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over a year ago
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"Is it possible to keep your house over 90% of the time like a show home? Or is the lived in look totally unavoidable?"
Mine looks unlived in, i cant bare mess, hoover daily because i like to see hoover lines in the carpet, clean the bathroom top to bottom daily because i hate water marks and dont get me started on the kitchen it looks unused yet is used 3 times a day.
everything has a place or its in the bin.
Its ocd and time consuming but its a stress release for me.
Also a reason i only do hotel meets because i get people dont obsess like me over home cleanliness and order and i cant handle being in someones house thats not to 'my' obsessive standard.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it possible to keep your house over 90% of the time like a show home? Or is the lived in look totally unavoidable?
Mine looks unlived in, i cant bare mess, hoover daily because i like to see hoover lines in the carpet, clean the bathroom top to bottom daily because i hate water marks and dont get me started on the kitchen it looks unused yet is used 3 times a day.
everything has a place or its in the bin.
Its ocd and time consuming but its a stress release for me.
Also a reason i only do hotel meets because i get people dont obsess like me over home cleanliness and order and i cant handle being in someones house thats not to 'my' obsessive standard. "
I don't have your levels of OCD bud, current house is a tip and I can just about cope, it's because there's others here and a dog that I gave up trying to tidy up after.
But when I had my own flat (working away), I was the very same. I never had any dirty washing, clothes went straight in the machine when I undressed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've been following various accounts on Instagram to get some inspiration for decorating our home, I said to Doughnut the other day "do you think they have a shit room?".
I like a tidy and clean house after years of living with my ex husband who was just a slob, for the most part it's kept that way until our various children come to stay and I kinda give up until they have gone lol.
Our bedroom is the worst for mess, I tidy it up and make it look nice and it's just messy again in the evening
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it is possible if you live alone or as a couple and all of you work/ Easily throw everthing into cupoards etc.
The bigger the apartment/house the eaier it is to keep it a show home.
It is not practical for most nor do they want theis other than b4 guests arrive |
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"it is possible if you live alone or as a couple and all of you work/ Easily throw everthing into cupoards etc.
The bigger the apartment/house the eaier it is to keep it a show home.
It is not practical for most nor do they want theis other than b4 guests arrive"
Size does make a big difference. The cupboard under the stairs contains my mountain bike (too expensive to store in the shed) the tent and other camping bits. The only place left for the SUP's is behind the sofa with the kettlebells. The one wardrobe we have room for looses some space to wetsuits etc etc. Storage is a massive problem in a small house.
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"I am very maximalist. If there’s a bare space I fill it!
I also have hoarding tendencies.
I have two kids, two dogs and a doddery mum. Our home looks very, very, very lived in.  "
I’m the opposite. My shelf’s have got one item on them. Less dusting. |
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"Is it possible to keep your house over 90% of the time like a show home? Or is the lived in look totally unavoidable?
Mine looks unlived in, i cant bare mess, hoover daily because i like to see hoover lines in the carpet, clean the bathroom top to bottom daily because i hate water marks and dont get me started on the kitchen it looks unused yet is used 3 times a day.
everything has a place or its in the bin.
Its ocd and time consuming but its a stress release for me.
Also a reason i only do hotel meets because i get people dont obsess like me over home cleanliness and order and i cant handle being in someones house thats not to 'my' obsessive standard. "
Do you actually have ocd? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I occasionally wish I lived in a show home when I survey my own home. I quite like when going on holidays somewhere neat. But dogs and cats and kids and an old tired house with open fires doesnt make for easy cleaning. I am much more relaxed somewhere a bit chaotic though. |
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Hah back in my child hood you would have called my mother ‘house proud’ which translates to a fat lip for watermarks on the draining board or foot marks an a freshly hoovered carpet so I’m saying yes a 100% of the time |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The bigger the apartment/house the eaier it is to keep it a show home.
But the bigger the house the more cleaning there is to do !"
Not if you have madoenised you home with real wood floors throughout inc stairs etc etc and minilmist with leather funture minial beeding, cutains etc and blinds etc, hardly see any dust eesically if you are out a lot at work etc.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have two children, my house is definitely lived in 
It's not small exactly but doesn't have a lot of storage and I like things that show off our personalities. It's clean and mostly tidy but I refuse to spend every waking hour doing housework. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Is it possible to keep your house over 90% of the time like a show home? Or is the lived in look totally unavoidable?
Mine looks unlived in, i cant bare mess, hoover daily because i like to see hoover lines in the carpet, clean the bathroom top to bottom daily because i hate water marks and dont get me started on the kitchen it looks unused yet is used 3 times a day.
everything has a place or its in the bin.
Its ocd and time consuming but its a stress release for me.
Also a reason i only do hotel meets because i get people dont obsess like me over home cleanliness and order and i cant handle being in someones house thats not to 'my' obsessive standard.
Do you actually have ocd?"
Unfortunately, its the bane of my life. |
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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago
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We wouldn't want a show house. Our home has beautiful things but it also has photos, ornaments etc that remind us of good/fun times. It also has things that make our life comfortable or easier. A show house always looks sterile and cold. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Would love someone with OCD to come and do my house.
I was a domestic cleaner for 12 months before I did my biohazard waste engineering training to do crime and trauma scene cleaning. I’m fully qualified to clean. I could remove all traces of a month old decomposed human body that’s been absorbed by the floor and walls but yet I can’t tidy my own home.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Would love someone with OCD to come and do my house.
I was a domestic cleaner for 12 months before I did my biohazard waste engineering training to do crime and trauma scene cleaning. I’m fully qualified to clean. I could remove all traces of a month old decomposed human body that’s been absorbed by the floor and walls but yet I can’t tidy my own home. "
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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Would love someone with OCD to come and do my house.
I was a domestic cleaner for 12 months before I did my biohazard waste engineering training to do crime and trauma scene cleaning. I’m fully qualified to clean. I could remove all traces of a month old decomposed human body that’s been absorbed by the floor and walls but yet I can’t tidy my own home. "
I knew a dental hygienist whose house was a tip. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Would love someone with OCD to come and do my house.
I was a domestic cleaner for 12 months before I did my biohazard waste engineering training to do crime and trauma scene cleaning. I’m fully qualified to clean. I could remove all traces of a month old decomposed human body that’s been absorbed by the floor and walls but yet I can’t tidy my own home.
I knew a dental hygienist whose house was a tip. X"
Hardly the same. A dental hygienist who had yellow teeth full of plaque would be the equivalent to a professional cleaner having a messy home. |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
Southern Wales |
"I am very maximalist. If there’s a bare space I fill it!
I also have hoarding tendencies.
I have two kids, two dogs and a doddery mum. Our home looks very, very, very lived in.
I’m the opposite. My shelf’s have got one item on them. Less dusting. "
This is very true. It is much easier (and quicker) to clean a minimalist sort of home. And part of me yearns for that  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If I didn’t have kids and a dog then yeah my house would be spotless
It’s driving me insane at the moment because I can only clean when the baby is settled so I’m doing bare minimum and I really want to do a deep clean |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ha ha, i know who to come to for a flat share should the need arise, you could come home to me making bait that's a regular got my tackle strewn about the place probably just wearing my underpants and a flowing bathrobe that has the potential to crash into any object containing liquid such as my bong, you will think three dogs farted when i spill that.  |
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