To ask for another annoying things about other peoples homes thread?

[balihai550]

This one two years ago made my christmas... can we have another? 🎄 🙏

why are they always do bloody clean

When the only toilet is right next to the living room, no window in it and they never shut the living room door - your whole family of in laws know every time you have a poo when you (are forced to) stop there for a few days!

My parents house has no lamps! Not one! The only lighting is exposed light bulbs which are so bright its like being on the surface of the sun.

The cat litter tray right next to the chair and when the cat has a poo, no one makes a move to clean it up, so whoever is sitting in this chair has a choice of either inhaling the warm noxious cat shit aroma or asking them to clean it, which is met with derision and cries of "It's enclosed so we dont need to clean up more than once a day!" before reluctantly cleaning offending shit.
This for 4 cats!

Why are there baby toys all over the living room when their youngest child is 22 and the it youngest grandchild, who lives in this county, is 13!

It’s been done a million times before but no bins in bathrooms. And decorated tables with candles, fairylights, charger plates and crystal glasses in easy reach of toddlers (and no other tables to eat at.

I remember that thread, really enjoyable.

My mum’s house is hot. Radiators all on and temperature set to 23 (our house is set at 17/18), so almost the minute I arrive I have a bright red face and I have to go to the bedroom and turn the radiator off and get the window open. My mum never has the telly off, so I find myself gormlessly staring at it whilst we’re talking. It’s also on loud so the heat and the noise starts to make my head spin.

My mother in law on the other hand, her house it the perfect temp, however her house is filthy. There’s mouse poo in the cupboards and the worktops are sticky with crumbs. The bread is left out on top of the bread bin and it’s virtually impossible to put anything down and there are piles of mails, books, medication and other detritus. Food has been in the fridge for an unspecified time and it’s safer to buy fresh when we get there.

No bins in bathrooms!!!

You don't see it these days, but in the 80s you'd occasionally see houses with heavy duty plastic covering high footfall areas, and sometimes furniture with the plastic covers still on. Don't know how anyone who could relax in a house like that.

No lock on the toilet door.

Another vote for no bathroom bin.

And air fresheners all over the place. They make me heave.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

You don't see it these days, but in the 80s you'd occasionally see houses with heavy duty plastic covering high footfall areas, and sometimes furniture with the plastic covers still on. Don't know how anyone who could relax in a house like that.

Omg, I forgot about those, the clear plastic runners that folks had in their halls!

My friend upsized in retirement, it’s five bed and it’s beautiful from a small two bed in London. But they have been there three years and most of the rooms are totally empty. They keep talking about all the stuff they will do, but have done literally nothing, and they can easily afford to do it.

A lot of their stuff is even still in boxes. They have one room that’s beautiful they had huge plans for, and it’s literally empty and unused. I don’t understand it at all, they have no mental health issues, they just can’t be arsed.

No hand towel in the kitchen, and no tea towels. Am I meant to dry my hands or crockery on my clothes?

Ugh. I hate so much.

I have friends’ houses where they have given up and let their kids draw on everything. They’re overrun with filthy broken kids’ toys and crap EVERYWHERE.

I hate houses that are too pissing hot. At my IL the radiator is next to the bed and comes on red bloody hot overnight. It makes me want to die. And their house is so cluttered. You can’t open the windows because every surface, including the windowsills, are covered in straw dolls, jam jars full of paintbrushes and old paper clips or a rubber bands, dusty fabric flowers, old broken toys, leaflets, Lonely Planet books on countries that don’t exist anymore, paper fans... I find it so stressful. I spend my time there boiling and side-eyeing things in jars.

When the toilet is right next to the room everyone is in and no one had music on in the background as white noise

No shower. So annoying.

My MIL one-ups the “no bathroom bin” by having no KITCHEN bin. You have to pile things in a neat little heap on the counter near the door where they’re then taken to the wheelie bin approximately 6,000 times a day.

No idea why but here’s mine:

• Toilets that are in the utility
• people that can’t clean, it annoys me when the taps are gross / dust and clutter everywhere
• not taking shoes off in the house

People who sweep the road outside their house, not their garden or the pavement, the actual road 🤷‍♀️

It has been so long since I went in anyone's home I've almost forgotten what it is like!

Er, a relative who 'doesn't stand on ceremony'. Means there's always poo in and around the loo. To look at said relative you'd never believe it.

A friend who has a fixed knob doorstop not right in a corner. I always trip over it and hurt my toes.

Having to change for dinner at aunts house. Like we're the bloody landed gentry and it's 1842. Same house. None of the doors close properly and/or swing open.

Friends house. Turn the bloody heating down. I'm melting here.

Cousin's house. Your TV is FUCKING MASSIVE and your living room is FUCKING TINY. it's looks ridiculous.

Friend. Why do you always ALWAYS have piles and piles of shoes everywhere?

Everything is in a the wrong place in the kitchen, so you have to open every single cupboard/ draw etc to find a tea spoon

People (looking at you sister) who invite you round for the evening (pre covd) for a drink and have a roll of toilet roll to last 10 people the whole night.

A family member has a conservatory up the side of their house, they use it as a dining room and it is quite a nice space overlooking the garden. However, it's built over the window of the only bathroom in the house (bungalow). The frosted window is still there in what used to be the external wall, and for some reason the top little window is always open, so if you go to the loo everyone sat eating dinner can hear you pee. They also tend to sit round the dining table talking or playing board games afterwards, so you can't even wait until after dinner.

Polyester bedding, even poly mix, make me sweat and feel scratchy on the skin.
Wet, dirty tea towels,hand towels, that haven’t been changed for a week.

Dirty, wet dish cloths, again not npbeen changed for days.
Urghhhhh!