Back to the main topic: it is something that, I must say, really HIT me when I first moved here.
Dirty houses/flats in London, I mean.
To find a flat in reasonably good conditions has proved a real challenge. And even when we (my two Italian flatmates whom I originally moved to the UK with) found a good/clean enough flat, we had to spend 2 days to thoroughly clean it.
I know Filipinos are known for being very sensitive and attentive about hygiene, and I must say that is one thing I really like about them!