How messy is your house right now? BE HONEST

[Trycod]

I think mumsnetters are not always entirely honest when asked about the state of their homes - thinking of that thread where everyone posted immaculate kitchens when the op asked for realistic pictures.

We’ve cancelled our bank holiday plans due to weather. Kind of taken the easy route by taking the kids to a toy shop for legos to keep them occupied so DH and I could get into a box set with a curry. House is not messy but certainly not immaculate. Haven’t done much this weekend so definitely feeling guilty.

Genuinely curious - how messy is your house this very second. Instagram has made me feel a bit sick to my stomach. Following a lot of house accounts as DH and I would like to build in the 5 or so years.

My kitchen is tidy enough but everything not cleaned daily could do with a wipe - fridge, bin, cupboard doors, patio doors etc. Sink and surfaces clean for now.

One living room is a war zone. I don’t even try to have that tidy. But our living room/diner is totally clutter free (house rule as I need one clean space for play dates without having to rush around like a crazy person). Bathroom toilet and sinks are fine but limescale could be dealt with. Grouting is a bit yuck.

All bedrooms need a dust and a vac which I may do later. Usually I make kids tidy rooms over the weekend but I told them they didn’t have to bother (they were well behaved whilst dh was sick last week which was a God send).

Washing was bad but I paid one of the kids to get through 4 baskets this weekend which they have managed. Dh will fold later.

What about you?

It's clean and tidy, it always is.

I don't see why realistic has to mean dirty or untidy. Some people keep their houses clean and some don't, being "realistic" means accepting both sides of that.

Shit hole.
I have too much stuff and not enough space.
I have spent the last 3 days sorting bin/charity/sell/keep. Got rid of about 10 bags, but it really is just a drop in the ocean for how much I need to do.

Treating myself now though and painting my bedside tables as a reward!

Honestly it’s an absolute shit tip!

Kitchen needs a good deep clean, my delightful children made lunch and the sides a littered with knives, plates, random food items left out! The floor needs mopping due to the rain and the dogs running in and out…Dh has just done the washing up. I have around 6 loads of laundry to do 🤷‍♀️

Lounge is semi passable, I need to run the Dyson around and straighten up the throws and cushions.

Upstairs (kids bedrooms mainly) look like a bomb site…

Bathrooms are again passable but I need to get the lime scaler remover out and give it a proper deep clean and steam clear the grout! The shower screen is awful even though I only did it 2 weeks ago the hard water here is just an absolute nightmare…

So yeah it’s pretty fucking awful

It's very clean. We spent 4 hours on it yesterday and another 2 today. Looking g lovely

Dusted and cleaned bedrooms and bathroom earlier but whole house needs hoovering and kitchen floor needs mopping. Might do it later but if I don't, nevermind!

Tidy. The kitchen is part way through cooking supper but otherwise, the house is ok.

I deep cleaned the bathroom yesterday and cleared the ironing pile. The clothes washing is all done.

The only thing that still needs doing is I need to change my bed.
I can't put the sheets in to wash because it's pouring with rain and I won't be able to hang them out. That bit can wait.

No kids in the house, but I wouldn't be happy if I had to host someone without at least a day's warning. We do have two dogs, though to be fair I can only blame them for a few toys, their constantly shedding coats, and sometimes dirt tracked in on their feet (but the floors are good at the moment).

So I guess we only have ourselves to blame for the clutter and mess. I just don't feel like working my fingers to the bone when we don't have visitors often and DH cares even less than I do. It's such thankless work!

I like a clean house, but I guess I like free time and my hobbies more. Occasionally I think up systems that might keep it in better order, but something always comes along to distract me or complicate life to the point that it never lasts (or even happens). Eh, it's good enough!

Not horrendous
I just made cottage pie so a load of clean dishes!
But one persons tidy is another's messy so...

It’s all right if you don’t look too closely. I follow my mum’s maxim - if the beds, the bathroom and the kitchen are clean the rest doesn’t matter too much.

The living room and downstairs bathroom are clean and tidy, the kitchen is clean but everywhere else is a bloody mess.

I feel like I've washed, dried and put away a hundred loads of laundry over the last 3 days but somehow there's still more to do.

It never ends.

An absolute mess. I should be packing up boxes for imminent house move!!! We still haven’t sorted out where we are going. Have loads of paperwork to tidy and get done for tomorrow. Can’t be bothered. Kitchen is a mess and surrounded by boxes.?

One end of the dining room is like Widow Twankey’s wash house. It’s all young adult DC’s clothes as I refuse to iron them anymore. They are precariously balanced on the end of the ironing board, and have been for weeks. It’s passing me right off.
Everywhere else is tidy, but a bit cluttered. I could have done with mopping downstairs today but will now have to wait until midweek. Bathroom and kitchen cleaned thoroughly (apart from kitchen floor) on Saturday and everywhere else hoovered & pretty tidy, but there is dust on the sideboard in the hall. I’ve spent the weekend mowing, hedge trimming and weeding instead of doing indoors.

