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 Clean Your Toilet Brushes
 Clean The Toilet Flusher
 Replace The Expired Medication
If you can clean the bathroom items mentioned above, the bathroom will
become a further cleaner and healthier place.
IX.
Mistakes To Avoid When You're Doing A Deep Clean Of Your Home
When it comes to cleaning mistakes that lower home value, it’s never too early
to address these things. Ideally, you’d start as soon as you buy a house, but if
you’ve been living in your home for a while, it’s a smart idea to adapt your
housekeeping routine now to keep things from getting worse.
Not cleaning floors often enough
Problem: Roughly 80% of the stuff you vacuum from your floors consists of
dirt or other things tracked in from outside. These substances become
embedded in the fibers and padding of your carpet. Regular vacuuming and
carpet shampooing every six months prevents dark tracks in high-traffic
areas, so you won’t have to replace your flooring or offer a carpeting
allowance to potential buyers.
Solution: Learn how to properly vacuum carpeting and give yours a thorough
once-over every week. IF you have hard flooring, either vacuum or thoroughly
damp mop it weekly. For both types of flooring, add additional cleanings of
high-traffic areas based on the number of people and pets living in your home.
For instance, a three-person household with one cat needs one thorough
weekly cleaning and four high-traffic area cleanings each week.
Ignoring carpet stains.
Problem: Time, heat, and constantly walking on carpets stains can cause them
to “set,” which means they become chemically bonded to carpet fibers and
can’t be removed without damaging the carpet itself. Sure, you can give a
“carpet allowance” and reduce your profit, but a very badly stained carpet
may be such a sales distraction that would-be buyers don’t make an offer at
all.