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Every bl***y cupboard!

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escaped Tue 03-Dec-24 09:13:25

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My take on it is, that if visitors are paying good money for my holiday property as a "home from home", then I guess they can do what they like during their stay to suit their lifestyle. Though it's good if they remember to put it all back. Sometimes I even agree with their new placings of things!

Bellasnana Tue 03-Dec-24 09:09:55

This reminds me of when we stayed in a holiday cottage many years ago where there was a Polaroid photo stuck to every drawer and cupboard showing what lived in each one! We made sure to comply!

Primrose53 Tue 03-Dec-24 09:08:28

Thankfully we gave up our holiday let at the beginning of Oct. And now have a long term tenant in there.

As it turned out, with a poorly husband in hospital, this seems to have been the right decision. No way could I have found time to clean it every weekend.

We used to get people moving chairs to different rooms, swapping cushions and rearranging pictures!

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 03-Dec-24 09:06:16

I suppose they rearrange ‘your’ preferences to suit theirs is all. At least after several months it was neat & tidy (so good folk). And maybe if you don’t have a cafetiùre there and someone wanted one well how kind of them to leave it behind in case anyone else would like to use it. I think you’re being too picky.

NotSpaghetti Tue 03-Dec-24 09:04:27

I am loving this thread Sago
Thank you for raising a smile!

ferry23 Tue 03-Dec-24 09:03:40

Well, yes and no. I'd probably feel the same in your shoes but on the other hand, if one person got things out and others put things away, how do they know where they came from in the first place?

And to be realistic, some people are just not bothered. For some, as long as they've put things away somewhere, they're not going to lose any sleep if it was the wrong place.

I think this is just one of the hazards of holiday home ownership. I'd be more outraged if things disappeared rather than being in the wrong place.

NotSpaghetti Tue 03-Dec-24 09:03:25

I don't think I'd like mugs in a drawer either! "Bits" can fall into a drawer...
grin
I will try to watch what I do with stuff in my booked holiday let in the summer..
grin
At least it was left nicely (other than the cupboards)!

NotSpaghetti Tue 03-Dec-24 09:00:21

PS. I hate hairdryers (especially if others have used them). I would probably hidden them too!

NotSpaghetti Tue 03-Dec-24 08:59:16

I reorganise- but try to put things back afterwards.

Baggs Tue 03-Dec-24 08:55:03

Sorry, I had to laugh, sago! I think the answer to your question at the end is probably: Everybody! Having lived most of my life with what are nowadays called "neurodiverse" creatures – especially with respect to home orderliness – I'm beginning to think the orderly among us are a rare breed.

Not that you'd know an orderly person lived in our house but I do try. DD2 calls it 'organised chaos'.

Hope the sorting out wasn't too onerous.

Sago Tue 03-Dec-24 08:47:59

We arrived at our holiday let yesterday to do the deep clean,
we have not been for months as we’ve been fully booked.

It’s a few days of turning and hoovering mattresses, cleaning the oven etc etc.

The place was in really good order when we arrived so I was in a great mood

until I opened the mug drawer, the mugs had been replaced with a whole array of stuff, ramekins, egg cups, shot glasses, toast tongs.đŸ˜±.
On to the next cupboard, a selection of oven trays a teapot and cafetiere!
The glasses were neatly arranged over 3 cupboards and a drawer.
The hairdryers which live in “hairdryer” bags and hang on the bedroom doors had been put in the utility cupboard..

Who goes to a holiday let and rearranges the cupboards?

AIBU?