We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Does anyone on here have a tidy house..?

1568101114

Comments

  • sammiboo
    sammiboo Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    My house is "so-so" at the minute. I moved house 3 weeks ago and still have a couple of boxes left to unpack.

    Generally I like my house to be tidy, there is a difference between a untidy house and a dirty house. I think it doesnt really matter if its untidy as long as its clean tbh.

    I like a clean and tidy house but thats just me, my friend have a 2 year old and its never tidy but I dont ever think anything of it.

    The cause of most of my mess is........

    P5020073.JPG

    I am sure he waits til i have vacc'd then he will dive in his food dish and throw his food everywhere!!!! :rolleyes: :p
    March 2006 £15,200+ in debt April £843.64 in debt - Debt Free date Sept 2009
    Egg Credit Card - £843.64 5.7%
  • pandapaws
    pandapaws Posts: 2,119 Forumite
    We have major house-cleaning issues. I'm a complete and utter perfectionist, and must have a place for everything, and I hate living in a mess. But I do 90% of the time!

    It boils down to nothing at all except pure laziness. Instead of sitting here all morning, I could have done so much around the house. But I can't be ar*ed!

    But thanks to this thread, I'm going to go through and clean the kitchen. Lounge is a disaster zone with train tracks covering every inch of floor so that's a lost cause for a while, but there's nothing stopping me from cleaning the rest. It isn't even that bad - I'm just too lazy and lacking motivation to go and sort it out!
  • House is spotless... never do anything at work though lol
    Proud to have dealt with with my debts
    Debt free from 18th March 2013, long may it continue!
  • aww sammiboo he's gorgeous!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    My house is a mess, but I hate housework. I spend too much time on the computer, and could do more around the house, but all I can think of is debt, spreadsheets and budgets, quidco and money!!! It drives me wild. I think I need to limit myself to how much time I spend on here.

    BUT with 3 kids in a tiny 2 bed house, even if I never came online, my house would never be spotlessly tidy anyway.
    Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015

    :j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j
  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    ..... and on that note, I now feel really lazy, so I am going to do some tidying before I have to pick the kids up.
    Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015

    :j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j
  • My room is pretty tid, living out of a suitcase in another country mean there was a distinct limit on crap I could bring with me!

    However I still have the temptation of wanting to buy *pretty* stuff from Ikea to decorate with, but again, can't take it home. :(

    Very MSE and houseproud...but I still spend too much time on here teehee .... felt like I'd lost an arm when MSE was done a while back!
    ...I like my coffee black, just like my metal!
    Proud member no. 15 of the [strike]asylum[/strike]
    night owl thread
    ...And officially mad over Doctor Who & David Tennant!
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    This thread intrigued me! I have serious obsessional issues with having a tidy house - and knowing what other people's houses are like too! How nosy am I?
    smiley_1239.gif
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Before I met fiancé my friends used to take the serious !!!! out of me for being so anal about my flat. Then I met my fiancé who is the complete opposite to me and I went and fell in love with him didn't I? We bought a house together.

    All my mates were like: "This is never going to work!" after my tales of him slopping beer, gravy, red wine over the carpet.....spilling orange juice all over my pc and down the wall (how did he manage that??) and leaving clothes everywhere....that's just for starters.

    Suffice to say there's had to be some compromise otherwise

    a) I would have had a breakdown by now
    b) He would have shoved a j-cloth in my gob to shut me up

    But house is mostly clean & tidy and yet has a comfy, lived in feel. Luckily he's got a room all to himself for all his junk - errr, treasures - so that helps immensely.
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • Jacks_xxx
    Jacks_xxx Posts: 3,874 Forumite
    superpup wrote: »
    If you're on this board a lot, is your house tidy and if so, how the hell do you manage it? :confused: Spill! :rotfl:

    sp x

    Not today.... :o But you have shamed me into getting off of my rapidly spreading @r$e and doing something about that. :o

    Love Jacks xxx :D
    Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Einstein
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 354.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 247.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.3K Life & Family
  • 261.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.