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Is your house always guest ready?

145 replies

Itwasntme1 · 21/02/2020 19:48

I have been off work sick. Feeling miserable so watching a lot of tv.

I have noticed that in loads of shows, overnight guests turn up unexpected and there is always a guest room with clean bed linens. The house is also always tidy.

If someone arrived at my door now they would find a messy living room and a spare bedroom with no sheets on the bed and a half emptied suitcase on the floor. The bathroom would also need a scrub.

Am I a slob? Is everyone else house guest ready?

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megletthesecond · 21/02/2020 20:35

No. I don't have a spare room and I've never had guests over.
Last time I had day time guests it took me nine hours to put stuff away and tidy the house beforehand. It's clean but always need straightening up.

CrikeyYouDontWasteTime · 21/02/2020 20:44

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Nacreous · 21/02/2020 20:47

It used to take days to get guest ready. But I have been slowly slowly slowly upping standards and now on a good day I would say it is guest ready, and on a bad day maybe an hour from guest ready? (Change sheets, it's also my study so clear up work stuff, cups of tea etc, move washing, and tidy downstairs.)

CtrlU · 21/02/2020 20:48

Never. Glad to know I’m not the only one though lol

SallySun123 · 21/02/2020 20:52

“A tidy house is a sign of a wasted life” that’s my mantra. (Obviously I just wish I had a tidy house though Grin)

Kez200 · 21/02/2020 20:52

Yes, but only since the children left.

One of their rooms is a bedroom but a office too, so that one isnt. The other is a dedicated guest room. New everything and our old bed (we had a new one). We change the bedding when people leave and put clean on. I replace towels. I put little things you get in hotels there - water, shampoo, soap etc.

The rest of the house is generally tidy as we both work so it doesn't get as messy as it used to.

However we never have enough food in. I would have to go shopping for sure!

Butterer · 21/02/2020 20:54

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HavelockVetinari · 21/02/2020 20:55

Haha! We have 3 spare rooms, one is used when I have IBS (trumps Blush) or DH is snoring, one is full of stuff we need to move to the attic (I WILL do it this weekend!) and the other is our study which is full of random paperwork despite having a perfectly good filing cabinet and wall to wall bookshelves (which to be fair are full of books mostly).

The only time we're guest-ready is if my very fussy in-laws are coming, it takes us days (after work) to sort it all out but it's probably good discipline...

Shmithecat2 · 21/02/2020 20:56

Spare room is never ready (I make it up to order so to speak), but the rest of the house is always visitor ready, bar any toys out that ds is playing with.

Pinkerpellosa · 21/02/2020 21:00

I'd need ten minutes to change the bedsheets. Half an hour to clean the bathrooms. An hour to Hoover (depending on my mood) . Half an hour to tidy house. What's that? A little over 2 hours to guest readiness. If DH was there we could do it in an hour

Barbararara · 21/02/2020 21:07

Mine could be guest ready in 10mins on a good day to 1hr after a lazy weekend. I used to need a week minimum and preferably 3 months.

That said, I wouldn’t be too bothered if the playroom or children’s bedrooms were untidy so my standards are a bit lax.

I keep a guest duvet and pillows in their covers in the airing cupboard so all I have to do is put a sheet on a bed and throw the duvet and pillows on.

AmazingGreats · 21/02/2020 21:08

If I had to call an a ambulance right now or we had a house fire I'd be embarrassed. I might even apologise to a burglar for the mess as he was climbing out the window with our wide screen tv under one arm (or ask if he'd mind taking the recycling out on his way). It's pretty grim. I reckon 4 hours of committed effort and it would be brand new though

happypotamus · 21/02/2020 21:16

My house is never guest ready. We don't have guests round, people cannot drop in unexpectedly, I have been known to lie and say we are out. My house is a tip, you often can barely walk from room to room for toys everywhere and stuff lying about. Until I just cleared up there wasn't a clear surface in the kitchen. We don't have a spare room/ bed. My parents come round occasionnally, I tidy up in preparation but it still doesn't meet their standards.

sneakythecat49 · 21/02/2020 21:20

My mum and her friend called round earlier with 30 minutes notice. After 5 minutes I couldn't understand how every room was so tidy. Realised it was because we moved house a few months ago and got rid of about 75% of crap resulting in a rather minimalistic look now! This time last year I'd have needed a month's notice !!

SanFrancisco49er · 21/02/2020 21:21

I've never thought about it like that but bar changing bedding and giving bathroom surfaces a quick wipe, I'd say yes probably, most of the time.
I cant relax if there's mess or if anything needs cleaning but I totally accept that's my issue and how I feel about my own home. Couldn't care less what my friends and families houses are like!

sqirrelfriends · 21/02/2020 21:23

Nope, new neighbours knocked and were invited in by DH. I've never been more embarrassed of the state of the house, food on the floor from DS's dinner he was eating, toys everywhere and a very messy kitchen side.

When we have guests I scrub, and tidy as much as I can and then apologise that its a bit messy Blush.

lostinleaves · 21/02/2020 21:24

Only if they want to do the housework.

CaptainMyCaptain · 21/02/2020 21:25

The spare room is my sewing room but I could quickly shove the sewing stuff to one side. If I had time I'd wash the duvet cover because the dog likes to lie on it.

CherryPavlova · 21/02/2020 21:27

Spare beds are always made up with clean linen and towels in the bathrooms. Always have fresh flowers. Always clear crockery and pots immediately after meals. Lavatory and bathrooms always hygienic. Always have the basics of a reasonable mean available. House is generally OK but not perfect, as there might be laundry over the Aga or similar.

lostinleaves · 21/02/2020 21:27

Ddij who says you can't have visitors ?

BaolFan · 21/02/2020 21:28

Fuck no!

But I go out of my way to avoid guests. I like my privacy and handily, there is a premier inn within 5 minutes walk of the house.

redeyetonowheregood · 21/02/2020 21:30

Pretty much, but that is because over the years I have become increasingly intolerant to mess, it makes me anxious, so I keep on top of things. Our spare room is also my office. We have an idea hemnes daybed with all clean bedding stored underneath so it takes two minutes to sort it out.

SorrelForbes · 21/02/2020 21:33

Yes. I can't bear clutter or mess so tidy/clean as I go.

TonOfLead · 21/02/2020 21:44

Hahaha...No.

The spare bedroom is the designated Room Of Doom. It is brimful of books and outgrown clothes/toys I've not yet disposed of.

Fortunately I don't get overnight visitors.

Except....I am expecting some this coming Christmas. That gives me 10 months to get the room and the rest of the house ready. It MAY be enough time.

CanIHaveATiaraPlease · 21/02/2020 21:50

Sort of most of the time.

How come no visitors Ddij?

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