- Purge each space in the home, and sort all of your belongings in separate piles for keeping, donating, selling, or discarding.
- If you want to earn a little cash, list the items on social media or for local sale on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace.
- Check with organizations and charities that will pick up items from your home or provide a convenient drop-off spot.
- Take advantage of Eagle Mountain’s recycle program, leaf collection, and trash clean-up day to benefit the environment while you prepare your home for sale.
- When determining which items to keep in the home while it’s on the market, keep personal items (e.g., family photos, trophies, valuables, etc.) to a minimum.
- Gather all of your cleaning supplies, and make sure you purchase any additional items needed to make your home sparkle.
- Go through each room and clean every surface — starting with the ceiling and ending with the floors.
- If your home has carpet, consider hiring a professional carpet cleaning service; it can save you time, energy, and money in the long run.
- While you’re at it, consider hiring a professional house cleaner to do your initial deep cleaning.
- Before each showing, clean and organize the closets, under the beds, and any other hidden places where buyers might look.
- Keep clutter at bay each day by making a place for every item, putting things away when you’re done using them, and throwing useless items away rather than let them accumulate.
- Create a weekly cleaning schedule where you vacuum, dust, and wipe down certain rooms on a chosen day of the week.
Alice Robertson recently created Tidy Home as a place to share the great cleaning and organizing advice she has developed over the years. Alice loves helping others, and she knows having a clean, organized home can do wonders for stress and mental health.
My name is Alice Robertson, and like many homeowners, I enjoy keeping a tidy home. Who wants to spend time cleaning and picking up after a long day at work, running errands, or transporting the kids to that activity you forgot you signed them up for? Not me, and I’m sure you don’t either. Plus, there’s just something about coming home to an organization and a clean scent that makes me happy. I specialize in home organization, whether it’s decluttering to prepare for a move, deep cleaning for company, a dinner party, or an open house, or simply cleaning up the chaos of everyday life. Thankfully, you don’t have to be a professional home organizer like me to keep a tidy home. I created this site to offer tips and tricks to help you achieve organizational bliss.
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There are many steps involved in the home selling process, but none are more important than preparing your home to impress buyers.
Whether you’re taking listing photos, creating a virtual tour, or hosting a physical open house, you want your home to look its best so that it sells quickly and at a price, you’re happy with.
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