Aibu to ask how clean is your house?

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Not a thread about a thread but inspired by another thread...how often do you clean, is your house showhome style, or organically dirty .

Just being nosy really and wondering where I am on the clean house scale.

My living room has a few puppy toys scattered around, but apart from that it is tidy.

Kitchen- everything is washed and put away. Some clutter around; again, mainly puppy toys and some junk on top of my microwave but no dirt.

The bedrooms are a shit hole. They will remain a shit hole. I just shut the doors.

Downstairs bathroom is fine. Upstairs bathroom needs a quick tidy and a floor wash.

So I would say it is clean and lived in. It is always tidy enough that I am never embarrassed if someone comes around uninvited. The main living areas are always clean and reasonably tidy for a house with 7 people and a bunch of pets.

I give up on the bedrooms, my children are old enough to put away behind themselves. When they get annoyed by it they will tidy it a little. My bedroom is a complete mess but I don't mind enough to do much about it, as long as the bedding is clean, which it always is, them I am happy enough to have books and clothes thrown around on my floor.

Floors are swept three times a day and floors washed daily.

I went from being a slob (I am not exaggerating) to being obsessively tidy and now I feel I have a good balance.

Ok, I cleaned the house yesterday for company. But it was NOT easy with a baby, and DD is pretty low maintenance and we don't have a big living space. I couldn't get all of it done. I don't know where people say you can keep a clean house and a baby, because just a light clean, not even deep cleaning with dusting, was almost impossible. I don't understand how people can do it honestly.

DH came home and I told him the living room was his before he heads out to work today and he better do it. :)

We agreed we're going to hire someone to really deep clean the house and steam the carpets once DD starts getting ready to crawl to make sure there's no dust or bacteria on the floors that will make her sick. We had a dog that messed on the carpets and though I scrubbed the spots I want to make extra sure before putting pfb down on it.

Not really filthy but not really clean either. Pets, kids. Cleaner does half of it once a week. Some of the rest I do once a week; some less and some more depending on degree of squalor. Wipe worktops as needed (often!) Kids are supposed to do their own rooms so they vary from decent to pigsty.

It's always fairly tidy - can be tidied in half an hour, tops. I only keep it decent because I hate squalor more than I hate cleaning.

Princess you will compromise the development of her immune system if you try to stop her from coming into contact wthi dust or bacteria. this explains the hygiene hypothesis, been around since I did a level biology in the early 90s. And it's impossible, bacteria and dust are everywhere. You may as well try to damn the Thames with a single cork. We were the polar opposite of you with crawling DD - she investigated all voer the place and got mucky. We had 7 cats at the time. She never picked up any of the diseases that go round nursery because she has a strong immune system.

It's really not normal to get in a company to deep clean and steam carpets because a child starts crawling.

Mines beautiful - my cleaner just left.

Until 3:50 - then it'll be a bomb site!!

Not read thread yet..
House= cluttery, dusty tip.
It is not a Tardis I know but we have piles of crap everywhere.
Not proud.
Would like a tidy house.

It depends on the day of the week! I vacuum at the weekend and Mondays and Fridays, so Wednesday is the worse day(as mon/fri are my days off). That being said, the kitchen is cleaned daily and the bathrooms 2/3 times a week.
It's by no means perfect as we have ds(3) and toys everywhere but they are put away every evening.

I tidy everyday but do a full clean once a week.

Mine looks ok at times but if you look closely is all needs a good scrub. I have a 3 young children plus lots of other children that come and play. I work, albeit part time but have no childcare so although I dont mind whizzing around cleaning. I dont want my youngest spend indoors all day watching me scrub toilets.

Dh is a much better cleaner than me. The floors/surfaces are his domain so who am I to encroach it?

I have a busy house and am managing to keep it ticking over. I'll give it a really good spring clean when they will all be in school the year after next!

My house is spotless most of the time.

The bathroom and kitchen are gleaming and always smell fresh.

I do not like clutter. I can only tolerate the dcs toys out and even they are packed away just before bedtime.

My dcs bedrooms are always tidy.

Daily chores:
Washing up after every meal
Mop floors after every meal
At least one load of clothes washed, hung out and packed away
Clean microwave
Clean toilet and bathroom floor
Clean shower screen
Clean kitchen surfaces and dining table
Hoover

Weekly chores:
Wipe doors and light switches
Clean kitchen cupboards inside and out
Dust

I tend to be on my feet for most of the day. I do not mind as it keeps me fit.

OK, first of all I agree with

EVERYTHING

careeristbitch has just said in her post about the modern obsession with cleaning. It's a form of paranoia and I think there are a lot of unhappy cleaning-obsessed women out there who are very much feeling the cleaning shackles. (I also think, btw, that there are lots of happy non-stressed people for whom cleaning is easy, not a worry, and just slots into their life.) It does trickle down into everything - I wash clothes far more than I probably should, mostly because it's simpler in a way to add to the washing pile instead of airing and folding and putting away stuff that is only lightly used.

I work part-time and am also writing a book on the side. I have a toddler and I am pregnant. I am constantly wondering how other women (mother-) writers feel about cleaning and housework. Writing needs time and space - but how to allow myself to really go for it when there is SO MUCH ELSE TO BE DONE?

I look at the male writers of my own generation, of any generation, and even if they have children I feel that this is not something that bothers them.

(The immune system thing...I am get roundly praised by HV and doctors every time I come into contact with them because of the fact that I breastfed my DC1 for over a year (we live in a country where this is unusual). I haven't the heart to tell them that I am sure the real reason is because of our low housekeeping standards.)

