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When prospective buyers walk into the property you are selling, they need to not only fall in love with the space but be able to picture themselves living there.
While there are endless blogs and advice articles out there on how to dress a property to sell, there isn’t much focus on how to make sure your house is clean enough to sell. Because let’s be honest – nobody is going to pay top price for a property which looks and feels neglected, with cleaning needing to cover both the inside and outside of the home in order to really tick the boxes of potential buyers.
With that said, how can you make sure that your house is clean before you put it on the market and sell it?
The importance of a clean property when it comes to selling
When selling a property, you need to present the home as a blank canvas onto which a prospective buyer can place their own lifestyle, decorative preferences, and family values. Neutral colours and minimal décor are recommended by estate agents, with a deep clean also making sure that even those savvy buyers will be impressed as they look in the corners, towards the ceiling, and in the cupboards that many will often overlook or ignore.
If you’re a tenant and find yourself moving out of a rental property, a thorough clean comes with the added benefit of helping to ensure you get your deposit back. Not to mention, whether selling or moving out of a rental property, a deep clean will help to identify and isolate any major issues that need to be sorted before you hand over the key and close the front door for the last time.
How to ensure your property is clean
Unarguably the best way to ensure that your property is clean before selling or moving out as a tenant is to bring in a professional cleaning company who can conduct a full deep clean on the carpets, walls, appliances, and all of those corners and other neglected areas which are so often forgotten.
Here’s how you can help and ensure that the property is sale-ready:
- Remove any and all clutter – not just making the cleaner’s job easier but also presenting a refined and neutral aesthetic to prospective buyers who will be looking at your home through their own eyes and with their own lifestyle in mind. Nobody wants to see the debris from your hectic routine when they’re finding their dream home – though there is something to be said for details that show the property to be a good family home.
- Move your furniture out of the way to allow for a deep clean, especially across the carpet and other floorings.
- Vacuum your carpet before it undergoes a deep clean.
- When it comes to cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, make sure that as much attention is placed on the walls and ceilings as it is on the appliances and facilities inside the rooms.
- Look up! You wouldn’t believe how many people go to sell a home and haven’t dusted or de-cobwebbed the top corners of their rooms. A simple sweep of the ceiling in each room will reveal any lurking cobwebs and dusty spots – not to mention it provides you with another chance to check for dampness.
- Open the windows and let the fresh air in.
Cleaning your home prior to selling – or in advance of moving out of a rental – is a mammoth task which can feel overwhelming, even if you plan on bringing a professional company in to do it for you. Because of this, it’s important to tackle your cleaning with a plan; perhaps breaking the task down into a series of smaller checklists and assigning different tasks to different days or individuals. Not only will this save you from the feeling of overwhelm, but it will give you plenty of satisfaction when you can tick small jobs off your list.
