Although you may be full of excitement at the prospect of moving into your new home, it’s important to make time before all of your belongings go in, to clean the place from top to bottom. Even if it looks clean at first glance, who knows what germs may be lurking on surfaces, inside cabinets, or anywhere in the home, for that matter.
Top-to-bottom cleaning your new home also helps to make it feel like it’s truly yours, and not still belonging to the previous inhabitants.
Don’t have the time or energy to carry out a full clean of your new home, why not seek help from a house cleaning service in Fort Myers? Simply schedule them to carry out the clean on a day and time that’s convenient for you (and obviously not when the previous inhabitants are still in the property!), and then all you have to concentrate on is moving yourself and your belongings in. And of course you can have a moving company do that for you as well, further reducing the stress and work involved with moving home.
What are the benefits of hiring a move-in cleaning service?
With so few disadvantages to hiring a move-in cleaning service, the only reason why you might not want to hire them, would be the cost. Although for the peace of mind it gives you, and the expert job they will do, the cost of move-in cleaning is extremely reasonable, some folks may be on a very tight budget, and simply not be able to afford it.
If you can afford it, however, hiring professionals will:
- Save you time
- Save you effort
- Give you peace of mind
- Leave you with a hygienically clean home in which all traces of the previous inhabitants have been expertly eliminated
Moving home can be a time of great stress, and worrying about moving into a dirty new home, can contribute significantly to this. Hiring a cleaning service to get the entire home spotlessly clean from top to bottom, is a simple and convenient way to start as you mean to go on, and set a healthy and clean tone for the rest of your time spent living there.
But if you decide to tackle the move-in cleaning yourself, here’s a simple and methodical way to get it spotlessly clean:
Begin in the kitchen
Typically a space in the home that’s most likely to harbor potentially harmful germs and bacteria, it’s best to begin by cleaning this room before tackling any other space. Unfortunately, it does involve cleaning everything, from light switches and cabinetry (inside and out), to appliances and shelving, which can be a lot of work for one person alone. If you don’t have someone to help you, it would definitely be worth hiring a cleaning service, otherwise you could end up with your rubber gloves on all day, sweating away!
Here’s how to clean your new kitchen thoroughly:
- With your favorite sanitizing spray, squirt it all over the inside and outside of drawers and cabinets, and wipe it down with a cloth.
- Move on to all handles, light switches and light fixtures.
- Use an all-purpose cleaner to get the sink, faucets and all countertops hygienically clean
- If the cooker is grimy, you may want to spray it with a cooker cleaning solution and leave it overnight before cleaning, depending on the level of grime.
- Vacuum every inch of the floor (you may also wish to use the vacuum cleaner attachments to clean inside cabinets, pantry, drawers etc) as well as under and behind appliances where possible, and then mop it from corner to corner.
Move on to the bathroom(s)
Another area of the home that often plays host to harmful contaminants, a detailed approach to cleaning is required in this room:
- Disinfect the entire toilet, including flush, seat and bowl
- Disinfect the tub or shower, faucets, sink and cabinets
- Use a glass cleaning product (white vinegar also works well) to wipe down mirrors
- Use hydrogen peroxide or bleach to scrub at and remove any mold on tiles or grouting
- Remove dust from any air vents
- Vacuum the floor thoroughly and mop it
Then tackle the bedrooms
Dust mites usually make themselves most at homes in bedrooms, where they can breed on mattresses and bedsheets, and cause allergic reactions among sufferers. To make sure your bedrooms are sleep-ready, carry out the following:
- Begin at the top of the room and dust any window/curtain tracks and light fixtures
- Then clean the sills and windows if necessary
- Vacuum the interior of any closets or storage items, and wipe them inside and out with a disinfectant
- Disinfect any surfaces, such as table tops and night stands
- Disinfect all door handles and light switches
- Dust baseboards
- End by vacuuming the carpet, taking time to vacuum under all furniture
Finally, turn your attention to all living spaces
For a home that’s truly, deeply clean, you must now focus on getting all living spaces spotlessly clean, which should include the following:
- Begin at the top of the room and dust any window/curtain tracks and light fixtures
- Wash the windows
- For any furniture that will remain in the home, wash where possible/appropriate (you may be able to steam clean, vacuum, or throw covers in the washing machine
- Wipe down shelves, baseboards and door frames
- Disinfect all light switches and all handles
- Vacuum the carpet, and if needed, steam clean it, or hire professionals to do it for you
Why spend hours scrubbing, dusting and mopping your new home before you move in, when you can hire maid services in Fort Myers and have them do it for you?
Moving into a new home should be full of fun and anticipation, but when you need to get the place clean before you can move in, it can take a lot of the excitement out of the whole experience. Instead of deciding who has what bedroom, where Fido will sleep, and where to put all of your belongings, you’re bogged down with thoughts of disinfecting and sanitizing every surface, worrying about what might be lurking in the corners, and what the previous inhabitants got up to in each room! Simply hire a professional cleaning service, and all of those worries will disappear.
