What are your unwritten house rules ?

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Need to go to the shops but the washing machine is on. I don't want to pause it and one of the unwritten house rules is "Don't go out when the washing machine is on"

So I've had to wait until it's finished. Luckily it's a short wash so not too long.

What are your unwritten house rules?

Apparently, tumble driers catch fire quite often because not everyone realises they need to clear the filter. I've trained myself to pull the fluff and whatever from the filter before I switch on.

No lights on in the house during the day, unless the natural light is exceptionally dull (like the past 12 days for most of the country 🙄).

No shoes on upstairs
No eating upstairs
Sports top bottles for drinks only upstairs
Don't go out if the tumble is on
Don't leave the TV entertaining an empty room (this one pretty much gets shouted throughout the house on a daily basis!!)

Oh yes! I have an onion, garlic, veggies and meat board and a fruit board. Fruit doesn't get chopped on the other board.

I don't think that I have any house rules at all until my mother comes to stay and then I realise that I have hundreds.

No unwritten ones but a whole handbook of written ones! Including don't touch the gin, tell me if you break something and don't use the last of anything.

The last rule is "tell me that you've read these rules".

No chewing gum.

Ha! We have “leave enough milk for Dad’s cuppa”

I live on my own so my only rule is just for me -

lift up the rugs at night or the dog will pee on them.

That's it. Anarchy rules the rest of the time.

What do washing machines do when you go out?

I happily leave the washing machine and go out, but wouldn't leave the heated airer on.

I was about to say "No Lego in the bathroom" but even the bath is full of sodding Duplo so that ship has well and truly sailed.

Bloody hell!! So many rules I would hate to live in these houses.

our rules:

ideally no shoes on inside but guests can wear downstairs and we wouldn’t say anything

try and put your mug in the dishwasher

try and label food for the freezer so you don’t get random boxes of stuff no one wants to eat

My kids are ND so there are too many to list 😂. The ones I enforce are no shoes inside and no food or drink upstairs. Everyone clear up after themselves so wipe around after a shower, put stuff in the wash, cups in the dishwasher etc.

No phones upstairs overnight (and no phones upstairs at all for anyone except me 🤭)
No eating anywhere except the kitchen.

No throwing of anything. At all (except for me. I can throw cushions at the DSes because I Know When to Stop and Things Won't Get Out of Hand).

You're not allowed on the kitchen table or worktops if you're small and furry (this is adhered to when we're around, although sometimes there are tell tale pawprints on the kitchen worktops in the morning 🤔).

You're not allowed in my bedroom overnight if you're small and furry, due to 3.00am annoyances. (Last time this rule was temporarily relaxed due to alcohol consumption, new BF was awakened at 3.00am by someone biting his toes 🙄.)

Sticks live outside, in their natural habitat. It's cruel to keep them in captivity.

Ditto rocks.

I should say that I have an entirely separate list of rules that I am trying but failing to enforce, regarding clearing up after yourself, turning your bedroom lights off when you're not in the room, not starting a new bottle of ketchup when there's still some in the old one, etc etc etc etc...🙄

No shoes on indoors
Toilet left clean
Last person in the shower in the morning uses the sucky wiper thing
Cat must be on a washable blanket if he's on the sofa (largely ignored by said cat who goes limp and protests loudly when moved)

No shoes upstairs, check where the cat is before leaving the house and locking the cat flap. When one cooks the other cleans up. If you hear the dishwasher being emptied you come and help unless the cat is sat on you. You don't move the cat unless you really really have to.

I don't have many rules but clean up after yourself.

Unnecessary noise is unnecessary.

3 introverts and an old cat. We like a quiet house.

Try and remember to close the front door when we leave. Even this is failed about once a month. Anything else is a bonus.

Lights off if room empty.
Don't heat unused rooms.
NO WET TOWELS ON BEDS.
All crockery to be brought to kitchen (not always successful. Went in DDs' bedrooms 3 weeks after they left for uni to find great assortment of unpleasant items).
No phones (or books!) at table or during conversation unless specifically sharing photo/looking something up to share.
No info or photos from anyone in family posted to public social media.
PUT THE KITCHEN SCISSORS BACK AFTER USE (ditto Sellotape).

I put the washing machine on a timer overnight (also the bread machine and the car) to use the cheap power. Not the tumble dryer though - we actually did have a fire, though we were overseas with cheap unfused plugs).

Only one rule and that’s not to leave washing machine on if going out - have had a washing machine go on fire previously! Apart from that, free for all.

No shoes
No phones in the bedroom
There has to be at least one onion in the house
Headphones on for watching video clips
No tv in the morning

No poo in the downstairs loo. Main bathroom is for jobbies! Shoes off at the door.

Agree, how relaxing not having to remember those rules.
Coffee and tea mugs lol.
Ours is basically try not to leave lights on.
Close the doors if the heating on.
Open Windows etc especially when using the shower and toilet.
Pretty basic stuff.

You need to be able to relax in your own home.😁