How long does it take you to be guest ready?

[12yearsinazkaban]

I used to live in a small flat and could be guest ready in 30ins to 1 hour. I preferred 2 hours to mess about with laundry and tidy up shelves, hoover under sofas I case someone dropped something and it rolled under. not joking.

Now I've moved to a house (bathroom upstairs so upstairs needs to be guest ready too) and it takes me ages. I need more than 24 hours notice. can't do it. stresses out to no end.

Also do you leave bedroom doors open or closed? I keep mine open because I am worried if they are closed people will guess its a mess!

It can go from beautiful in every room, to a tip in 3.5 seconds with my children too! The older ones are OK generally but the baby and toddler are serial swipers and nothing on any surface or in any cupboard or drawer lower down is safe!

Who is the picky 'guest' and why are you allowing someone so rude to come into your home and make you feel shit? Meet them in the pub instead.

I live in a a flat and can be guest ready in the time it takes someone to get upstairs. The robot vacuum will still be going and there will be one large tidy pile of stuff on the dining table but otherwise it will be clean and tidy enough.

Within a couple of days of overnight guests leaving I’ll launder the bedding/towels and remake the spare room.

it’s not that I’m super tidy. It’s the opposite - basic hygiene and tidy surfaces before going to bed.

Depends who the guests are:
In laws - several hours the night before of panic cleaning and tidying.
Friends/most of my family - about as long as it takes for me to open the door and say "hiiii, come in! Excuse the mess/untidyness"

No time at all. The house is never so messy that I'd feel uncomfortable having anyone round, although that's as much due to a relaxed attitude as anything else. It wouldn't bother me at all if someone came round and there were cups waiting to go in the dishwasher or shoes not on the rack or whatever- it's a house not a show home.

I'm always guest ready.

No time at all, my house is always clean and tidy and I'd be happy for someone to turn up anytime.

For a coffee or friends just popping in it’s generally guest ready, or good enough. Only whatever project I was doing out.

For overnight guests, pretty much ok for last minute guests, but If I want to make up the bedroom ready and bathroom sorted with towels etc an hour? I would prefer 24/48hrs though

I'll start from this evening and get back to this thread when it is guest ready. We downsized for various reasons a couple of years ago and dh's addiction to buying stuff means there's clutter everywhere. Bathroom and kitchen are always clean though. In fact, everywhere is clean, just messy. It gets me down when parents of dds friends say they can host at their house if its too rainy for a park and I realise I can't return the favour. Old friends of mine are always welcome though.

People pop in regularly and it's always ok, sometimes may need a little hoover or there may be a bit of washing up in the sink, but nothing bad.

However, my DCs are older, only one left at home and she's rarely there, which helps. Plus I work from home so have more time to keep it nice, and I can't work properly if there's mess/dirt.

Depends on the guest, depends on the occasion.

A friend over for lunch and a chat? About an hour.

Christmas with multiple family travelling? At least two weeks (around a full time job), but a month is better.

If people don’t like what they see, they can leave. Presuming you keep a reasonable level of hygiene, if anyone has an issue fuck ‘em.