if the average person spends up to 90 percent of their time indoors we are breathing in dust mites pet dander pollen mold bug skeletons and toxins from such innocuous sources as conventional cleaning products and even chemicals emitted from our own clothing and bedding these toxins manifest themselves as symptoms most people attribute to allergies such as itchy eyes runny nose and wheezing but which should actually be blamed on an unclean house regular cleaning is good for your heart and soul at redfin we looked into preferences among our own young homebuyers and found that what a shocker men and women disagree on some major stuff namely how long they plan to stay in one home where they want to live and who they plan to live with the top three things male and female homebuyers under 35 disagree on