Kim and Aggie
Next time you’re feeling a little down in the dumps, why not spruce up the house to inject some happiness into your life? That’s right, research released by the UK’s leading household towel, Plenty, has revealed that almost 90% of people’s happiness is affected by the cleanliness of their home.
Of the people surveyed, 75.5% said that a clean house contributed to their happiness and an amazingly clean-conscious 12.7% even admitted that their happiness was completely ruled by the state of their home.
Those of you who aren’t so tidy-conscious should take note, as the survey also revealed that over 75% of people notice how clean or messy a friend’s home is and 34% would refuse a dinner invitation if a friend’s home was not up to standards.
Cleanliness may also have an effect on your relationships, with a quarter of men in the UK (24.3%) admitting they would pass up the opportunity for a night of passion if their home was in a poor state!
Interestingly, the results also show that it’s not just men who are guilty of ditching potential love interests to avoid embarrassment at the state of their homes, with one in six women (15.19%) worrying their messy homes will be too off-putting.
Plenty’s nationwide cleaning report is supported by Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie, celebrating Plenty’s sponsorship of the new series of Channel 4’s How Clean Is Your House?
Aggie comments: "After some of the houses I have seen I am not surprised people would go off their potential partner it is hard to be romantic when the house is a mess! By tackling cleaning tasks the home becomes so much more inviting."
* 89.15% of people in the UK feel a clean and tidy house affects their happiness
Key findings:
·One in three people (34%) have avoided eating food from a friend’s dirty kitchen
·The bathroom is the room people dread cleaning the most, yet more people (21%) dread going to the dentist more than cleaning the bathroom (18%)
·Almost one in five (17.2%) guests check if their host’s bath/shower is clean
·Almost 90% of the respondents agreed that having a clean house affects their happiness.
·Only 1.7% of people pay for a cleaner.
·Londoners spend the least time cleaning - averaging only 2.57 hours per week. The busiest cleaners are in Northern Ireland (with 4.09 hours per week), closely followed by the North East (3.46 hours) and Scotland (3.35 hours).