Is your house “visitor ready”?

[CharliesAngles]

Right now?

Much is made of this on MN, so if there was a surprise knock on your door now, would you be happy with the state of your home to allow your visitors in?

Yes, but I'm on maternity leave and have got into a routine of doing 30 minutes a day so its always clean/tidy and there's no big messes that just take longer to tidy up! When I was working full time it would depend on the day because we'd blitz it at the weekend and it'd be a tip again by Tuesday!

My house is barely fit for the humans who live there never mind unaccustomed eyeballs. Trolls, goblins and teenage boys would be the only ones not to despair at the state of it

They just have to take me as they find me. I'm a busy person.

Yes. Mainly because I only invite people in who I am confident like me enough to not judge the cleanliness or otherwise of my house.

I recently invited people over on the grounds of “I can provide a just about edible casserole, an excellent cake from Tescos and a house that is untidy enough to make you feel smug about the state of your own house.”

I have a landlord inspection on Friday. Been working on the house since the weekend and it still looks like a bomb has hit it!

Honestly? At the moment I’m just grateful if the more leaky of the elderly animals hasn’t pissed on the sofa, again, and there is somewhere clear to sit. It is very much a ‘work in progress’ on all fronts!

It's not tidy and it's not perfectly clean, but if it's good enough for me and my fam to use, then it's good enough for my friends and extended family. I will apologise for the state of the house, but we never let it go to such a point that I wouldn't let people in.

Far from it at the moment because we're having work done. Boxes everywhere in the house, building stuff in the yard, etc.
Plus I have just taken every single thing out of the larder to repaint it.

But the loo is clean and I know where the kettle is.

Yes, but only because we had visitors a couple of days ago. Usually it’s no-where near visitor ready.

Yes

I can’t say I’m one for an immaculate show home at any time at all but it’s never a complete hovel, so yes, generally I’d be happy to have visitors whenever. Right now, it’s better than usual as my son was at preschool this morning and I’m in full on nesting mode at 38 weeks pregnant 🤣

Depends on the visitor, DS’ girlfriend anytime, she is often stays over, and takes us as she finds us. Anyone else no!

Pretty much, I would need to pick up the cat toys and perhaps pick a few bits up with the dust buster, I wouldn't be embarrassed if someone walked on right now.
No little kids, just me, teen and the cat, DH is at work

Yes, because I’ve got 3 neighbours coming to dinner! At least, downstairs is spic and span - I wouldn’t want anyone going nosing around upstairs, though.

Yes. It’s immaculate. But only because it’s for sale and I had a viewing today. 😁

50 %yes

Not the way I'd like it, no - but I do make a big effort for guests.
That said, it's not terrible - we're a bit behind on laundry, got some boxes that need ripping up and putting in the recycling bin and the bathroom floor needs mopping.
There's most likely plates in teen DS's bedroom too. I think they live there now.

Toilets are clean as is kitchen. The rest of house still in state after half term and sickness. But anyone coming to my house would be fine and not notice mess (well wouldn't comment on it).

Definitely not.

We finished dinner 20 minutes ago and the kitchen is still in post-cook state with dirty pans and dishes. Plus the dishes from this morning 👀😂 The rest is okish but I'd want a quick tidy and hoover round before guests.

I think if we had 20 or so minutes notice, dh and I could move like hell and get visitor ready...one on the kitchen, the other on the rest of downstairs.

I went to buy an electric guitar for my son at a house that was untidy in a bohemian way. Nice house on the outside, period with lots of space but so cluttered. Huge table in the kitchen with not an inch of space. It gave the impression of we are too busy with our fantastic lives to care rather than we are lazy slobs. I think it's a class thing.

Right now - no, but if I got a call that someone was coming over I could have it ready in 20 minutes.
And at this moment in time, I really don't care. Currently working overtime every single day, so I'd rather spend the evening relaxing than cleaning. I usually do a maintenance clean one week and a deep clean the next on Saturdays. Luckily, there's only me.
But quite honestly, people come to see me, if they wanted a show room ready home, we'd meet in a furniture store.

Yes. Apart from our bedroom as I'm very guilty of not putting the laundry away quickly enough.

Yes but only because I cleaned it today expecting a visitor 😀. Prior to that the dishwasher needed emptying and restocking, kitchen surfaces wiping down, bathroom cleaning, Polish and vacuum downstairs.

Sure, it's clean and fairly the tidy (tidy level is spot on for 'kids and a puppy live here'... but come on, this is mumsnet, surely we're famously all to busy cowering behind the dsofa to answer the door? 😆😆

My kid is at his dad's for the night and my (monthly) cleaners have been today.

If I wasn't already in my jamas I'd be inviting people in off the street to marvel.