What is your least-favourite household chore?
Known as the 'Queen of Clean', she rose to fame after presenting the Channel 4 reality show 'How Clean is Your House?', alongside her sidekick Aggie Mackenzie,
The hit show, which ran from 2003 to 2009, saw the pair visiting dirty houses across the UK and help the homeowners get them cleaned up, sharing tips and tricks as they went.
So today, we want to know:
What is your least-favourite household chore?
Poll Results:
Ironing
(745)
Mopping
(324)
Hoovering
(319)
Cooking dinner
(281)
Dusting
(254)
Washing the dishes
(231)
Doing the laundry
(208)
Something else (tell us in the comments)
(189)
Taking out the bins
(137)
Hoovering
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Washing the dishes
Doing the laundry
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Taking out the bins
Dusting
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