Is your house like a show house all the time?

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So I'm sitting here in my living room, I'm not long in from work and the place is so untidy. I'm fed up of being the only one that does anything so I'm just sitting down and having a cup of tea. There's just bits of shit every where. I mean it's not completely horrific but it's just not how I want it to be and I'd die if I had unexpected visitors.

Is this how it generally is in most homes when people are chilling or are people tidier than my family?

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When going into family homes with children: it’s immediately obvious where there is a SAHP/ very part time working parent, compared to those homes where all the adults are working. The homes where the adults are working full time (or
close to full time) tend to be massively more untidy

Lol.

looking around just the immediate vicinity, I can see a half empty bag of kettle chips, an empty wine bottle, some Pokémon toys on the floor, two unopened Amazon parcels, a roll of kitchen towel, two empty Pepsi cans, a paper bag which had takeaway food in it earlier and is now full of rubbish, a pot of unused hair dye, a lot of crumbs on the rug, a plate with crumbs on it, and a couple of cat toys.

It’s only a show home when we are expecting visitors.

Yes but we have lots of space and storage so I find it easy to keep tidy. I clean every day maybe an hour or 2 plus also a proper clean once a week so it's easier to keep on top of everything.

Downstairs is usually very clean and tidy. I get very stressed out by mess and clutter. If the downstairs is a mess you can guarantee my MH is very, very bad.

Upstairs however is the opposite 😂 if I'm stressed it's like a show home because I've thrown absolutely everything away unless it's on someone.

This.
live on my own now. I’ve just completed my once per month main clean and tidy. Takes me 4 hours, but essentially not much other than spot clean now for till a months time. Looks immaculate, clean, everything away and I’m feeling smug😇

Couldn’t do that with kids and family- used to have a cleaner to try to help!

so, there are people like us with only our very own shit to clean and clear. And that, frankly, ain’t hard

. For the rest of you, remember 2nd law of thermodynamics: all systems will find their entropy ( chaos) without energy . You’re on a loosing battle so just do what you can with energy you’ve got left after all the other shit you deal with.

No show home here. I have the time I just HATE tidying. And we have So. Much. Stuff. The kitchen is cleaned and dishwasher loaded every evening and rubbish is always put in the bin but every bloody surface has clutter or treasures on it. I insisted on a decent tidy before any Halloween decorations came out and we always have a mega clear before Christmas decorations. There's a big playroom that the doors just get shut on, and only one DC but there's still toys in the living room and books spilling out of every available shelf. I have a board with pegs on for artwork and if I try to peg one more thing up I'm going to lose a lot of it behind the drawers that are under it. Half of one sofa is always covered in wool and my most recent project(s). And the bloody shoes in the hall!!! We've not even been out today and there's 5pairs not in the shoe cupboard!

It's lived in and slightly dusty but mostly clean.

Declutter is the aim of November.

I know a few with show homes... beneath the veneer they are crazy anxious insecure control freaks. Do their kids play with kitchen rolls and antibacterial spray and categorise their toys when bored?

Obviously rubbish and clutter need seeing to but tidiness tolerance varies. Some mess is a sign of a home that's being lived in.

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Absolutely not. Who on earth would want to live in a "show house"? They are soulless and horrible.

Mine is like a show House....

A shit show house!

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Definitely not a show home here.

When we start cleaning up, my son always asks , "Who's coming?"

Before I had my Dd it was tidy as only us and easy to keep tidy…now, only one child and like a whirlwind hit it, I hate it all messy but have had to let it go a bit

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No, my house isn’t great as over time i’ve just lost the energy to do anything. It needs new bathrooms & kitchen & generally freshen up as we’ve never did any of those big things in 15 years due to money & i’ve not kept on top of the house as much as i could but we are moving soon (hopefully) brand new house so everything is nice & new & clean & intend to keep it that way and not live like this again! Its smaller so space will ve a compromise for us all but easier to keep on top of & decorate but i doubt despite my best intentions that it look like a show home
all the time but it’ll be nice to not have a home i’m ashamed of. It’ll be down to me to keep it clean & tidy but i’m quite excited by a utility room!

If the show is Steptoe and Son

This thread has cheered me up so much. I'm a housework slob. Tidying other half's stuff not allowed, tidying my own allowed but not got the enthusiasm. Can't clean due to mobility issues. Dishwasher (recent purchase) most used gadget in the house. Can use lightweight GTech vacuum for floors but skirtings are invisible to me. Washing done on 40 so few creases - shake, fold and in a pile to remove creases and need for ironing. Thought about getting a cleaner in but 'himself' doesn't want to, says he'll do it........OK then, off you go

Mine is tidy all the time. A few years ago I did a huge declutter/chuck out after youngest dc left home. DH is extremely tidy and we don't have much stuff on counters or in fact many counters to fill up. It's bloody great, after 30 years of family mess, kid and pet mess I find it very very calming.

No but I will say tonight it’s looking damn close. Dc tidied the kitchen before bed and I just went to get a drink and actually had a “oooh I love my house” moment. Very rare but I’m enjoying it! I mean, don’t go upstairs to dd2’s room… dd1&3 look good but they’re different children!

No and I've given up trying. It's too depressing to spend hours getting it perfect only to be back to square one in a day. Sisyphus springs to mind.

My house was so nice pre DC. She's 7 months and I struggle to keep it clean and tidy as regularly as I used to. A bunch of women in my baby group have got a cleaner since having their babies!

Living room and kitchen are clean 99% of the time but the bedrooms/bathrooms.. oooft. Total bomb sites. Which kills me as clutter makes me feel really anxious!

I've got my house on the market at the moment. It's totally ruining my life trying to keep it 'show home' or at least 'not a shit-hole' with a toddler determinedly trashing everything all the time.
Can't wait to be able to slob out in private issuing the occasional invite so I don't drop too far

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Hmm, no.