From rules on when the loo can be flushed to asking guests pay for meals to burning sanitary pads on the fire, the very worst of house rules have been revealed.
But could you stick to them? That’s the hot topic on popular mums chatsite MumsNet.
The question was posed “What’s the weirdest house rule you’ve ever experienced as a house guest?” – and more than 300 of the commentators recalled their stranger encounters.
The thread has exposed the weirdest, wildest and most revolting rules enforced on house guests.
One of the most common themes are rules around toilets, with many households enforcing a strict “no flushing after dark” rule.
One woman told MumsNet she was surprised to stay at a friend’s house where the homeowners wouldn't let them flush the toilet, in case it woke their children.
Another says it was her ex-boyfriend’s parents:“His mum wouldn't let anyone flush the toilet after 9pm. So you would go to the toilet sometimes and it would be full of wee and tissues.”
She called it “disgusting.”
Another faces the same issue regularly when she visits her in-laws.
“My in-laws are partly nocturnal, but they will not allow anyone to flush the damned toilet at night. So before you can wee when you get up you have to flush away a festering piss cocktail of what looks like a couple of litres of Lucozade with toilet roll dissolving in it. They wonder why we prefer to stop in a hotel.”
Several posters said they faced the same rule, especially in homes with young babies but one poster faced the issue for a fear of waking up someone else.