That last bit was meant as: The real reason for DD's good health (she's 2.5 and hasn't yet been to a GP for anything other than vaccinations) is due to her exposure to germs. it is not the real reason for my breastfeeding - that would make no sense!

I found cleaning easy with a baby until ex came along, however it was just me, dd1, my puppy and my two cats. There was only me physically able to create actual untidiness, so I just put things away as I went and cleaned once a week nd dd1 was a very easy baby.

My puppy was toilet training when dd1 was born, so it took longer than normal, I never bothered steam cleaning or shampooing the carpet. Dd1, much to her disgust, is sickeningly healthy. She never gets bugs or colds, despite going so far as to lick dd2 when she is off sick with a tummy bug.

I really wouldn't bother buying a steam cleaner just for the sake of cleaning up mess which is no longer being made. Dd1 and that puppy were very close. I dare say dd1 licked the puppy more often than she has licked dd2. She didn't grow any extra legs or anything.

Very clean and tidy but I am between jobs at the moment so actually getting things done and at an unusually leisurely pace.

Bliss...

Princess you will compromise the development of her immune system if you try to stop her from coming into contact wthi dust or bacteria. this explains the hygiene hypothesis, been around since I did a level biology in the early 90s. And it's impossible, bacteria and dust are everywhere. You may as well try to damn the Thames with a single cork. We were the polar opposite of you with crawling DD - she investigated all voer the place and got mucky. We had 7 cats at the time. She never picked up any of the diseases that go round nursery because she has a strong immune system.

There is a different between a carpet that has been worn down by people trodding on it and a carpet that has been shit on multiple times by a dog. He would hide his messes so I'm not even confident we found all his pee spots. I will be throwing her outside in the dirt with the best of them.

The actual carpet, hasn't been cleaned since well before we moved in. I have no clue what caused some of the stains before we moved in and I'm not going to ask. In any case, as silly as it may be, I don't want to put DD down on an area where I'm weary of not wearing shoes or slippers to walk on it.

Worry not. My house keeping skills are shit. She will have time to acquire plenty of dust immunities.

Mine certainly isn't a show home. Lived in is how I like to refer to it.

I clean the toilets and basins regularly, and the kitchen work surfaces are wiped. The laundry is done almost every day, and I clean up and sweep up after my two dogs. I vacuumed upstairs yesterday afternoon, and also did the stairs themselves, so was very proud of myself (do I get a badge??). I go out to work every morning too, though am home at lunchtime.

Years ago I used to like to keep what I would have termed a very clean and tidy home, but then my eldest daughter (now 19) was born, and I found I had no time anymore so things began to slide.

If people come to visit me I reason with myself that they have come to visit me, not to inspect my kitchen floor (hope not anyway).

I am trying to cut down on cleaning time OP, don't get me all flustered about it! DD is in nursery 9 hours a week and I'd say I spend 90% of that time tidying and cleaning. The rest MNing
There's only 2 of us in the house, so you'd think it would be a doddle. We do have a lot of people over every week though - usually at least 6 people or children every week and sometimes more. I do however call time out when she goes to bed and will put a wash on or dishwasher at the most. That is MY time .

Nice and tidy as long as you don't look in the hot press.

The bathroom cabinet could do with a clear out as well.

a carpet that has been shit on multiple times by a dog. He would hide his messes so I'm not even confident we found all his pee spots

Fair enough ! I would be steam cleaning under those circumstances too !!!

Well living room is tidy but needs hoovered

Kitchen is ok but need to clear draining board then sweep floor but no point sweeping til the kids have had their tea

Toilet is clean

Bathroom is ok but need to wash the bath

DS1s room looks like a bombsite

DS2s room is ok but needs hoovered

My room is ok but needs hoovered and i have quite a bit of clean washing on the bed to be put away (which i will do later)

I think that my house is okay. I'm don't feel the need to run around tidying and cleaning before we have visitors like I used to when the children were younger. I think that it could do with decorating though. That makes more difference to how a house looks than cleaning.

I like having guests particularly 2/3 really houseproud sets as it inspires me to make my house perfectish. Things gradually go downhill until the next lot of visitors. Certain friends I don't worry a jot about, but thank goodness for some who "make" me be more houseproud as their homes are like showhomes.

My house was always 100% perfect when I lived on my own. Not so much now with a family who are inherently untidy. There is more to life than cleaning and tidying all day. I do a good enough job.

I wouldn't be embarrassed if people popped round unannounced.

This thread is making me feel like a pig

I have a 23 month old and a breastfed 2 month old. The bathrooms are cleaned every couple of weeks, dusting every couple of weeks, Hoover maybe once a week as we don't wear shoes indoors, the kitchen is cleaned maybe 3 Times a day as it needs it, I brush the floor maybe once a week and mop it maybe once a month.

And yet people always comment on how clean my house is lol. I do keep on top of cleaning doors, Windows, skirtings, cobwebs, curtains etc and I think that makes a difference.

My main aim every day is to get out!

Philo what does everyone else in your house do to help? If your DSS away why do you clean his room every week?

Everyone in the house had chores to do. I just give DSS room a once over, not a proper clean. Just a light dust and Hoover. Although often the roomba does it while I read a book. We have lots of animals and they like DSS room precisely because it is quiet and empty. Because we have animals we can 't just not Hoover or dust a room.

I do more cleaning than my husband because I do little else. As I said after lunchtime my day is leisure time, far more leisure time than my husband has. The older children clean their own bedrooms and bathrooms. They also do the family room on a rota, as well as cooking, cleaning the kitchen and mucking out.