Umm organised chaos really. It's not dirty or unkept but it has a lot of "stuff" that come with two teenagers who are in to sport. The weather doesn't help when we are all feeling a bit more inside than out.
I heard my daughter once describe our home to a friend as "It's a bit like Weasley's house in Harry Potter without the magic". I'm hoping she meant homely and a bit of chaos, she often describes her Dads house as "sterile" due to it being so clean and spotless.

I hoovered the stairs last week for th first time in about six months (I know, I know) and there is no room that is clear. Stuff absolutely everywhere. I hate it, but I'm so used to it now that it doesn't bother me.

When I didn't have children I lived a clean and tidy lifestyle. I just can't cope tidying up after these little tornadoes anymore.

We also have way too much stuff and no storage, which doesn't help 🤣

Messy/tidy or clean?
It's a bit messy but I wouldn't be embarrassed if someone called round unannounced.
It's quite clean because we have a cleaner every week.
Probably 8/10

My house is spotless and tidy and dust free....first time in I don't know.....dh and I spent all Saturday doing it as I had a friend coming to stay...if you asked me what it looked like Saturday morning...untidy, dusty, piles of washing...this weekend sunny weather been amazing for drying... Not sure I like the spotless house though...it soul less...I give it a day till normal house untidy returns

Upstairs is fine, just needs vacuuming.
Downstairs is ok, I have vacuumed and dusted, the kitchen is tidy but dh’s crap is all over the dining room table- if I had realised what an untidy, undomesticated individual he was I probably wouldn’t have married him. He doesn’t see dirt, dust etc, doesn't ‘do’ housework 🤬

The realistic picture threads make me laugh. Of course the people whose room is currently immaculate is more likely to post them, but there’s always a sanctimonious tone to their posts like their house always looks like a show home and everyone else must be dirty or lazy compared to them. ATM all of my upstairs is clean and tidy, I’d be happy for visitors to see it but I have gotten into a horrible habit of shoving things out of the way in a few of the closets. Downstairs my kitchen is fine, except I’ve had rats get into my shed and chew the wiring on my pressure washer and power tools so they’re on the floor as I’m repairing them. Conservatory’s fine. Utility needs a sort out. Living room fine expect my cuddle chairs are fucking minging to the point a professional cleaner can’t get the stains out, I need to replace them but I have small children so don’t want to spend the money doing it yet :/ I do have covers on my couch, also minging as it’s such a nightmare undoing the elastic I’ve had to tie to keep
them on

The bathroom could do with a deep clean but the rest of the house is pretty spotless. No small children or pets, the robot vacuum does the rounds overnight most nights, and DH and I are both pretty on top of putting stuff away when we’re finished with it and tidying as we go: DH just made a sandwich and then immediately washed up the plate and cutlery and wiped the counter down, for example. I think that’s half the battle, once you let things pile up or get really filthy the mountain eventually seems like too much to tackle.

Downstairs is pretty good. Always keep it fresh and nice. Our kitchen is falling apart though (door front coming off) so it looks grubby even when it is not. Living room, dining room and family room all look nice.
Our bedroom is a mess as trying to sort it out before redirection.

Both Bathrooms fairly good superficially (though cupboards would not stand an inspection).
DS (12) room is a bit dusty and untidy as he is very particular about his treasures and gets upset if they are moved. Looks ok though at a glance.
DD2 (19) is away at uni. Her room is a bit cluttered and dusty. Not dreadful. But not great. Again, looks ok at a distance.
DH and I each have a study as we WFH. Mine is immaculate. His is a disaster zone.
DD1 (23) has a studio flat in the garden. Her’s is immaculate and always inspection ready.
So a mixed bag here. There is always somewhere to take an unexpected guest. But lots of areas that I’d want to hide away.

There's currently kinetic sand everywhere. Laundry is slowly being defeated.
Toys aplenty.
I'm planning a big toy cull but will need to be like a top drugs mule to get it out of the house.

It's fairly tidy, but not as perfect as I would like (I'd like our lounge to be immaculate but that's totally unrealistic with a child and a dog)

DD and DH are much messier than I am, they pitch in, but need a prompt to actually start tidying up.

Kitchen and living room cleanish but cluttered. Bathrooms and shower room ok. Utility hmm. All other rooms are totally terrible. 1 of us is diagnosed adhd and the other 3 of us are highly likely. So not good at using my time well/disorganised/buy too much stuff and also huge guilt about it. Also, severe need of redecorating when we get around to it. 4 adults here.

I feel like a lot of people are one extreme or another. Maybe that's just on Mumsnet though?

She didn’t say unrealistic has to be untidy or dirty. She’s saying the replies to the thread where people were asked to show photos were unrealistic. Realistically some people will have tidy houses, some messy and some filthy. Even the people with normally tidy houses will have messy rooms sometimes. My kitchen is normally immaculate, but if I took a photo now there’ll be a pressure washer and power tools on the floor and my dc’s dirty plates on the side. When the pp in that thread said take a photo as it is RIGHT NOW and 52 of the 61 photos show a fucking immaculate kitchen, hobs and sinks sparkling, an artfully folded tea towel and not so much as a dirty mug in sight, you KNOW that more than a few people have cheated there