How messy is your house right now

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Just curious if I’m good, bad or average.

My house is tidyish but not overly clean imo. I go through the motions but can’t say my house is perfect.

As most of the cleaning falls or me I don’t allow dh or kids to have crap floating around. Clutter got to me a few years so I created a system where I put any clutter on the dining table if I see it. At the end of the night if it hasn’t been put away it gets chucked. So the rooms never get crazy as I have bins and storage for almost everything.

But the woodwork could do with some hot soapy water, the grout could do with a steam clean and everything just needs a good old dust.

There’s a few jobs (hob, bin wiping and stairs) I’ve given up on as I’m hoping someone will have the initiative. They haven’t funnily enough. Washing gets done but I’ve stopped folding and just put them in piles on stairs and scream for owners to take up.

Id give myself a 6.8/10.

What about you?

Love hearing how normal other people are as SM would have you believing otherwise

Pretty grim after the school holidays tbh, the bathrooms definitely need a good scrubbing, but mainly toys/clutter left in random places that needs sorting

I describe mine as a mobile skip 😁

Mine looks amazing because my mum is here this week and she tidies everything up all the time.

Soon as she's gone, it will be a shit tip within twenty minutes.

I've been untidy my whole life! It's actually a real struggle for me. I never know where to put things. If I put things away I forget where they are so I tend to leave things out. I don't know if it's ADHD or I'm just chronically disorganised. I'd love to be a tidy person...😫

Squeaky clean and tidy: it’s for sale.

Not as tidy as I like but would let people in
Would take me 30 mins to get it back to usual and about 2hrs to get it immaculate

Very cos we've all been ill and that meant the cleaners didn't come yesterday which is what forces us to keep it tidy in the first place. Will tackle it tomorrow. Maybe.

It's cluttered but not messy. As in we have a lot of crap but it's mostly hidden put away in drawers or on shelves. I have can't relax in a room where there are toys all over the floor or used cups and plates lying around so I do tidy often. However the cleaning could definitely be better. Surfaces wiped down numerous times a day and I hoover at least 1-2 times daily. But skirting boards, windows and general dusting leaves a lot to be desired. I'd give myself a 6.5/10.

Not too bad at the mo! I'm naturally incredibly lazy and disorganised, but at the same time easily stressed out by chaos and clutter - it's an interesting combo! I try not to have too much 'stuff' but I'm not great at putting things away. BUT I've had a day off today and have tried to get on top of things a bit. So currently the place is around 6.5/7 out of 10.

Very tidy. I'm striving for minimalism and we're all pretty good at putting things away not down. We declutter regularly.

However its not very clean cos we live in the Caribbean and dust, cobwebs and insect/lizard mess are just par for the course. I do my best and the kitchen is cleaned several times a day (both before and after food prep cos you never know what has run across the work surface). Plates are never left unwashed cos they attract insects and cockroaches. Laundry is done every day cos clothes get very sweaty and smelly.

But the grime is just impossible to properly keep on top of. All the locals just shrug and say you just have to live with it. The only person I know with a clean house has (and I quote her) "teams of cleaners who also wash the walls and ceilings every week".

I hoover and dust several times a week but with such an open house its a losing battle.

On the plus side, it means my house is usually visitor ready cos visitors don't judge!

Downstairs is lovely, upstairs not so great.

I'm autistic and I'm told that's not an excuse.

Do you think that could be the reason I can't get on top of the house?

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Don't feel ashamed at all, that's what a cleaner is for. Get a cleaner or a deep clean as a treat. It's the best feeling after it's done.

It’s all tidy and clean, just how I like it.
I mean, there are some cupboards which could benefit from a tidy up which I’ll deal with at some point but floors are all clear and clean, bathrooms are nice, changed the beds at the weekend, I do bits little and often as does dh and the dc are also responsible for various things.
I hate it when it’s untidy so make sure at the end of the day everything is in its place.
Little and often. Plus we have a cleaner in once a week which helps but obviously doesn’t wipe out the need to do stuff every day sadly!

Tidy. I function best when home is clean and tidy so I do a little each day to keep on top of it

Absolute carnage - currently in the process of moving in with DP - who's a builder - so between his tools and my boxes, there's currently a one way system around the place

Clean and tidy without being a show home.

