Every bl***y cupboard!

From an owner’s point of view, this thread has made fascinating reading! I can offer a salad spinner and ramekins….. my theory on rearranged cupboards is that whoever cooks gets the stuff out and someone else puts it away afterwards, therefore not knowing where things are supposed to go.

MissAdventure

We need cupboard tidiers on the decluttering thread.
I wish some bugger would rearrange mine.

I invited my DGC round to do that. They enjoyed doing it, and the reward I gave them and I enjoyed the result. It was a bit embarrassing when they found a couple of things that were out of date, but still worthwhile.

My mum was a good sorter outer.
No shilly shallying- in the bin!!

but you take pictures of it all when you arrive, so you can return it to how it was when you leave. Doesn't everybody?

Made me smile! I have a regular cleaner who is excellent but admits she’s OCD. I am so weary of having to go through the house after she’s left only to put items back where I like them. For example, shampoo and shower gel and hair conditioners are rearranged into descending order of height on the shelf, bed throw is relaid opposite way up, soap dish on the right hand side of the washbasin is relocated to the left. Pot plant enjoying sun on the window sill moved to centre of the sideboard opposite. Need I go on? Help!

The money these holidays home owners charge is beyond belief. Just get on with sorting the place out, and then you can count your earnings at leisure.

I wondered if it might be a bit of humble bragging on one or two posts.

I do exactly the same Grannybags, everything goes straight in the dishwasher, always the first job. Then I move away all the clutter and put it out of the way somewhere and clean the surfaces. Cannot relax until I know the things I might use are clean. Do the same in hotel rooms with all the clutter on the beds etc. Do try to put things back where I found them before I leave.

mabon1

The money these holidays home owners charge is beyond belief. Just get on with sorting the place out, and then you can count your earnings at leisure.

Agree to an extent, mabon1, though I guess it depends on each owner and the individual set-up.
My holiday homes were my "job", and if I do a job, I do it 100% properly. Just like others on GN tell us how many hours they went above and beyond in their jobs, I could tell you about my 24/7 working week, - like rescuing people at a petrol station 20 miles away when their bank card wouldn't work, or accompanying holidaymakers to hospital at 2 am!
As I said earlier, sorting the place out goes with the territory, but it doesn't mean an owner can't have a little grumble!

How fortunate you are if that's the only issue you found !!

There are sooo many reports of loss, damage, and filth by some who have holiday rentals.

I'm longing to know where the mugs had been put! 😄

janestheone

but you take pictures of it all when you arrive, so you can return it to how it was when you leave. Doesn't everybody?

Ha ha! NO!

(surely this is a joke?!)

I bet some of you are pleased to get home for a rest, after taking photos, using ramekins, spinning salads...

My OH, remember he is a bit OCD, takes pics of stuff in a holiday rental but not so he knows where everything should go, though I imagine for that reason as well, but in case the owner accuses us of any breakages that don’t happen on our watch.
I just leave him to it 😜

MissAdventure

I bet some of you are pleased to get home for a rest, after taking photos, using ramekins, spinning salads...

🤣🤣🤣

When I was a teenager my mum employed a cleaner once a week at our house. Every week she rearranged the ornaments in my bedroom. If it had been random rearranging as she dusted I wouldn't have minded but every week the same things were moved to the same places. I assume she thought her arrangement was superior to mine, but every week I was incensed! I'd come home, rush upstairs and put everything back to its correct position. You'd have thought she would get the message. Really stressful and in my opinion she was incredibly rude! For that reason I always try really hard not to rearrange other people's stuff, whether it's my adult children's homes or on holiday. I try really hard to leave everything as I found it.
I dread the day when I become so infirm that I have to employ a cleaner in case this happens again. With any luck I won't need to, or I'll find someone who has enough respect for my home to simply remove the dirt and leave the rest as it was.
Of course over time I guess a few things will move in a holiday let even if people go in with my attitude of respect and care. If one or two things move with every hirer, things might seem chaotic after a few months of different hirers, a bit like chinese whispers where a small change gets multiplied until the whole message is unintelligible! But you only need one hirer like my mum's cleaner and nothing will remain where it started.

mabon1

The money these holidays home owners charge is beyond belief. Just get on with sorting the place out, and then you can count your earnings at leisure.

I think you would be very surprised!

There are utilities, Sky TV, internet etc, the housekeeping fees, commission to the holiday cottage company, landlord insurance, maintenance etc.

We love providing a fabulous place for people to come and stay,we get repeat customers who have a break from their everyday lives and that gives us pleasure.

We do not “rip off “ anyone.

A lot of thought, hard work and money goes into providing a successful holiday let.

We had a short break this year. I spent quite some time trying to work out where the kitchen wares were. Glasses (8 champagne flutes and one tumbler) with saucepans, dinner plates with a sieve and a couple of mugs, breakfast bowl in the microwave and cutlery in 2 drawers. Only ever found one tumbler; DH had his night time water in a champagne flute. Not sure if it was previous occupants or the cleaners just putting things in cupboards willy nilly in their hurry to get to the next accommodation. We found the remote control for the TV in a vase after looking in the obvious places. The folder with local information came to light the morning we were leaving when I checked under seat cushions to be sure we hadn't left anything behind. I do love a treasure hunt.

MissAdventure

I bet some of you are pleased to get home for a rest, after taking photos, using ramekins, spinning salads...

😂😂😂

Spinning salads is hard work!

I expect most of us try to put things back where we found them... but different people do use the kitchen differently.

I want some things close by (a teapot for example) - Some people don't use one at all and are happy to leave it in the cupboard with the vase and the old toastie maker!

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Stock phrase on social media when someone has nothing interesting to say.

Boring.

GG76

If this is your biggest worry in life then you perhaps have too much time on your hands and need to get a life.

How rude! Sago hasn't said this is her biggest worry in life, it was a lighthearted grump! Do you only ever speak about your biggest worry, never the minor ones?

Be a laugh a minute on here if we all posted our big worries and nothing else.

Well, I wouldn't be posting big worries on social media, but if you think we should, GG76 then fill your boots, you start, go ahead.
We're all agog.