De-Clutter the Clutter
In preperation to get our current home on the market, our agent recommended we "de-clutter" Chalet Walden. Who knew it would take weeks to get the place cleaned up. In a Walnut Creek nut shell, here is some recommended tips.
- Start with your garage because this is where you will need to store everything out of sight. I went to the far corner and of the garage and cleaned forward. Once I had half the garage organized, I could then start boxing stuff I would know we would not need at all until we get to our new house.
- Put all those boxes and crap in the back corner and stack
- Start your trash pile. Lucky for us, we have a large spot on the side of the house where the Nautique was parked to throw things for the dump.
- Im on the fence about this, but I did start a rummage sale pile. Stuff Id probably throw, someone may buy. I put this all in the garage. We will see if it works out.
- Pick a room in the house and start there. I started in my office and worked my way out to other rooms.
- We had to paint (2) rooms before pictures were taken. This helped clean them out of the clutter stuff pretty quickly.
- We cleaned the toys up last. This way if the kids wanted to play with Legos or whatever it was first in the garage and could be carried out.
- Leave a spot in the garage for stuff to move back and forth between showings and open houses. With kids, its a must.
- Dont pack everything up! Leave out the nick-nack crap to decorate the shelves, tables, etc. You still want it to look like you live there!
- Hire someone to take over house cleaning and yard work on a weekly basis and do this weeks before you put your home on the market. Takes a few less things off your list to worry about.
Probably many others, but this had helped us "get ready" whatever that means. It seems like every day its a "get ready" for the next whirlwind!
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