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

63 replies

hhhhhhhhi · 09/07/2026 23:10

Honestly the only way I can cope is to have a fan pointed at me at all times. I can barely find the energy to cook dinner let alone tidy up. Anyone else?

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Oxo01 · 10/07/2026 00:08

Not moved most of the day except done a quick spag bog for dinner.
Had fan on but my cats scared of it so had to turn it off when she wants to walk past it !

In the last hour i have just had the front and back door wide open nice and cool so mopped all the floors downstairs, cleaned the kitchen tops, wiped over table and TV stand so I dont have to do it tomoorow.

Sitting having a coffee now watching tv whilst scrolling MN.

Itsalittlebitwarm · 10/07/2026 00:05

Are you at home all day, alone or with DC? Not that it matters but of course it's not too hot to do bloody housework!

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.

I'm in my 50s, menopausal, teaching in sweltering classrooms, windows only open a crack, my fan blows warm air. This is nowhere near what my parents endured in summer Asia.

Come home, house is much cooler as curtains have been shut and DH wfh so has an AC unit in his office. I strip, lie down in front of it, have a cold shower then get on making dinner and looking after DC, do some marking then go go bed still sweaty with a fan on, get up extra early the next morning for a cool shower then leave at 7.30am for another exhausting day.

It's not just the heat at work, it's exacerbated with teenagers complaining it's too hot and I feel for them, behaviour, pressure from above to ensure you're teaching the boring prescribed powerpoints, have marked in 67 different coloured pens, noted every incident with 100 drop down boxes etc.

So, if I was at home, I would be hot but be able to make myself cooler, like DH. I walk in a dripping mess, he gets it!

quantify · 09/07/2026 23:55

How messy are we talking? 🤔

Our house ( kitchen mostly) is so messy it makes me want to cry but its too hot to cry so I just forget about it until the next time I pass through 😂

Mrstawnyowl · 09/07/2026 23:47

Next to nothing being done here. The living room is full of cooling devices and their respective cables. Too many obstacles to hoover around.

mondaytosunday · 09/07/2026 23:47

@Belladog1predicted 29 here Saturday but 20 a week Saturday so I might be able to do stuff then. The hall and family room are full of my DD’s stuff from uni - only here a few days now in Columbia for six weeks and I can’t face it.

CandyFlossssss · 09/07/2026 23:42

Ive barely done any cleaning and no cooking. I just can’t do it in this constant heat

TheSoapyFrog · 09/07/2026 23:38

This is exactly me right now! I think I'll try and do it earlier or later when it's cooler, but it doesn't get cool enough!

Zov · 09/07/2026 23:30

Mine was a shit tip right up to today. (Has been for about 2 and a half weeks.) I managed to muster up enough energy (and luckily it wasn't very humid) to give a basic but decent clean of the lounge, dining room, bathroom, and kitchen. I didn't feel like it, but quite honestly, the grot and dirt and dust and messy floors were getting me down, and it was worth a few hours discomfort to get it somewhat clean.

I can relax now for a bit. Won't be doing anything for about a week now though (except a few meals, a few loads of washing, and the washing up.)

justasking111 · 09/07/2026 23:26

I've been getting up really early to tidy, get washing on wipe around the kitchen and bathroom. Then have a shower, get dressed. It's the only time it's cool enough.

I am not a morning person normally.

CatsLikeBoxes · 09/07/2026 23:24

The only housework I'm doing is washing clothes and the very basics of bathroom and kitchen. Pasta pesto and ice lollies feature heavily on my after work menu. After cooking at work all day I do the absolute minimum once I get home and feel zero guilt about it

Belladog1 · 09/07/2026 23:20

I haven't done anything this week. Last Saturday I cleaned the house as it was cooler, but even then I didn't go mad. This week I've done absolutely nothing. It's supposed to be a bit cooler on Saturday, so I'll get reaquainted with the vacuum then

aLFIESMA · 09/07/2026 23:17

OP, if you are struggling to do housework or 'proper' cooking at the moment let it go! Your number one job is to look after youself, hopefully it'll end soon Flowers

Fizbosshoes · 09/07/2026 23:13

Im on holiday at the moment but when it was this hot before at home the only thing I did was clean the bathrooms, and do laundry. Luckily DH loves cooking although I would be happy with cold food and not turning any gas rings or oven on!
DS is a complete weirdo and eats hot food for breakfast lunch and dinner even in 30°+weather