Anyone else just love a clean and tidy house?

[NoEffingWay]

In my youth and when I first lived out of home I was a messy sod, and I didn’t seem to notice at all. I’ve just spent the last few hours tidying and setting things up for next week. The washing and ironing are done, the house is freshly hoovered, a candle is lit. Food shopping done, work bag packed- you get the picture!

It didn’t happen overnight but I gradually seemed to realise a) I was living in a grotty house and b) if I keep on top of things, it’s no more than an hour a day plus a bit more at weekends to live in a house that is always ‘guest ready’.

I fear I have officially reached middle age 😂

If it’s hoovered and mopped twice a week how is there an hour a day still?

Ooh love love a clean and tidy house! I am so jealous op! I got a newborn attached to me at present but am sat here thinking of all the jobs I can do….i did take advantage of the lovely weather and washed just about everything I could… rugs, cushion covers etc even the dog!!! Didn’t have to do carpets - brand new ones put in just after Christmas! But for the sake of completeness I think I should….
a clean and tidy house really aids my ability to function…guess I am middle aged too!!!

Yes! Our cleaner comes on Mondays and I love Monday evenings, everything is spotless. Obv by Friday it’s a war zone again but tonight I bask in cleanliness.

Our house is fairly clean and tidy, has its moments with teenagers and labradors....our stable yard however is immaculate🤣...I am not good at functioning in a mess and our days are full and busy so it's easiest to keep on top of it💪....except for DS bedroom that is, I just don't go in there😱

Yes love a tidy and uncluttered house,forever putting things "away" in their rightful place.Spent time yesterday dusting and hoovering etc only to come home today to DH having used a sander on a cupboard he's building.Dust everywhere 😭

Same

i absolutely love tidying. always have.
today i had such a crap day at work. i was in such a bad bad mood. once my class had left for the day, rather than do actual work that needed doing i tidied my big cupboard and felt
so much better.
its like therapy for me.

id love to be a professional tidier. is that even a job and if so how. do. i get in to it?

Oh I have found my people I love a clean and tidy home, it helps me feel calm. I love a day pottering about the house getting the cleaning all done and then having a pamper bath.

I generally do a big clean once a week and keep on top of things daily like bins, toilet, worktops, washing.

I’d have thought it was a given to wipe kitchen surfaces daily after cooking and wash up and tidy away dishes, take out bins when full and do the washing when required, clean toilet, picking stuff up DC have randomly left lying around and putting it away.

That to me is just bog standard daily stuff that doesn’t even come under the realms of cleaning because it just has to be done as second nature otherwise things would pile up into an uninhabitable, inhumane, filthy tip in a matter of days.

Are there people who aren’t doing these daily basic tasks?

When I mean cleaning it’s hoovering, moping, windows, window frames, dusting, shower, nooks and crannies, skirting, cupboards, walls,

You work fulltime but keep the house,kids and hubby just so, and make all the meals?working fulltime.. i dont believe it..unless your working from home

I love a clean and tidy house but I don't love cleaning. So I have a cleaner, he is great. So thorough. Does everything. He is worth every penny.

I hate doing it but love it when it’s done. Setting a timer helps me

I don’t have DC and have health conditions so no, don’t do those things every day
I vary between ok enough to do a full house clean and days of doing nothing except washing up. The place is never a tip though

Absolutely! I now have a 4.5 month old DD and it's not as easy to stay on top of things as I would like. I often find myself tired but tidying up at 9/10pm at night which definitely makes me feel better, knowing I'll get up to an organised house. I may be judged but I hated all the online stuff encouraging you to ignore housework when you have a newborn when I first gave birth, the 'housework will wait but they'll only be this little for a while' stuff. I needed the calm and organisation of a clean, tidy house in the chaos of having a new baby for my own wellbeing.

Ohh yes I do... but right now it is an aspirational dream for me 🥲

It’s just a routine I enjoy. Toilet and bathroom sinks cleaned every day. Kitchen worktops wiped over after each use. Washing up done. Bins emptied. Floors hoovered if needed. Recycling in correct boxes. Washing done on a loop of wash, dry, air, put away. I love doing it. (Retired now but have always done it)

Are you ND?
You sound a bit like me and I have ADHD

I do like to have a clean and tidy house (maisonette) however I can't complete a whole room at a time.

I have piles of clothes in my room that needs putting away or taking to the the Sally Army bin. I know I'll get around to it eventually.

I have big hits where I do almost everything and then I can't do anything for a day or 2, three maybe but that's because of my ADHD

We have a cleaner and I deliberately booked her to do an extra day on the day we flew back from holiday. It was wonderful to come home to a pristine house, fresh bedding on the bed and clean towels in the bathroom.

I think if you’re not tidy things get lost 🙁 I like reasonably clean and tidy .
This does not mean I’m polishing my taps or making sure my shower screen doesn’t have water marks at all or that my hob is always gleaming.
I cook from scratch a lot or cook messy things such as stir fry , I have a dog who makes muddy paw prints 🐾 and have slightly messy family members and one who hoards so their room makes me feel stressed out .
I help them get things in order every so often , then try not to look at their room at other times .
I don’t mind a few books / magazines/ toys out so long as they have a place to be kept at the end of the day .

I find it deeply soothing, calming and peaceful. A tidy, clean and orderly home brings me such quiet joy and comfort.

I grew up in a messy house and associate it with my mother’s nervous breakdown, so you don’t need to be a therapist to understand why I feel like I do. I am happy to report it can create good mental health.

I like other people’s messy houses, but I couldn’t live in them.

Really? I’m the opposite, I often associate chaos with misery. A messy house can be lived in and happy - or it can be a sign that someone is overwhelmed and can’t get on top of things. Each to their own…

yes i’m the same.
whenever i go to my mums i wipe all the surfaces after u e washed up and she’s always disgruntled as she feels i’m insulting her cleanliness. it just seems normal to me, like you’ve not washed up h less you e wiped all the tops too!

No idea why someone doesn't believe you can work ft have kids,do everything and have a tidy house. I did,had 4 DKs,big garden, animals. i worked nights 3 at first in a nursing home, didn't go to bed after a night shift till my DD was at school, I napped if I was lucky. Then 5 nights acute hospital ward.i batch cooked,shopped every 2 weeks.dd played, toys away in the bedroom, meals in a high chair, not walking around eating making a mess like my dgks! Economy 7, washing on timer, early morning, ready to hang out after my night shift.. place tidy before I took DK to school and walked dogs. Home to bed..

Does your husband/partner help?!