If you’re planning on selling your home, one of the easiest ways to gain the right sort of attention is to host an open house. It’s thought that around 20% of house buyers will go to an open house to decide whether to buy a property within just a week of their visit, so there’s certainly value in an open house if you’re looking to sell quick.
If you want to host a successful open house that gets you the most interest, you can’t do anything by halves. Guests expect a certain level of professionalism from you, the host – but it goes far beyond your social skills. The whole point of an open house is to sell your property, and if it isn’t as clean and up-to-scratch as you can possibly make it, there’s a chance you could struggle to find interested buyers.
If you’re looking to clean your home quickly and thoroughly before an open house, follow these 4 tips for doing so:
1. Start by decluttering
It’s impossible to clean when there’s clutter, so first, get rid of anything you don’t consider essential that’s taking up unnecessary side space. This could include personal items that can be stored away for your move into your next property. Your guests would rather see your home as a blank canvas, and not so full of your own clutter that it’s difficult for them to picture putting their own touch to the place.
2. Leave it to the experts
If deep cleaning isn’t your thing, why not bypass it altogether? No, we’re not suggesting you ignore your cleaning needs, but you can pass them onto the experts at a Spring Cleaning Company for them to do the work for you. Professional home cleaners can work far more quickly and efficiently at the job than you could manage, so if you’re in a rush to get things presentable for your open house, you’d be doing yourself a favour to hand the job over to them.
3. Clean from top down
If you are cleaning yourself, it’s important that you don’t miss a single spot – even those you would normally ignore during your own weekly cleaning tasks. The easiest way to ensure you do so is to work from the top down, starting with your ceilings and light fixtures, before moving down your walls, skirting boards, tables and counters, and finally, your floors.
4. Enforce a daily bathroom cleaning schedule
No-one likes cleaning the bathroom, but here’s a true fact: the longer you leave it between cleans, the worse it’ll be to clean. Little and often works best, so if you want your bathroom to sparkle and shine on the day of your open house, try to establish a daily cleaning schedule that sees you quickly working your way around the room with disinfectant and a scrubbing sponge. Don’t forget to clean everywhere, either – one report by SafeHome found that your shower curtain and flooring can harbour 60% more bacteria than your toilet seat.
