dirty houses

[Storm61115]

hey i hear ya. my place usually stays clean, except the occasional loads of dishes..that i can just put in the dish washer. i have laundry to do but the laundry is in the laundry room and out of sight so i dont feel embarrassed if people come over coz they wont see it. i have to vacuum every now and then but thats about it. i pick up my mess when im done doing something like eating. only when i have a big project to do, my stuff stays out until im completely done. my place is small and i dont have alot of room to put thing so, maybe some people might think its cluttered. yes, i would agree, but it isnt dirty. i dont have rotten food on dirty plates or dirty cups lying everywhere or pop cans where their not supposed to be. i take the tabs off of them and send them with some people for the ronald mcdonald house of charity. not sure what they do with them but they want them. and i bag up what is left of my pop cans and take them to the nearest metal recycling center and get money for them.

[Storm61115]

 at  BK_Adores_Chase : i would suggest bagging up ur pop/soda cans and taking them to the nearest metal recycling center and get some money from them. also, u should recycle nething that can be recycled such as cardboard, plastic, egg cartons, paper, glass. put them in a bin and set them out with ur garbage on ur garbage day because 90% of ur garbage can be recycled and not put in ur trash can with ur other trash. this way u will save on garbage bags and that will save u money. 

[Tresbn00]

As a Realtor I was always surprised, when showing houses, how sloppy people were.  Poop in toilets, dishes stacked in the sink, dirty ashtrays, cluttered counters, uncleaned spills on the floor, newspapers lying all over the place, unmade beds...seriously?  Did these people want to sell or not?!?  These are things that would have taken only five minutes to clean up...and I always gave more than three hours notice when scheduling a showing.

[BK_Adores_Chase]

Eww poop in the toilets?  If I was trying to sell my house I would make time to clean.

[daughtytam84]

Sounds like they need a Kirby vacuum that will get their home clean for them!
Or you can tell them to clean up.

[tantricia44]

I can't dump on the guy with the dirty house b/c my house is not exactly the cleanest either. He sounds like a person that behaves in a hording or pack rat manner. The guy probably lives in his own time/space line. Dishes could be piled up for months & 1 day his world is alined to washing those dirty dishes that had been sitting in the sink for months. This hording disorder, I think is genetic as well as learned. In the past families would hoard things that they need on a later date due to stressful situations, like WW1, WW2, the great depression....etc. My Aunt has packs of news papers for wayyyyyyy back sitting in piles in every room even the bathroom. It was so bad that when a snake got in, it was really hard for the snake people to find it. I'm the same way. In a corner there might be pile of books & papers that will sit there for months-yr. Until 1 day it just bothers me & thus, I clean it up. Same for the dishes in the sink, the pile of clothes bathroom,,,,,etc. As long as there is a pathway to walk through my house; I'm happy about it. I am slowly working on getting stuff organize. By the time I do, I'll probably keel over & die. My last thoughts would be....YES, I FINALLY GOT MY HOUSE TO BE A NORMAL HOUSE! Now, I can die happy. LoL.... Kidding aside, the guy probably can't help it. It's a mental disorder & millions of people are inflicted with it in different degrees or stages. When I'm feeling depressed  b/c of my problem, I watch Hoarders & when I see 1 person living in huge house with everything piled up to the ceiling b/c of years of hoarding. I look at my pathways through out my house & feel so much better! Maybe you should talk to the guy about this issue & maybe see if he can pay you more money to clean up when you baby sit. If it really, really, bothers u then it's maybe best to drop this client from your services. Good Luck!

[cubarican210]

Have you ever watched that show about hoarders? Now that's really disgusting. They are people who collect things through the years and don't give anything up because they have an emotional value attached to everything. There are some who also live in their own trash. Which I find disgusting but I don't understand why they do it. If you ever talk to the couple, ask them why the house is like that. Tell them how you feel. You're the babysitter and they're asking you a favor. The least they could do is keep the house clean while you're there. Plus, the house needs to be clean especially a home with children.

[mrisha]

Some people  are just lazy and a dirty, filthy house doesn't bother them.  I have a sister who has a beautiful house and she will not keep her house clean if you paid her.  She will leave pots and pans sitting in grease or oil for weeks at a time, the dishes are never washed, the Island is overloaded with filth.  Its really disguisting. Some years ago Before my Mom passed, I stayed with them for 2 days and my skinned itched the who time I was there.  They have 3 bathrooms and all were filthy.   She used her spa tub to hold both clean and dirty clothes.  I had to get out of that house when my brother-in-law said he had cooked, but yet, the sink was still filled with dishes and all the filth still stayed in place.  I thought I would upchuck when he made that offer.  I was out of there fast.

Whereas I am totally opposite because that is how I was raised.  My house has to be clean at all times, even when I was working, had a small child to take care of on a daily basis.  Where my sister got her filthiness from is truly amazing to all of us-her sisters and brothers.

[squirrelgirl44]

My house is "messy" at times, but it is not "dirty." There is a big difference. Dirty implies unclean, as in bugs and old food and trash and such. Messy is more of toys laying around or clothes not put in the laundry.

[khaniexlove]

I hate cleaning but when I see something dirty and need to be cleaned. I'll get off my butt and clean it up. The thought of the mess staying there irritates me.