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Susan, I couldnt live like that! Imagine not using a washing machine in case it gets dirty...sorry but the mind boggles.
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OMG Susan,
had a sister-in-law whos was very very houseproud. Her OH used to complain she was downstairs at 2.00 a.m. ironing. Visited one summers day, kitchen floor was like glass, so highly polished and invited into lounge where OH noticed a dead fly in hearth and said OMG not even the flies live around here'. I could have killed him!
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Susan
May be that's what I should do with my ironing board as its almost always 'put away' Hate ironing and hoovering.
My late sister in law RIP never washed heavy things in her washing machine in case it damaged it and used to hand wash a lot. However she was not excessive with other things.
I suppose we all have our little foibles but its a shame when it makes a visitor
feel uncomfortable. I think some people have a problem, with my daughter's house and her cream carpet.
Regards
Vera
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Just remembered, ex & Ilived in a series of 'tied' houses.
The first one had an extension that was the kitchen and bathroom.
In the winter,there was ice on the INSIDE of the walls in these 2 rooms.
We had one source of heat -an open fire in the living room.
We never used the 2 front rooms upstairs and downstairs, they were too cold.
We moved to another house, owned by the same employer. This was much warmer,but the oak front door hadn;t been oiled enough and had shrunk. The first winter there, we had a snowdrift through this door- it was 6 inches deep!! LOL
When we moved,and ex had yet another low paid job with accommodation, we (me, ex and two children aged 14 months and 3 years), moved into a prefab,where half the kitchen floorboards were missing!!
We were assured that it would be repaired - I also suggested they replaced the woodworm ridden joists too!!
maggie- who proceeded to 'clean' all her wooden furniture with woodworm stuff!
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Maggie dear
you have been most unfortunate with your residences both before and during marriage!
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I have been so lucky with housing, well until I bought my own unmodernised places !
My parents moved with me and my baby brother into a brand new council house in 1950 and it was our family home and lovely long garden till Mum died in 1995 and we had to return it to the council.
I first rented a bedsit in a big house in Cambridge which wasn't bad for the money altho the bedroom in the loft space was freezing in winter and hot in summer. A fan heater and putting my clothes inside the bed ready for morning (undies anyway) to have them a little bit less chilled to put on did the trick there and the opened skylight and window in the other room next door cooled the place down in summer.
My first rented house was modern and clean, I decorated and carpeted it in my colour choices and so it was always clean and bright.
My first council flat was brand new so a blank canvas and easy to clean, and my next council flat with two bedrooms which I asked for, was also brand new and all mod cons.
When I was in Cambridge and in a relationship, we applied for council accommodation, and were offered a house in a lovely village, but had to turn it down, the previous tenants had a dog which had obviously been left for long periods in the kitchen, the wooden draining boards and skirting were chewed to bits and the place stunk of dog urine. We split up before a second offer was made!
I always made sure my flats were clean and ready for someone else to move into but even so the first one was left empty for 6 weeks before a new tenant moved in. I had left them a message saying I had carpet and lino to fit the rooms if they wanted to buy as I had only been there 18 months before moving to a larger flat so didn't want to leave the floorcovering down for the council to rip out and get rid of which is what would have happened. The new tenant did buy the hall carpet and the lino and a friend bought the other carpets.
My son moved into a housing association flat a few years ago and altho it was supposed to have been checked and cleared by the staff, he found the contents of plant pots emptied in the loft along with other equipment that showed they were dead cannibis plants. In one cupboard he found a large preserving pan and the skeleton of a cat or similar creature in a plastic bag along with lots of bits of wood and other stuff. After numerous calls, the H.A. did come and take away all the rubbish.
Lizx
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