How house-proud are you?

[Pekitothebunny]

I have a few questions, just because I am interested in what other people are like and how they feel.

If someone is coming over, even just to pop round, do you go around cleaning/tidying and wouldn’t want anyone to come in if the house isn’t tidy?

Would you expect/tell visitors to take their shoes off before coming in?

If you have pets, so you let them on the furniture?

Are you able to relax in your home if it isn’t completely tidy and clean?

Very hpuse proud and it's why I have a cleaner but wouldn't ask guests to take shoes off

We have a black cat and he can go wherever he likes

I would say I have ideas above my station as I get antsy about mess and dirt BUT am a crap cleaner, have four kids and two pets and a dh who while an amazing cleaner, really doesn’t prioritise it. I go ott when have people coming over and will get it to a half way decent state but would love a clean house and life goal is to get a cleaner in for a deep clean. When the place is even halfway tidy I definitely relax more!

House needs a lot of work doing to it so can get me down . We may move. I am very much a surface cleaner though. It is really tidy on the surface. Vaccum each day downstairs sometimes twice. Hate bits. But my cupboards etc are a mess and corners etc could probably do with a going over. Def more relaxed when it's surface tidy.

Someone popping round would get a quick tidy up, proper visitors I would tidy and clean - isn’t that why you have visitors😂.
Don’t ask people to take off shoes.
If we had a small dog it would get on the couch.
I can relax with a certain level of untidiness but only to a point.

I'm respectful towards my house and people living in it. Doing my best to stay on top of weekly cleans and seasonal jobs, tidying up as go after meals, folding laundry right away, but not being fanatic. If I know someone is about to pop in - I crack the window open, brush off the crumbs, quickly wipe down the taps and surfaces and fluff a couple of pillows. Thats it.
We have 2 dogs who can go wherever downstairs, but not allowed upstairs. Don't ask visitors to take off shoes unless we're all coming back from a muddy walk or the beach or something - most of the time people pop in and out straight from the car, without walking around the streets much. I do have the robot thing that vacs/mops downstairs floors daily.

I haven’t heard that expression since the 70s. My house is always presentable. I cant stand mess. We are all tidy and put things away. I find people automatically remove their shoes.

I’m house proud. I grew up in a ghastly untidy and dirty house so I go to a lot of effort to make sure I don’t live like that anymore.

It doesn’t take long to keep tidy if you put stuff away when you are done with it, rather than just leaving it lying around.

that said, I’m not neurotic about it.

You don’t have to take your shoes off at the door. I want you to be comfortable to put your feet up (that said, I’d rather your shoes were off if you did)

I do have pets (cats and dogs) and they are allowed on the furniture.

Someone could knock on the door now, and I’d let them in. There’s a bit of stuff near the front door that I need to sort after coming in late last night. I have single duvets on the sofas to snuggle under as it’s a bit chilly. I need to unpack the dishwasher and put in the breakfast things, but it’s life.

I do actually live here so a bit of day to day living rather than dirt.

Our house is always clean, tidy and visitor ready - but we don't have children so it's really not difficult to keep it that way.

People can wear shoes if they want, doesn't bother me.

Pets are allowed on furniture and all over the house.

I can't relax in a messy home, but DH doesn't really care either way. He has the spare room as his "den" which is generally a dumping ground, but I never need to go in there, so I just keep the door shut and pretend it doesn't exist, lol.

I keep it nice and tidy anyway as I have ADHD and mess and clutter send me into a tailspin.

I also have (medicated) OCD which goes up and down in waves so extreme cleanliness comes in waves. I’m getting better though. I keep it basically clean but I no longer get upset when my cats emit their fibres of joy all over the place.

Not very to be honest, I maintain that no one ever lay on their deathbed thinking that they should have done more hoovering.

Thats not me saying my house is dirty, it’s not! But if there are dishes piled up on the side then it doesn’t bother me, they’ll get done later. If someone pops round and see’s that then I don’t care and neither do my friends or family because THEY know how I feel.

If friends or family are coming over to visit then of course I’ll have a tidy house for them arriving but if someone drops in and the house is upside down I don’t really care.

