Retired folk - how long do you spend on household chores?

We spend ahout 2 hrs every morning kitchen, bathroom, tidy l/room quick vac

Do you live in a mansion?

I live alone in a very small house so very little time on housework and prefer sandwiches to cooking so not much of that either.

Nobody on their deathbed ever said, " I wish I had spent more time cleaning".

Lucca

Remember the glorious pages long chat about dishcloths?,

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Never plumped a cushion in my life.

I'm shocked, Amberone!

Take it from me, plumping cushions makes it look as if you've actually done some housework!!
Even if you do nothing else.

My one huge luxury, is that a younger friend comes to clean for 1 hour every Friday. She whizzes through the place so fast and efficiently, and always make sure we tidy and pick things up, etc- so she doesn't waste time. And then on tuesday-ish - I'll hoover kitchen and lounge, and clean bathroom sink. My friend also comes for a few extra hours if we have visitors or to do the windows.

I spend a lot more time gardening than doing housework! But that is a joy and pleasure.

I used to do the housework on a Saturday morning when I was working( apart from the time when I had a cleaner ). I still regard Saturday as chores day but if I am honest, I do a bit then take a break to catch up with the papers, then a bit more. I just don’t have the energy. What doesn’t get done is left until I feel like it, which isn’t often. That said, I clean the toilets and basins twice a week, floors once a week, dusting about every three weeks, stairs every two weeks.
I try to do little jobs whilst I am waiting for the kettle boil, or for the washing machine to finish. It is surprising what you can achieve in around 8 minutes.

We spend ahout 2 hrs every morning kitchen, bathroom, tidy l/room quick vac. But lunch and dinner and laundry and little extras all seem to take so much longer than a couple of years ago. It never ends. I have M.E. I think I'm very slow now. Its such a waste of time.

I deep clean twice a year. In my book that means the rest of the time I can hoover without moving big furniture once a week, dust once a week, floors twice a week, kitchen units and worktops once a week, bathrooms twice a week. That seems to keep everything looking good. Im still working part time, have my elderly mum and grandchildren to look after. I won’t be doing more though when I can retire in two years ?

Less than midgey

Remember the glorious pages long chat about dishcloths?,

A survey? Material for an article on houseproud/slutty grannies?

Very boring whatever

No idea And how boring to try and work it out.

The amazing disappearing OP again ?

As little as possible ?
DH is very good he knows I struggle with some tasks these days.

Loading and clearing the dishwasher! If I happen to see any dust, I take an old sock (which I use for that purpose) and remove it. I did have a cleaner before the pandemic but he went off to volunteer to help the NHS and I haven't employed one since.

I’ve never really added it up to be honest, but housework alone I think would be more than 12 hrs a week, but I like doing it so I don’t really consider it a chore,my house is a home and not a show house, but there’s still a standard I like to keep to , I have pets so obviously that takes time especially as they moult

I do enough to keep the dust at bay, and the bathroom clean. I've never been one for doing a lot of housework. The children came home from school once, to find me cleaning the kitchen cupboards. Their question, "is somebody coming?"?
That about sums it up

Not a lot. In fact my DH has recently retired and is always buzzing around tidying up. Which is fine by me.

Like many just enough to keep the place clean and healthy. I don't enjoy cleaning and have other much more interesting things to do.

Bit like asking how long is a piece of string really - everyone's house will be different, furnishings different, different number of people/hobbies/interests....

I don't really understand where this idea comes from that if you do housework you must be house-proud and everything must be pristine in your show house - or maybe you just don't have all the exciting things to do that others people are doing.

When my OH is at work I probably spend a good part of the week doing housework if you include washing and ironing (I don't do my OH's ironing) unless I am going out, and my house is definitely not pristine, or a show house. Never plumped a cushion in my life.

20 MINS antibacterial clean round, usually with my Roomba i. hot pursuit. Anything else as and when

Have a cleaner once a week. As am not a domestic goddess don’t spend much time over a hot stove, but do manage to concoct some sort of meal most days. Will have a tidy round when visitors come, but not much need for that lately. Prefer to spend what time I have left in this life, reading, thinking, socialising, walking, or just generally doing what I want, and sometimes just nothing at all……..

Jaxjacky

Saying that Maw we used to eat more takeaways or out when I was working. When I travelled a lot I had a cleaner/ironer/childminder or nanny too #lazymum.
BTW my antimacassars are in the wash while I clean the leaves on my aspidistra ??

We've eaten out far more since retiring.

But I can't leave the house without straightening my antimacassarwotsits.

Everybody is different- when I was working and our three girls were at school we couldn’t afford to eat out and takeaways in our village involved a drive. But I did have a weekly cleaner. The big difference for me is in the amount of ironing generated, while Paw was working there were 5 smart and 2 casual shirts every week . Once retired he wore casual shirts and then cotton polo necks but there was still much more laundry.
Different times in ones life bring different pressures but also different financial circumstances. A household of 5 can generate more dirt (and untidiness and laundry ) than me on my own but I am just not convinced that being retired is the principal factor.
Just off to polish my carpet slippers and knit a few more shreddies.

Saying that Maw we used to eat more takeaways or out when I was working. When I travelled a lot I had a cleaner/ironer/childminder or nanny too #lazymum.
BTW my antimacassars are in the wash while I clean the leaves on my aspidistra ??

I’m not sure why you are asking this OP
Are retired people any different from those still working?
Does not going out to work somehow mean you think we spend all day straightening the antimacassars or that it takes us longer to shuffle round the supermarket?
We are not a separate species who are likely to spend any more or less time on our domestic lives than those 10 or 20 years younger - or indeed older.