To want to smell inside my neighbour's house?

[BackieJerkhart]

probably!

I had a new neighbour move in a few months ago. The houses are brand spanking new. Within The first few days of her moving in I saw her out scrubbing her front door and frame, door step, windows, frames etc and thought the builders must have left hers in a right mess (they didn't leave mine messy). But no, she does this at least twice a week after coming home from her full time job and returning from her evening walk. She also does her inside windows around twice a week too and her car is buffed at least weekly. It is never dirty. I can only imagine the condition of the inside of her home. I want to smell it. I have two kids a hairy dog and cats. My house does not smell new and fresh and not for lack of effort on my part. I want to sniff what I believe must be an immaculate home. Is it too late to offer her some sugar?

I wish I could be like that!

Me too barbara! I know have clean person inside me trying go get out. The children scare her away though.

I got told my house smelled great by someone once. First time I'd met him (DH of a friend). So you can come round if you'd like. You big weirdo.

right mrstp what exactly do you have in your house that makes it smell great? List everything? I need to know.

I want to smell it too.

This morning DS2 and I spent nearly 15mins smelling all the fabric conditioners at the supermarket.

I'd like to point out we are clean but may have a whiff of cow dung about us at times (rural)

Hmmm, wonder if she needs a hobby?

I bet it smells of bleach and zoflora. Perhaps with floral overtones from some plugins.

Sounds like she'll be on OCD cleaners.

The Argos delivery man said our house smelled great - had just made bacon sandwiches for lunch though.

Just introduce her to MN, the biggest time waster ever, she will be like you then!

My neighbour is the same. They even put nappy bags over their wing mirrors during the rain to stop water marks on the glass!

They come into our house to feed the cat for us when we're away. DP always laughs at how stressed I get trying to scrub the house to perfection the day we leave. They must think we live like animals! (We're a working farm cottage with animals. It's never going to bloody be clean)

Ha ha, Pancake, one of mine's been working on a farm this week. There has been a definite whiff of cow dung around here! 😂

I use allow DH to use natural cleaning stuff. So it's all lemons and almond smells. It's a wooden house so it 'naturally' smells good. I leave doors and windows open all the time I can, summer and winter.

No dog, one kid.

I can't smell anything here so I have no idea. Also DH has an extremely sensitive nose and he cleans more than me so that may explain it...

We were stood looking up at our bedroom windows the other day (talking about some house maintenance happening soon) and I commented how lovely and clean her outside window sills are. I asked how hers were so clean when ours are green and she said 'well I clean them.....'

Ha! Well, you might be in for a shock!

My last place, my neighbours garden and exterior of the property was nothing short of fucking immaculate. Awesome gardens, they spent some serious dosh on the front and back, window cleaner was there seemingly non stop, drain pipes/gutters/soffits all pressure washed regularly. I thought fuck me this joint must be a palace!

Cue arriving home from work one evening to a courier note saying No 44 had signed for my parcel and there it would be.

Popped round to get it and thank them, they invited me in for a drink! So in I go, through the front porch..... that's where the cleanliness ENDED. What. A. Fucking. Mess.

Dog shit everywhere, I don't think they owned a vacuum cleaner, mountains of dishes in the sink, full ashtrays everywhere - the place HUMMED.

Just introduce her to MN, the biggest time waster ever, she will be like you then!

Ha! I can pinpoint the exact date I stopped cleaning my house. It may or may not be the same date I discovered MN

They even put nappy bags over their wing mirrors during the rain to stop water marks on the glass!

they do realise there are rain repellant glass cleaners don't they?? I use them on my shower screen.

she said 'well I clean them.....' blush

snurk

How is that possible falling? How can someone be so precise about their exterior and not the inside too? Where is the logic in that?

It smells better than my house, no doubt.

Dogs and lots of kids/teens. We do clean and I do open windows but I always wake up or walk in to the smell of a not very nice smelling home. Until I've put the oil burner on or thrown open the windows again.

My friend's house always smells amazing and she is no cleaner than I am. I think it's the dogs

Years ago when dd1 was young I went to a baby group. I was the only teenage mum in the group. A woman who at the time I thought was ancient invited us to her house. She lived in a posh part of my town in a big house.
Off we went with my mum' telling us to be polite with a packet of tunnock tea cakes.
Jesus Christ the house was fuckin filthy. Dd started crying, I though I was going to puke. They didn't seem to notice the smell or the mess.
When we got home both covered in dog hairs my mum was raging. She spent weeks going on about her BLOODY POSH COW SHOULD CLEAN HER HOUSE.

Dunno Backie, makes no sense at all, but on my life that's how it was.

BLOODY POSH COW SHOULD CLEAN HER HOUSE.

It's almost like false advertising isn't it?

I love threads like this.

I am a total slattern. Will keep certain areas very clean (when I think I have the energy), and close off the rubbish rooms.

The best incentive to clean a house if you are like me, is to have someone come to stay for a night or two (no more, that would kill me altogether!).

The place is blitzed to within an inch of its life.

Other than that its clean bathrooms, check, clean kitchen check, reasonable tidy living room, check.

Lock all other doors pronto!

Am being lighthearted, but cleaning is a fkn thankless task.

If your neighbour has any free time would she come over to me please.

If you live in Lancashire, it's probably my SIL.

The best incentive to clean a house if you are like me, is to have someone come to stay for a night or two

Agree!! Or a social worker visit! (My son has one and despite her never once even asking to use the loo never mind asking to look around I still clean to within an inch of my life before she comes!)