When you invite someone round to your house for coffee, to what extent do you tidy up/clean before they arrive?

[GryffindorGHOSTY]

For me it depends on who is coming round to what extent I tidy up or clean ...
For a good mate, who knows me very well I don't do anything bar check that the toilets are flushed and DS hasn't left pee dribbles on the seat.
For a friend I am getting to know and wish to get to know better I will have a quick tidy up, may run a hoover around if the carpet looks like a bird table, check the bathrooms look respectable.
For a new friend that I have invited round for the first time I will have a proper tidy up, vacuum all over and clean the bathroom properly.

I will always, always, always check the toilet, though no matter who they are.

What about you? Are you a "Take me as I am, no matter who you are" type or do you have 'levels' like me?

ewwww. That is gross. How can a toilet get in that state? Even if she didn't check the toilet before you came around wouldn't she clean the toilet once or twice a week? I might go a two weeks without having a visitor but I still clean my toilet twice a week and the dc and dh are trained to remove any skiddies they might make (even 3 yo).

Wouldn't put me off being her friend though. Next time you go around make it a quick coffee and take dd to the toilet before you get there.

My house is always tidy and clean. I cannot stand it if it isn't - this may be a problem I know. But then again, I don't do a huge amount of housework, just make sure every night that everything is back in its place for the next day. And I have NO clutter. I can't emphasise enough how much this helps keeping the house clean and organised without having to spending endless, mind numbing hours on it.

Gibberish...but how do you get rid of the clutter, i have a small house which is stuffed with stuff but I NEED it all!! Really I do!

I am considering asking a freind round next week for coffee just so I have to tidy up , well so I can spend time with a good friend whos company I enjoy too!!.

She is fairly relaxed domesticly so I don't need to go mad, toilet is always clean anyway. As I say ut may be messy, even dusty but never dirty.

if its friends who have young kids, then i know they won't mind toys around in living room, bit of mess etc, as they understand living with toddler(s). but its always nice to have the bathroom looking ok, I like to wipe round sink and toilet, change the hand towel and (me mammy's best tip) shine the taps - she believed it gave a good impression! I also like to empty the nappy bin and wipe the change mat in ds' room in case someone has to do a babychange, so it doesn't smell of his last poop!

I'm always mortified if people appear unexpectedly...the house always seems to be at its very worst. Sods law really. But then again I like it if people feel they can just pop in...so obviously I haven't scared them off!! But I would always take first opportunity to go and have a quick scrub!

I'm pretty manky but I would always make sure the bathroom was clean, clean if someone was coming round and if it was unexpected then I'd be chucking bleach down the loo and giving it a wipe as they were coming up the stairs.

It does come in handy living on the 3rd floor sometimes. I can get quite a lot of tidying done if I have to in the time it takes someone to climb the stairs.

My most mortifying filthy house experience was when I had friends round pre-ds and one of them went into our bedroom by accident. He came out screaming "oh my god it's like a teenager's room in there" and everyone else went to look . I still haven't quite forgiven him, but also never let it get quite that bad again...

Best thing is to make sure all your friends are domestically lazy lol if they all have houses like pig stys you won't have to worry about yours!! haha

Erm...I make a big enough space to put a mug down. While they're there. I don't set out to impress friends.

Don't really bother tidying much for friends. Our house is never THAT bad. If it's some of our posher friends, even the messy ones, I make sure washing and washing up are up to date, bathroom and kitchen are clean, hoovered etc... I never use bleach though. I can't stand the smell.