Cleaning Tips Before and After Moving

Moving to a new home is exciting; but, let’s face it, it can also get very stressful. The entire process requires time, effort and not to forget, patience. Moving your things and getting settled can be a bit stressful, and although getting set up in a new place can be fun, there is lot of work involved. One of the most important things in your to-do list is cleaning before and after moving. Cleaning your old home after moving and your new home before moving in is an essential part of relocating. Here, we will discuss certain cleaning tips that will make your moving easier so that you can begin clean and fresh.

Cleaning tips before and after moving

Sort first and then pack: whether you have lived in your current house for one or ten years, it is sure that you have accumulated a lot of unwanted stuff. Therefore, it is essential to sort out things going room by room, and remove the clutter that you do not required. Declutter things like expired prescription drugs, half-empty bottles of shampoos, empty jars or bottles, opened chemicals and loose items.

Clean your appliances

This is the most important aspect of cleaning. Use a heavy duty cleaner or grease remover to clean your stove, refrigerator and other small kitchen appliances.

Clean the kitchen

The kitchen in your new house where you are moving in, or your old home from which you have moved out, has to be cleaned thoroughly. Clean the cabinets, counter top and sink using a mild cleaner. For sink, you can use chlorine free bleach. Move out the appliances and clean behind them. Use a vacuum or brush and dustpan to clean the inside of the kitchen cabinets.

Clean the bedroom, living room and bathroom

Once the kitchen cleaning is complete, it’s a simple task to move through the rest of the house cleaning the floors and walls as you move your furniture. Clean the areas where the dust collects; it can be on the floors, stairways, corners or top of the furniture. Clean the windows from inside and outside.

Carry a cleaning basket before you move in

When you move in to your new house, you may observe some fingerprints, stains or sticky smears, which become more noticeable in a new home. Hence, carry a small basket with yourself, in which you keep all your cleaning stuff, including some old clothes or rags, spray bottle, duster, sponge, spray cleaner and cleaning pads. These cleaning supplies are very handy and can be very useful for cleaning the home before you stuff reaches your new home. Clean the house before anything is moved into it. Wash the floors, windows, doors and walls before moving your items in to your new home. Clean any heating vents before the furniture removalists arrive as it will be a difficult task once your stuff is arranged in your new home.

While all these chores are to be done on a regular basis, but it is important to clean in mind how much easier it is done without furniture in the home. You can also consider hiring a professional bond cleaning company to do all the work for you.