What is your most hated chore?

I’m amazed there are still freezers around which need defrosting. I’ve got 3 (2 are in the garage) and I’m sooooo happy all are frost free models. I used to hate defrosting freezers.

I loathe cleaning the oven, ironing and putting shopping away like others posters have said.

Hate all housework. I think it is because I was the only girl. with 3 brothers I was made to do it as a child. The boys never had to.
I like cooking and don't mind the washing. Love to hang outside on a nice day. Never iron anything.

Don't like housework much but it has to be done, by a cleaner twice a week and an oven cleaning man and window cleaner.

My sympathy, males are so messy.

Wheelie bins and recycling. In the hot weather I ended up with maggots in the food recycling bin?

Like the OP it's washing up. We moved into a flat and there was only space for either a dishwasher or a washing machine. It was no contest, we got a dishwasher. So its off to the launderette once every week or so; but I never have dirty dishes hanging about.

I have locked down one of my three toilets as a " covid_ visitor" toilet ..never been so clean and sweet- smelling !

I hate, hate, hate changing duvet covers. I’m just under 5foot and our king size duvet covers seem twice my size. I’ve been known to climb inside the cover and push and pull the duvet into the corners. It can take me hours and I always need a lie-down on the freshly made bed afterward.
I also hate cleaning the oven (can never reach the back) but as a much loved aunt once remarked, not cleaning the oven adds flavour to whatever you cook in it. She was right too.

Oops posted too quick. I am not a housework lover but I think hoovering the stairs is the worst thing. Cleaning up presents from the cats is not a nice chore either.

If I dont wear my glasses my home looks lovely - all round.

GrannyGravy - get yourself an extension lead and iron the duvet when it's on the bed. It's what I do and is SO much easier.

Dislike cleaning the showers. Now I usually do it in the altogether. Saves my socks getting wet. Also cleaning the windows which get covered in salt, as we live near the sea,.

Right with you GrannyGravy...hate cleaning shower. Don’t iron anymore...does anybody when there are so many books to read...and not much time left...sod ironing!!

My DMIL's comment: " All sluts carry a duster"! Born in 1889 and a lovely friend.

hollysteers

All chores! I must be the most undomesticated woman in the country, although I used to enjoy cooking.
I once mentioned to my mother that living in an hotel would suit me down to the ground and she thought that was a horrible idea,

Cheers, I wholeheartedly agree! What a waste of time. Best gift for life - live in robotic housekeeper.

Did have an Aunt, who after the death of husband, moved into a hotel suite where she lived for the rest of her life. Always lovely to visit. Bliss.

I hate all housework. Washing up is disgusting. Dishwashers are a marvellous invention. A magic cupboard where you put dirty dishes inside and they come out clean... When we bought our first one, years ago, I was annoyed to think of all the hours that I had wasted washing up.

Sorry, that should have said Veenus.

Veenus

Maggiemaybe what is an HG grout cleaner?

Hi +Venus*. HG is just a brand name, you can get it at loads of places (if desperate, from Amazon) and it’s not expensive for what it is. You spray it on the stained grouting, leave at least 30 minutes (I usually give it a few hours), then wipe off, using just a bit of elbow grease. It works like magic.

Ironing, I just loathe it and only do when totally and utterly necessary.

I’m surprised that defrosting the freezer doesn’t feature on more of the posts. I hate it, especially getting the last fiddly bits of ice out. Maybe everyone has automatic defrost in their freezers!

@icanhandthemback ?, love it!

Curlywhirly you don’t need grout cleaner. You need vinyl flooring! Just a quick mop over and it’s pristine again.
After years of cleaning up after a husband, five children, plus foster kids and half the neighbours’ children who were practically in residence, my ‘lazy gene’ has kicked in.
Housework is done on the basis of how grubby things look. As I’m mostly on my own the house stays pretty clean. The kitchen and bathrooms are pristine, but I don’t mind a bit of dust. The windows are cleaned when the sun shines through and shows me how bad they are. Most items don’t need ironing.
If this makes me sound like a slut, well, I don’t care. My friends (in normal times) come to see me, not how shiny my house looks. My house-proud daughter has learned not to express her opinion, and I think that she’s secretly a bit jealous of my relaxed attitude to housework.
After many years of being forced to keep on top of the cleaning it’s good to just ‘dust, if I must’.

Craftycat my oh defrost our freezer he uses hand held steam cleaner it is done in no time .

I clean the shower naked so it doesn't matter if I get wet!

Other mould and mildew removers are available but I recommend Cif. It's brilliant and fast. Those sprays deteriorate over time and stop working so don't keep them too long.

Haven't read though all five pages so if anyone else has said this, I apologise now. Dishwashers are much more environmentally friendly than washing up in the sink. They use less water and energy overall.

I hate cleaning Venetian blinds.