I’m 🏠 proud
I spend a lot of money on new accessories for it. I like to keep it clean and it’s a bit of a passion / hobby

We’ve got a hairy dog so I’d like a bit of notice of impending visitors so I can run the vacuum around floors and sofas downstairs. Otherwise the cleaners blitz the floors once a week. I’d also throw a bit of bleach down the loo and put a fresh hand towel out. Guests would usually find undisturbed piles of shoes, a porch full of sand (we live near a beach) and huge piles of clean clothes in the hall though - so we’re not massively tidy.

Edited to add that I wouldn’t dream of asking people to take their shoes off

I’d do a quick clean if people were coming round even though it probably wouldn’t need it. Never ask guests to take shoes off. I have wooden floors anyway so easily cleaned

Our house is surface tidy and very much lived in. We've had visitors yesterday and today, and it's cluttered but I have run the hoover round and cleaned the bathrooms. We have 2 dogs who have the run of the house and have a cleaner once a week who does the basics so I try to do some deeper cleaner at the weekends... if I get time. I'd rather spend time with our Dc and grandkids if they come home though.

Why not ask guests to take off shoes?

Curious question re buying accessories. I like home accessories too, but once your house is 'accessorized' do you stop? And if not, what do you do to make space - sell things? Bin things? Or just cram more in? I do often see things I like but I'm fairly out of space and don't like a cluttered feel.

My house has to be clean, doesn’t have to be tidy though. I don’t mind if there’s laundry out on the side to be put away if someone comes around, but I do like it to smell nice and be clean. We have a cat who goes on the sofa, he’s not allowed upstairs on the bed though

our house is fairy big and still only buying art etc for it. Picked up two pieces at local craft market recently (we’ve mostly bare walls)

I do out things away seasonally and move things about. Like houseplants too. Some stuff I pick up in charity shops, some I spend money on if I think it’s forever (I have one print I have had since I was 18 that I bought at university in my first year for 50p) I love it

If someone is coming over, even just to pop round, do you go around cleaning/tidying and wouldn’t want anyone to come in if the house isn’t tidy? At a minimum I hoover, tidy and clear away clutter and the bathroom is always scrubbed to within an inch of its life. I’ll shove it all in a different room if necessary but it has to be clean and reasonably tidy.

Would you expect/tell visitors to take their shoes off before coming in? We are a shoes off household but we’re in a muddy area, have light coloured carpet and I’m too lazy to be scrubbing mud off carpet. I wouldn’t ask workmen to take shoes or boots off, and always tell them not to worry when they offer, but I do ask them to just give their feet a good wipe when they come in.

If you have pets, so you let them on the furniture? No pets, but they’d probably be on the sofa on a blanket if we had any.

Are you able to relax in your home if it isn’t completely tidy and clean? Totally. I am very lazy and there’s always something better to do than housework, but I’d rather the world and his wife didn’t know exactly how lazy I am, so it’s only ever spotless when someone is coming to visit. If I couldn’t relax in a mess, I’d never relax!

Because it’s rude.

Why is it rude? Shoes are for outside, people step on muddy waters, vomit, sometimes dog poop and all sorts of rubbish - why bring it indoors? Am just being practical 🙂 I am just trying to understand why is it rude to ask people to take off shoes in the house so house is kept clean. Id offer them house slippers instead

My pets have always been able to sit/sleep wherever they want and my house is always clean and tidy so I never need to do anything else for visitors.

I find it rude. Especially when it’s cold, less rude in summer.

But no one I know takes a paddle in vomit and dog poo before coming in, so I guess I’m just lucky with my guests.

I check the bathrooms are clean.(autistic son leaves a mess often)

I tend to move the washing away as I don't want people sat looking at my pants drying when trying to drink a cup of tea.

But otherwise the house is normally OK tidiness and cleanliness wise. I'm not worried about plumped cushions or washing up in the sink.

We are an untidy family. We live in a big, old house, but have enough stuff for two, or three, big old houses. The bathroom and kitchen are clean-ish, and the carpets are hoovered, but there is clutter everywhere. It does get on my nerves, but I struggle to focus enough to be really strict about clearing and chucking.