The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 35
great place to start.
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First, move all of the furniture from the room you’re
working on.
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Then follow the shampooer’s instructions.
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Lastly, make sure that you don’t walk on the carpet again
until it’s completely dry.
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You should see a significant difference in both the smell
and look of your carpet.
Steam Clean: Now, it might be that your rugs need way
more juice than a regular carpet shampooer can offer. You need to
step up your game a little bit, and go with a good steam cleaning.
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Either rent a steam cleaning shampooer or…
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Hire a professional carpet cleaner such as Stanley
Steemer. Yes, it’s a little more expensive, but it can also
make a tremendous difference in your carpeting.
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What the steam cleaning doesn’t remove, cover with rugs.
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Don’t take me wrong. Don't be dishonest. If your carpet is
in bad enough shape that a steam cleaning doesn’t take out
all of the stains, it will be evident that the carpet needs
replacing to buyers.
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Area and throw rugs can just make it a little less
unattractive.
Why Not Replace It? I know what you’re thinking. You
think you probably should just replace your carpet, but that really
isn’t a great idea most of the time.
First off, replacing carpeting is very, very expensive for most
people to fit into their budgets. Additionally, it would be an
absolute shame if you went through the trouble of re-carpeting
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