It won't kill anyone for a few days.

That works for you? Great crack on. Plus enjoy your air con.

People have the right to express their different experiences to extreme heat. And yes, it is fucking extreme for this country.

Don't exert yourself in the heat if you don't need to. Fan, ice packs and cool drinks until you feel yourself "come back to life". Also cool baths.
The heat sucks the strength right out of me.

Such a mumsnet responce 😂😂

OP you do what you need to do. A lot of my medications make the heat intolerable so I’ve found cleaning hard. Thankfully I have a cleaner who has been able to help me keep on top of the house . Look forward to this heatwave been over. Look after yourself , the cleaning can wait.

Glad I’m not alone, mine is a tip. Just found a load of ants in the kitchen though, so really do need to have a big clean, I’m just so tired when I get in (although awake now at 4am, did sleep 10-3:30). It’s too hot.

There are lots of us the same as you. Ignore those that say it's pathetic and not too hot. It is too hot for you, so you do whatever feels comfortable for you.
I'm at home all day but have not got the energy to do anything more than tidy up and wiping down the kitchen and bathroom.
The rest can wait until it's cooler. I'm still up at 3am to sort out the laundry.

Me too. I did a bit tonight but most days doing the basics. I have no energy.

To add, DH does the basic housework during the day as he's at home and has never complained about it being it too hot. On my day off, Friday, I do it a bit at a time; washing on, hang out, dishwasher on and put away, hoover for a few minutes, turn it off, change bedding slowly, wipe surfaces slowly, take dog for a walk at 6.30am when it's cooler (and I'm not a morning person but awake anyway as getting up the other 4 weekdays at this time), iron uniforms etc.

It's hot but my one day home is so much easier than work. My house is hot, fans help a bit and iced water, the opportunity to splash cold water on my face, take it slowly, it's really not that hard at home...

I noticed today that our house is looking grim. It's a bit messy, but I can tidy it easily. But there's a deep level grubbiness that I'd usually have tackled by now. The windows are smeared, window sills and skirting boards are dusty, the kitchen floor is swept but not mopped. And it's just too hot to do anything about it. By the time I have done the laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, weeded and watered the garden, I am done. I can just about tidy and hoover but the rest needs a cooler day.

I unapologetically had a cornetto and a handful of strawberries for dinner. Even the idea of getting out the salad spinner and making dressing seemed too much.