In Laws Ready House!

[Amore22]

What do you do to get ready for guests, specifically in-laws staying? I do a slightly deeper clean than usual but am interested in what everyone else does. Do you feel you should up your standards?! Thanks.

Bump?

Fresh (but not ironed) bed linen and towel in ensuite. Clean all bathrooms (ensuite, main bathroom, utility room loo). Hoover whole house . Try not to have laundry on clothes horses. Straighten up rooms (sitting room, baby's room). Try (and fail) to tidy kitchen.

This applies to any visitors BTW

For any visitors

Spare beds have the current mountains of doom removed (clutter sorted and put away)

Clean sheets (we don’t iron any sheets) on those beds and fresh towels neatly folded on top

Bathroom cleaned (or at least checked if it was cleaned in last 24 hours)

Semblance of normality given to dining table (the hills of paperwork chaos get demolished)

Fridge de littered to make room for some nice things and either a cake bought/made or make sure there are biscuits for tea

Check gin supplies (for personal use) 😂

And get happy head on me for hosting in a positive way (regardless of who - I like to host but seem permanently exhausted recently so it has felt more like a chore)

Keep the door locked?

Kitchen counter normally kept clear anyway, might try to tidy away laundry, and usually try to arrange hosting the weekend just after cleaners have been

My visitors all know I work though so slight lapses are excused (and I have been known to Hoover after they arrive if necessary)

I mean that they are coming to see me/is, not a show home...

Thank you for the replies. As a host, I do think it is nice to have minimum standards in place for all guests but feel a bit more under pressure with in-laws for some reason who visit around twice a year only but for around two weeks at a time! They are lovely but a bit too long to maintain 'perfection' so I am working on my boundaries regarding this.

I follow an adapted organised mum method so the house is generally ok but work full time and have work to do at home too so cut myself some slack these days when things slide (by about day four of visit!!)

Visitors are coming to see us, not a show home but there is a misguided sense 9f pride at stake...

Easter visitors about to leave.
Before visit, spring clean, deep clean bathrooms, fresh bed linen, towels etc. Special food treats bought. Swept garden paths.
During visit, quick tidy of things left lying, quick, quiet, floor sweep.
After, survey the chaos, marks on floor, full bins.
Start washing machine and clean everything again!