Are there many houses as dirty as the ones on the show "How Clean is Your House"?

Question

I've watched this British TV show a few times now. This is the one where the two British cleaning ladies pay a house call to a completely messy and filty house. I'm wondering how common these places are, I mean I'd have to imagine that the places they show are the absolute worst, but who knows these days?

Answer 1

The dirt is relative to the tolerant acceptance, of the people that live there-in. I saw on the tv show, " The Waltons" the guy that lived in a one room cottage, built over a dirt floor, and goat, chicken, and what all, in with him to keep company. It was strangelly appealing in a rural rustic way, although you needed to keep a wash basin next to the bed to wash the sandy dirt off your feet, to keep it out of the bed sheets. I had a shanty Irish cousin that lived like that all his life, and was one of the best person, you could know. I guess it was his humble humility, plus he was the best steam fitter of his community, which was in and around Brooklyn new york.

Answer 2

There are a few episodes and clips on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXktrgaJcRA

Answer 3

i have seen a few like that. i dont know how anyone could live like that