Home security specialists Yale UK have commissioned research to check out the house rules in homes throughout the country.
From shoes off the sofa, using a coaster for cups and no food in the bedroom the lives of 2,000 people were scrutinised to see what are the top 50 regulations set for a happy househould.
The top 10 were:
1. No shoes on the sofa
2. Always flush the toilet
3. Take your shoes off in the house
4. Put clothes in the wash basket
5. Turn out the lights when you're not using a room
6. Empty the bath when you're done
7. Don't leave wet towels on the floor
8. No swearing
9. Turn off the TV when you're not watching it
10. Toilet seat down
Research into the home lives of 2,000 people found never leaving items on the stairs, always hanging coats on the hook not the banister and keeping the toilet seat down are strict rules to abide by.
The rule maker is likely to be mum but it is more often left up to dad to check the home security and do the rounds to ensure the right windows are closed and doors locked.
A spokesman for home security specialists Yale UK, which commissioned the research said: ‘’It's clear there are many unwritten rules which people abide by in their homes - and the list will make for familiar reading for many."
Rules 11-20
No balls in the house
Coats hung up not on banister
Put your shoes away when you take them off
Always lock the door when you leave
No slamming doors
Never leave anything lying about on the stairs
Don't eat messy food on the sofa
Last one to go to bed must check the door is locked/windows shut etc.
Last one out locks the door
No looking at phones at the dinner table
Rules 21-30
Placing keys back in their designated spot/hook
No cups on table without a coaster
No food upstairs
Always put something back where you found it
Complete homework before playing
No shouting
No pets upstairs
Put plates in the dishwasher after eating
All food eaten at the table/ no food in living room
Don't go to bed on an argument
Rules 31-40
No going to bed angry with each other
No snacking and ruining your dinner
Always use a coaster
No leaving dishes 'to soak' overnight because you're too lazy to wash
No running in the house
Kids not allowed in the parents' bedroom
No video games past 9pm
No feeding the dogs at the dinner table
If you cook, your partner cleans
No boyfriends/girlfriends sleeping over
Rules 41-50
Certain windows shut at all times
No pets allowed on the sofa
No drawing or painting in the bedroom/lounge
Not allowed to sit in dad's chair
Leave keys on the side near the front door
Put your dirty shoes in the garage
Pet not allowed in the front room
No kids in the study
No ball games in the garden
No talking with your mouth full
While many couples enforce a rule that if one person cooks, the other one has to wash up.
Just a third actually ask people to take their shoes off when visiting, results showed.
But seven in ten say the toilet seat in their house should strictly always be left down and two thirds of Brits insist mobile phones are banned at the dinner table.
