To think it is easy to keep your home clean?

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Providing you are able bodied obviously

Yes Morse, I agree.

The more people/animals moving around your home independently, the less tidy it will be.

I love a clean, tidy house. Problem is, my two kids run along behind me (ok, one crawls) and pulls and messes up everything I just did. Pissing in the wind, brushing teeth with Oreos... both I agree with wholeheartedly. It's a pain in my arse.
Oh, and when your baby is a Houdini and a climber and you have to follow everywhere to avoid another trip to a&e... then come talk to me about how easy it is.

I love a clean and tidy home, the other members of the household love playdoh, those bloody hama beads and generally creating crumb hell. So no, its not easy. It's a thankless chore that nobody appreciates. I'd love not to give a shit a bit more to be honest

MrsKoala if your DH is smearing shit everywhere, I would have words

We have particular tasks for each day, so the bathroom may be spotless, but the hoovering needs done, or whatever. Nothing is ever dirty per se, but it’s a home, not a show-house. We are two able-bodied adults with no children. (I am also sadly resigned to everything being coated in a layer of cat hair, no matter how much actual cleaning is done.)

I don’t even want a spotless tidy house. I’d rsther have a glass of wine with mates, or play games with Ds, or sit on my arse and watch a dvd.

If it’s important to you then that’s lovely (but I find that a bit sad)

I am guessing the OP doesn't have teenagers.

Ha! Word are frequently had but apparently he's allowed to poo in his own house. I asked if he could just keep to one toilet at least so i didn't need to clean 3 toilets up to twice a day, but no, he is entitled to poo in all his toilets and wont be made to feel excluded from his own home.

I'd offer you a but then you'd have to eat it over the sink.

Good for you OP I enjoy time with my dd instead of trying to be cleaner of the year! I can have a tidy house when my dd has flown the nest! She won’t remember a tidy house she will remember the fun and memories! But if you want to feel good about a tidy house that’s up to you!!

Well I am (thankfully, currently) able bodied and I don't find it easy to keep my house clean so yabu imo

13 year old dss lives with us, his arm doesn't even reach from his bed to his bedroom bin two feet away. I assume a hurricane goes through his room at night from the state it's in in the morning

don't cook from scratch Good point inspmorse, you can have cooking from scratch smuggery, or you can have clean kitchen smuggery. I imagine both is pretty rare. I cook lovely porridge with fruit in 'n' everything for my precious children every morning! I cook them lovely ratatouille from scratch! The kitchen tiles are spattered with tomato, and the sink is full of soaking porridge pans......

I'm so impressed by you OP
Will you come and clean my house?

Working full time and competing with a severely asd dss, a 12 yo dsd, a fluffy white German shepherd and grease monkey dp 😂 it's chaos after 2 seconds of cleaning. And the laundry! 😂

In my experience the house you live in makes a massive difference. When we lived in a two bed new build we could do a deep clean in one hour on Saturday and it would stay really clean and tidy with no effort.

Now we live in a four bed Victorian house and the house work is never ending! By the time you've cleaned all of the rooms you have to start all over again. The floors alone take 2 hours vs 30 mins in the old house. Plus the extra gardening and all of the dust and grime collecting crannies.

There's no way you can compare.

I'm disabled and there have been weeks at a time when it's simply been impossible for me to do anything other than sling something together for dinner and shove some washing in the machine. Dp works full time and often had to come home and dish up dinner, do the dishes, make lunches for the next day, help me in and out of a bath, clean the cat litter trays and often run DD2 to an activity. So the housework slipped.

Then I feel a bit better, do far too much and the whole cycle starts all over again. Only this time Dp is off work for 4-6 weeks recovering from surgery and isn't allowed to do any lifting so I am struggling to do it all on my own.

DD2 has autism and thankfully has an immaculate bedroom. We had a de-clutter this week but mostly it was clearing out stuff she no longer needed and she will keep her room tidy. She will also help me in the house.

So no, it's not easy keeping a tidy/clean house. It takes me all bloody day to do the most basic tasks sometimes and don't even get me started on my depression which means that most times I have zero motivation.

Yes, also the cooking thing! My mum's kitchen is always clean because she doesn't cook!

It's nicer in Autumn/winter, dimly lit and -crusty- cosy

Also depends on your house tbh. modern houses have less nooks and crannies than older houses, minimalist decor has less dust and dirt trapping bits than cosy country cottage. Urban living seems to bring more dust and dirt than country living. Pet free has less hair than pet friendly ( and having been pet free one for a while after about 100 years of having pets I am astounded at how much less muck there is,fluff, grubby paw prints ,spilt food, the odd bit of cat sick etc etc.

It is a how long is a bit of string question, and the only answer is "each to their own"

Yep OP very easy.

Or it would be if I were to rehome the 3 dogs, 2 teenagers and 1 husband.

Sure it’s easy (for some) but also some of us just don’t give two shits about tidiness.

Very easy.. have a fab cleaner

I find "ambient lighting" is a good detraction from the dust.

My house was last properly tidied on the 5th September 2014, the day we moved in. Before we got the dog, 2 cats and the shit ton of toys