Here's the deal. You are selling your home.

You've staged it, spiffed it up, de-cluttered, stowed away valuables, cleaned the yard, swept all the floors and everything is just sparkling.

It's time to sell your home.

How do you keep it that way?

Here are some tips from our man on the street Hans Brings, vice president and broker with Coldwell Banker in Waltham, MA.

Brings says to simplify to minimize the need for daily chores. Have your entire family use one bathroom. Put everything away after you use it. Do small loads of clothes as needed and put them away when they are finished.

Also, buy only the groceries and household sundries that you need now, so you don't have a lot of extra items cluttering your pantry or closets.

"You're going to be moving anyway, so now isn't the time to stock up,"

Hire out for professional cleaning services. All the keep-tidy chores could be time consuming. Shorter, more frequent visits from a cleaning service will save you time and energy needed to focus on selling your home.

Let the restaurant's busboy or girl clean up the mess. Eat out. You'll also cut down on lingering cooking smells. Budget for a few meals out, get take out or cash in on those pot- luck dinner invitations you've avoided.

Brings says don't overlook a short vacation to get away from it all. you've earned it just don't go too far away and keep your agent apprised of your plans.

Living in transition isn't easy. Take care of yourself and your family. It's a good time for pampering and with a few strategies to reduce your daily chores, your home sale will be over before you know it.

Brings said that prospective buyers who request last-minute showings will understand that you haven't had time to deep clean the entire house.

Some buyers will appreciate a "lived-in" feel so that they can imagine what it would be like to live in your home on a daily basis.

Not all buyers are going to give the place the white-glove treatment.

"Give yourself a break. It's unreasonable to think that you can keep your home spotless at all hours for a long period of time," Brings said.