Gabrielle carpetted bathrooms went out about 30 years ago. I cannot remember when I last saw a bathroom, or kitchen with a carpet in it.
Fitted carpets fill a very good purpose, in older houses where there is a suspended floor and air bricks, carpet with thick underlay provide insulation and contribute to reducing fuel consumption and on upper floors, where floors are usually chipboard, they provide sound insulation. This is particularly important when stairs are alongside party walls.
As for cleaning, the amount of time you have to devote to it for clinical perfection rather suggests a life lacking other more interesting occupations. I always work on the 'good enough' principal. No one has ever become ill visiting, eating or doing anything else in or around my home, so what further cleaning is necessary, other than for ones own personal satisfaction?
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