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Poll: How much to worry about cleaning when house-selling?

adamwifeadamwife
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I'm so sick of cleaning.  Do you think it really matters?  People will realize I have two small children when they see the nursery and kid room, right?!

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Re: Poll: How much to worry about cleaning when house-selling?

  • eris1995eris1995 member
    Can you do showing by appointment only?  That way you have 24 hours notice and then you can clean like a mad woman only when you have to.  That's what I'm planning on doing when we put our house on the market.
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  • Amber3535Amber3535 member
    I know when I was house hunting a clean, good smelling house was always a plus. It was hard for me to look past the mess.
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  • adamwifeadamwife

    imageeris1995:
    Can you do showing by appointment only?  That way you have 24 hours notice and then you can clean like a mad woman only when you have to.  That's what I'm planning on doing when we put our house on the market.

    We have the 24 hour notice, but it's still too hard to do with 2 kids.  As soon as I get one room cleaned, my toddler has wrecked it before I even finish the next one.

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  • MamaMyers22MamaMyers22

    As long as there's aren't dishes in the sink and undies on the floor, lol.

    Clutter is to be expected with kids. 

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  • aawilsonaawilson

    as someone who recently bought a house I say cleaning isn't as important as boxing up the clutter. I think walking into a house that house little messes here and there isn't as bad as someone who has a million knick knacks, strewn across the coffee table or something.?

    ?I know there are houses we looked at that we may have liked more if we weren't so blinded by the "personality" of the owners. I say scale down all of your belongings to things you'll need on a day to day basis and not worry so much about having a glass or two in the sink.?

    The house we bought was vacant and grimmy, but was empty so it was much easier to imagine family photos on the wall, furniture placement, etc.?

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  • xmasbabymamaxmasbabymama
    Can you designate one room a playroom and sort of gate it up and spend your time there. Then keep the rest of the house clean and don't use it. I would do my cleaning after they went to bed. And I would be religious about cleaning up after myself as I do something. It's hard, but it does matter.
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  • KatieRL1979KatieRL1979

    Unfortunately people are a-holes.  Imagine if you were the one looking for the house - would you want to put in an offer on a place that had a bunch of stuff all over, dirty dishes in the sink and laundry all over? 

    People look at kitchens, bathrooms and closets.  Those must be cleaned up for visitors.  Whatever you can do to at least straighten the bedrooms is helpful too, too much stuff makes the room look small.

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  • adamwifeadamwife

    imagexmasbabymama:
    Can you designate one room a playroom and sort of gate it up and spend your time there. Then keep the rest of the house clean and don't use it. I would do my cleaning after they went to bed. And I would be religious about cleaning up after myself as I do something. It's hard, but it does matter.

    This is my intention, but I'm a lazy@ss and end up playing on the internet instead of cleaning at night.

    I agree with pp about the importance of less clutter.  I already boxed up all of the family photos and knick knacks and the house is pretty bare.  It's just the toys and kid stuff that I can't keep organized - and all of the day-to-day mess.

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  • DNK777DNK777 member
    It depends on what you mean by clean.  I would look past clutter such as toys and beds that weren't made, but I would make sure the floors, cabinets, counters, and stuff are immaculate.
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  • noimnotmarriednoimnotmarried
    depending on the market where you are, it's pretty important that the house look really nice.  i would say it's more important to stage the rooms a little bit to make them look large and to highlight the nice features of the house than it is to be anal about putting dishes away right away, etc. 
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  • AlmostDunnAlmostDunn
    imageadamwife:

    just the toys and kid stuff that I can't keep organized - and all of the day-to-day mess.

    I would clear out and pack up as much of the kid stuff as you can too.  Leave out Gabe and David's favorite toys and pack up the rest.  (Just make sure to leave them accessible in case the house doesn't sell as quickly as you hoped or if Gabe has a meltdown over a toy that's stored!)  Even if they are in a box in the garage only having 1/2 or 1/3 of the toys to put up will help.

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