Every bl***y cupboard!

I thought at first the last occupants might have left all the cupboards and drawers empty!

"A place for everything and everything in its place"

When we first moved in here, just before Christmas many years ago with small children, boxes got unpacked very rapidly and things didn't get placed in the most ergonomic way in the kitchen and, mostly, that's where they've remained.
When I have my new kitchen I'm going to place items as ergonomically as possible and woe betide anyone who relocates even a teaspoon!

MissAdventure

My mum would probably have lined the drawers, given the odd area a lick of paint, and cleaned the windows, too.

And mine 😁

BlueBelle

Haha MissA
my first thought how lucky are some to have a holiday home to let, my second thought was how nice that they cleaned it and left it in good order, and my third ‘ what a crime !!!’

The guests don’t clean!
We have a company do that.
In good order meant nothing broken or stolen.

We find it difficult to remember just what went where in a holiday rental, we do try our best, my OH has OCD around cleanliness so at least we know we always leave a holiday rental cleaner than when we arrived.
Perhaps a rudimentary list attached to a wall in the kitchen could outline where everything goes. We’d be glad of it.

Kate1949

Just me then. I wouldn't dream of rearranging things in someone else's property.

No, I wouldn't either, Kate.

Maybe it wasn’t about rearrange it Katie but just putting things back after washing them without thinking as long as they were back and in one piece

Is it really a big problem I thought the post was going to say things were all broken and missing !!!

Granmarderby10

NotSpaghetti I am curious to know why you hate using hair dryers after others have used them🤔

They often just feel "grubby".
I think people handle them with "products" on their hands.
You can often see dust inside which doesn't look good.

The ones at the gym, in holiday lets, in hotels... no not for me. In hotels etc put them away somewhere along with the bedspreads (!)

What suits one family may not work for another. Eg I am not very tall, so the things I use most are on the lowest shelf of wall cupboards. In a holiday let I leave them handy.
If your cleaners don’t put everything back in your chosen order, then there will be a cumulative effect.

As for pictures, cushions etc being moved around, does it really matter? If you don’t check it every changeover, you can’t be surprised if things are not where you left them months ago.

Surely the worst thing is if people have trashed the place, left stains or not reported breakages? ( My daughter runs two holiday lets, one next door to her, so these stories sound familiar. )

Grannybags I do a dishwasher load too.
If there are just two of us in (say) a house for 8 I might just wash half and then only use those.

Crazy, I know
BUT, after we had new kitchen fitted few years ago, it was driving me insane that every time my husband unloaded the dishwasher or cooked a meal, he rarely put items back in correct cupboard/drawer.
So, I stuck freezer labels on inside of each cupboard door/drawer and wrote on what went inside.
I thought he would be annoyed but he thought it was great idea

We want people to feel at home and for that reason we don’t have signs and stickers everywhere!

Nothing annoys me more than a CAUTION WATER MAY BE HOT sign.
Of course it may be hot it’s the hot tap.

This wasn’t a case of accidentally putting things back incorrectly this was a case of someone deciding to totally rearrange cupboards and drawers!

I’m not raging over this just a bit bewildered and irritated.

It’s just a bit of fun to get others opinions.

Is it possible that your cleaner is doing it? Putting things in "logical" places?

First reaction was - how lucky you are to have a holiday let......

MissInterpreted

Kate1949

Just me then. I wouldn't dream of rearranging things in someone else's property.

No, I wouldn't either, Kate.

Nor me. We do move things about when we are there but do try to put things back where we found them, if only so that the owners can see they haven't gone missing.

We've bought the odd thing when we 've stayed in some places and left them behind rather than bin them, incase they are useful to others. Usually something we have at home and use a lot.

We stay in a holiday let every summer, and with ten of us and two dogs I’m afraid things do get moved. Different adults emptying the dishwasher means things get put back in the nearest and quickest place. I’m a bit OCD about cupboards so I do try to leave them in the right places before we leave but a 10 am checkout doesn’t leave much time and I’m sure mistakes are made.

One year we stayed in a beautiful house, but there were three sitting rooms, none of which were large enough for all of us together. I’m afraid we did move chairs and cushions from another room, as carefully as we could, and we returned them before we left. I think that different people, different size groups all have their own ways and one person’s ideal layout is not another’s. Definitely not with ten or more people in the mix.

Imagine being on holiday...
"Shall we visit that tourist spot tomorrow? The one with beautiful waterfall. Have some lunch there..."

"No thanks - I've got to sort out some cupboards"

I imagine most people staying in holiday accommodation automatically put things were they would keep them at home.

I feel you are asking a lot if people only staying for a week or ten days are to remember where you keep things.

I do, however, appreciate, that it is annoying for you to have to sort through everything and put things back in the places you feel are appropriate.

So write a list and put it up on the inside of every cupboard and drawer as is done, or used to be, in school kitchens for cookery lessons, detailing what is kept in each cupboard.

I doubt it will entirely solve the problem, but those who are willing to put things in the "right" place, but just can't remember where that is, will read the lists.

NotSpaghetti

Is it possible that your cleaner is doing it? Putting things in "logical" places?

No it’s not the cleaning company, I checked.

It's interesting that some posters say they wouldn't dream of doing such and such in someone else's property.
From someone who has holiday houses, I'd rather the guests didn't have to treat them as someone else's home. It's very much THEIR home for the period they are renting and I want them to feel they can do just as they please.
A person with holiday rentals can't afford to get too precious about what is re-arranged, how many washloads the guests do, whether the cushions are taken outside etc. We lived on site for 5 years, watching it all, and I'd have been a nervous wreck if I hadn't let go of the idea that they were OUR properties. Providing no damage is done, there's nothing that can't be put right.
I'm glad Sago is reading most of the comments here as a bit of fun.

As long as the guests are paying good money and leaving the place in a clean and tidy condition with no missing items or damages - jobs a gud un!

My friend had someone come to her house and after they had used the bathroom, promptly told her her toothpaste was on the shelf the wrong way up and that the had put the correct way for them 🤷 .

Sago I thought you meant you had rented a holiday home for your own holiday and it was so dirty you had to deep clean etc. plus I wondered how you knew where the items had been stored previously.

I was also just thinking that I’d be complaining long and loud to the letting people when it dawned on me that it is in fact your own property and you’re letting it out.

Before c****, I used to holiday at one cottage since 1993. Everything was in the same place it had been since the first time we holidayed there.

I would wash up and wipe down surfaces etc every time.

When our grandsons were small and we went to a holiday house the first thing we did was take photos of where all the breakable ornaments were before stowing them safely out of reach. Very easy then to return them to their appointed place on the last evening. I haven't done that with cupboards but do attempt to put things back where I found them.

We have a gîte , it’s in the same hamlet as our home in France.
I think I have organized the cupboards logically- mugs, cups, hot drink things in one wall cupboard, glasses in another and crockery in the third.
Everything matches, and is arranged neatly.
I can see at a glance if anything is missing or broken.

I hate it if when I go in to clean between guests, things have been moved around- because I then have to waste time finding them and putting them back. It’s hard enough getting everything spotless as it is! Luckily it doesn’t happen very often!
I have no idea why any guest would want to move pictures around! There are enough chairs round the dining table and living room for everyone to sit comfortably together and plenty of cushions for all. I don’t have lots of ornaments and the few there are are either high up or unbrakable.