Tips To Keep Your Home Tidy For Showings
Part of listing your home for sale means being ready for potential buyers to pop in at the drop of a hat to view your home. These people aren't just coming in for a quick second to borrow a cup of sugar (do people still do that?), they're coming in to actually judge your home- while you're still living in it! That can be a lot to swallow. And even more to consider when you think about how clean your home should be at all times. How can you keep it looking clean enough to make a good impression while still living in it? Thankfully, you don't need to have a professional maid hired for every hour of the day. Keep reading to learn a few simple hacks to keep your home tidy for showings, and click this link to read the full article.
Half of my cleaning problems come from not knowing where to start. I walk into a room, picture myself trying to clean all the things at once, get overwhelmed, and suddenly feel the urge to sit down for a while. Apparently I’m doing it wrong (no big surprise there).But if you know how to work the room, cleaning will go much faster.“At first, follow the top-to-bottom and left-to-right rule for each room in the house," says Lauren Haynes, home organizing and cleaning expert at Star Domestic Cleaners. That means start by dusting the ceiling fan, the top of the bookshelves, and anything up high before moving on. Going from left to right (or right to left, if that feels more natural) will keep you on task and make the cleaning go faster."Then focus on the top eye-catcher places and things like floors, ovens, and bathroom [fixtures],” she says.While your instinct might be to clean everything, you might also go crazy trying to pull it off before every showing. Instead, zero in on what the potential buyer is likely to notice, Haynes recommends—cleaning it every day or two, and then doing a deeper clean once a week.