God, it's SO messy here atm. Two teens and dh would all gladly live in a total pigsty (well, dd1 doesn't like it but doesn't do a lot in communal areas!). I hate it but am naturally untidy too and don't have staff - and we don't have a lot of space which definitely doesn't help - so it's a constant struggle. I'm pretty much pushing water uphill trying to get anyone else on board, they just don't see it or care enough themselves, but will all do a certain amount (fairly badly but cheerfully) when nagged enough. But I'm busy and tired and it's quicker and less mentally draining to do most of it myself. I wfh nearly full time and have found it tough with everyone here all summer. Standards are lower than ever but I'm desperate to get it all sorted and keep it that way. Just lack the strength of mind to try forcing them all to do more when I don't want to do it either!

I've got one more day of the summer holidays to go, going to spend it with my child and then clean when he's back at school.

Clean and pretty much guest-ready tidy within 5 mins except dc bedrooms/bathrooms. We have a cleaner, plenty of built-in storage and no small children or pets. DC are adult/late teens and I've basically given up after 2 decades. The cleaner tackles it once a week, and I shut the door on it the rest of the time. They'll all be moving out soon and I'd rather enjoy the last few weeks than fight old battles. The aforementioned guests will not be staying the night though, as the spare room has all dd's new purchases for university laid out on the bed; she's not even going until the end of the month!

@rayofsunshine86 . Solidarity. My house is the same and I also moved 4 years ago. In my defence I work two jobs to keep the messy house going !

It's grand. I wouldnt be embarrassed if an unexpected guest came over but it's not sparkling, I've got far too many hobbies to have the time for that.

A shit tip. Kitchen is the worse but my kitchen is tiny so anything that’s left on the side just makes it look cluttered. Living room isn’t too bad just needs a quick hoover and sweeping. Bathroom not too bad just needs a quick wash of the floor and the windowsill wiping down. Should probably also bin my empty bottles of shampoo and conditioner too. Bedroom also a mess but that’ll take a couple of mins to sort out cos it’s literally just washing. I’m off away in a couple of weeks and like a tidy place to come back to so I’ll also be sorting my wardrobes out before I go. I wouldn’t normally bother and would usually cram everything inside them to make it look visually tidy elsewhere. Then I was like well if something happens I don’t want anyone coming in and going ‘well wasn’t she scruffy cow? Couldn’t even fold her clothes up properly just shoved them in the wardrobe!’ Conservatory is tidy ish but has my outdoor furniture cushions in there atm and my airer

Messy? Sure, Im looking at 2 , 3 pairs of shoes at my feet right now

Unclean? No.

I came out of a long time depression early last year and I tackled the house. Now Im talking about a house that could easily be on Hoarders or how clean is your house or any of those sort of programmes - for years I was just about functioning

Now my house is clean, but messy in areas, until I have the time to deal with those areas

Took me the best part of a year to get here and I admit readily, there are still times when I just open a drawer or cupboard and shove it in. Difference being now I KNOW I shoved it in and I do go back and sort

I know right now if I walked into our bathroom, the medicine chest will be over the counter, the tooth paste wont have a lid and their will be dog paw prints on the shower floor . I also know when I walk into the bedroom there will be more of DH's clothes lying on the floor then hanging in his wardrobe

Your idea about the kitchen table bits - brill. I have wee baskets, cheap ones from lidl or HB, one in every room and as I whizz through, everything that doesnt belong in that room, in the basket, When basket is full, a whiz about the house dumping it back where it lives. If its still in the basket 7 or 10 days later, no one has claimed it/wants it - binned

Getting rid of the clutter has been my saving grace. Its gone, dumped , donated, sold, its away. Everything now has a home and daily house work takes minutes now so I have 30 mns to clean the skirting or the windows or the lamp shades

I do have a ruddy great big house and seriously if it was in me I could spend 4 hours a day cleaning the bastard, I spend 30 mins to an hour, its good enough

It definitely is for us. Full disclosure, there’s a range of ND and also physical disability in the house and we had a particularly tough year health wise last year. But I find it next to impossible to get and stay organised with the housework. I just don’t have the executive functioning skills so I actually do hours of housework every day but it never makes a difference. And the kids are utter chaos, always have been.