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

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

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@olderthanyouthink

Some of you would love our bathroom and en-suites that have no windows at all. Extractor fans only run with the lights on too.

We don't have a bathroom bin we moved here when I was pregnant and I've had one period in 3 year and I use a cup. Other than pregnancy tests whats to throw away? Will get a bin for guests (that will go unused for months at a time)

What's to throw away , empty toilet rolls , wipes , empty shampoo bottles etc .

My parents don't cover stuff when putting it in the fridge. Like leftovers or opened and half eaten stuff! Aaagggghhhh!

In on page 2 and haven't found any of the these I do in my house! Byr I'm going to be reading it all checking if I do and I'm a bad host!

The telly permanently on.
I hadn't seen my half brother and sisters for 3 years. I went to my sisters house and the whole family was coming round to see me. I was so excited ( difficult relationship with my mother made relationships with them difficult.

Anyway the telly was on the whole time, just as it always was at my mums house when she was alive. You can't have a proper conversation with I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here blasting out!

@BeHappyAndSmile

All the people complaining about the temperature of houses so you expect the people having you over to make themselves uncomfortable for you? If they like a hot house wear less clothing, if they like a cold house wear more layers. Why should they make their HOME uncomfortable just for you? My father in law(ish) has a cooler house than k would choose so j wear a jumper. Similarly my mother in law(ish) has a warmer house than I'd like so I wear thin clothes. I lived at hers for a few months while we were saving up and I adjusted by wearing cooler clothes not complaining about the temperature when she was kind enough to have us there in HER space.

If you're going to act as thread police, at least read the OP, the title and the rest of the responses

BeHappyAndSmile actually we make our own adjustments by simply avoiding MIL’s house like the plague.

There’s level of cold and uncomfortable we’re not prepared to put up with- even with multiple extra layers on. (Doh- like that hadn’t occurred to us.... )

We reached that point when we saw the temperature reading on our infant daughter’s baby monitor showing 12 degrees.

Not so much a feature of other people’s houses but when they host. I hate it when you are staying somewhere for a few days and not enough food is offered. At my in laws, if you are having a Sunday roast or Christmas dinner this is served at about 3pm. Breakfast will be at a normal time of 8ish and this is just cereal nothing massive. But then because we’re having a roast NOTHING else is offered between breakfast and 3pm as they are obsessed with the idea of “spoiling your dinner”. By 1pm I’m starving again but I feel like I can’t ask to start eating random food from their house. Similarly we’ll eat at 3 and even though it’s a proper meal there won’t be anything else then offered in the evening apart from maybe a biscuit as they’re all too full. By 9pm I’m hungry! I end up taking snacks with me when we stay and have to hide in the bedroom to eat them

No proper bedside lamps, for reading in bed.

And no, I don’t want those things fixed to the wall on both sides, which are too far away and too bright if the other person wants to sleep. Just an ordinary lamp on a bedside table, please.

I’m sure my house annoys people - it annoys me! Such a shortage of storage space so it’s always cluttered.
My pet hate in other people’s homes is a spattered loo - gross!

People who don't have ice. I feel like it's not that common a thing for loads of people.
I've read through a lot of these and I think the ones which make people feel uncomfortable are legitimate. But the ones which are just about decorative and use of space preferences aren't really very fair. People are allowed to do what they want in their own home in terms of decor, placement of furniture etc. What I do think you owe guest is not making things uncomfortable or inconvenient.

We don't have a bathroom bin we moved here when I was pregnant and I've had one period in 3 year and I use a cup. Other than pregnancy tests whats to throw away? Will get a bin for guests (that will go unused for months at a time)

Toilet roll holders, tissues, empty shampoo bottles, empty toothpaste tubes and so on.

All these people saying they hate houses that are too hot.

When your guests sit with their coats on its fair to say your house is too cold when they visit (and then you wonder why they don't visit.....)

I don't have a bathroom bin. There is a bin just inside my bedroom door which is opposite the bathroom. So any rubbish goes in there. I'm far more likely to have rubbish from my bedroom than I am the bathroom so I'd rather have the bin in there.

@DDIJ

How, justhowcan you not have heating on???

I can't afford to put my heating on. I would not have thought this was unusual.

same here, its just too expensive

Sorry to hear that, grannyinapram. It does seem terrible that poverty doesn't just mean lack of basic comfort, but can threaten health. It is bitter outside.

@Bloodypunkrockers I did. And I saw quite a few people saying the owners of the home weren't short of money. Implying they should be catering to them by putting the heating on even if it makes them uncomfortable. I get it's a feature that annoys people, that's fine it annoys me too. But I'd never dream of making remarks about them being able to afford heating or going as far as to ask them to put it on while I'm at their house. If dirty toilets annoy you would you demand they clean them? No, so why is heating different?

Unwashed, stale smelling bedsheets, not changed between guests.

The only bathroom with a working shower is the host's ensuite, meaning an awkward walk through her bedroom to use it.

No locks on bathrooms - so traumatic!

Dirty bathrooms and toilets.

My mum's house has really uncomfortable, hard and slippy leather sofas. It's quite a new suite so can't put it down to age, but I hate it! They also have very heavy, not soft and comfy throw cushions which I also hate.
Certain female relative doesn't like wearing anything on her feet and wanders round barefoot, which of course is fine, it's her house, but her slippers and shoes are always on the floor just behind you waiting to trip you up.

More generally, I hate houses that are too cold, that smell (particularly ones that smell of smoke) and don't have lockable toilet doors.

It's weird how some ppl don't allow water (or more than one glass of water) for guests...is it because they're on a meter?

I'm not bothered by most things tbh, most of the things mentioned I'd be OK with (especially if it's only for a brief visit). Only things that make me a bit uncomfortable are houses that are BOILING and sofas covered in dog hair. Oh also houses where people smoke and they don't open the windows but not seen that in years.

@Maireas

I feel sorry that anyone cannot afford to hear their home, it seems a basic necessity for comfort. It's sleeting outside, just above freezing and with a sharp wind. If you're sitting in an unheated home, that's awful.

we mostly use blankets and hot water bottles to keep warm, with lots of layers and lots of moaning!

We probably could afford it but not daily and only in one room, but when we have the heater on in one room we find the rest of the flat feels 10x colder so it's more comfortable to have it all off.

we had the bedroom heater on last night and I've been in there all day!
I do hate hot houses though so you get used to it

No hand towel in the bathroom. Instead m, one or two large bath towels hanging around. Am I supposed to wipe my hands on the towels that have been used to dry your body? Yuk.

When no one puts a light on and sit in dimly lit rooms like we're on the bloody Crown!

Toilets in or through a kitchen.