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Things you always notice or that other people seem to miss!

18 replies

AnotherMurkyDay · 03/03/2020 13:22

Are there any things that you always notice in somebody else's home or your own or that other people seem to miss?

Dirty bins
Outside of appliances not wiped down (even though floor and sides are gleaming!)
Under the sofa
Dirty radiators
Tv covered in smears
Dirty microwave

What are yours?

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AnotherMurkyDay · 03/03/2020 14:01

Oh light switches and door handles!

Trying to get the place properly thoroughly clean and not sure what I may have missed

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LizziesTwin · 03/03/2020 14:02

Cobwebs.

StillDisappointed · 03/03/2020 14:47

Smelly Fridges. When someone opens the fridge to get milk out and the whole place starts honking.

Chrome fittings covered in fingerprints

Chrome taps with water smears/toothpaste

Cobwebs and dust on light fittings, ceilings..

AnotherMurkyDay · 03/03/2020 16:40

Just noticed grubby handprints on the front door, so a dirty front door

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MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 03/03/2020 16:44

I don't care as long as they have the kettle on Wink

AnotherMurkyDay · 03/03/2020 16:51

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

Sure but if that's all your cleaner did when she came round you might not be so happy!

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MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 03/03/2020 17:58

You didn't say the list was for a cleaner!

AnotherMurkyDay · 03/03/2020 18:02

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

No but I'd like my house to look as though a cleaner had done a really good job, not like my usual half arsed attempts!

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Franticbutterfly · 04/03/2020 20:52

The cooker hood is often ignored, also doors, and skirting boards.

PRL73 · 04/03/2020 20:55

Skirting boards! My Mum always whines about mine 🙄 and now I can’t stop noticing other peoples...

AnotherMurkyDay · 05/03/2020 19:39

Dirty draining rack
Dirty cutlery draw
Tea stained spoons and mugs

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MikeUniformMike · 09/03/2020 20:09

Everything but I don't see it at home.

I feel a bit off if someone has an unemptied waste paper basket if they have invited me around.

Stefoscope · 10/03/2020 11:52

Probably windows, but that's because I'm rarely bothered enough to clean the inside of mine! Grin

MikeUniformMike · 10/03/2020 13:02

I notice windows. Mine could do with cleaning.
Large windows look particularly bad if dirty.

Goldwispa · 14/03/2020 13:24

Light fittings, chrome sockets, crumbs on the toaster,

LoveFameTragedy · 14/03/2020 13:25

Dusty slays on blinds / shutters.

MrsA2017 · 14/05/2020 21:56

Kitchen Extractor

Mollypolly2610 · 21/05/2020 02:36

Whenever my best friend is coming to visit she always says you better get the light switches cleaned - she knows me too well!

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