Month: August 2023

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Moving Out?  Hire a Professional Cleaning Service for a Stress-Free Transition

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Moving is a BIG job! Even if you don’t think your home has a lot of things to move, people who move always seem to say, “I had more than I thought I did!”

One thing you can do to make your move much easier is to have your home cleaned before you move into your new place. Here are a few reasons why having a cleaning company to clean your new home ahead of your move really makes sense.

  1. Having Your Home Cleaned Before You Move in Saves You Time!

Everyone knows that moving day is STRESSFUL. Why add another task on moving day? Just call a cleaning service to have your home prepped and ready to go before the moving truck even pulls into the driveway. Think of the stress relief you will have knowing that one of the most important tasks is already done. Your clean, new place is waiting for you!

  1. Allows You to Save Your Energy Moving, Instead of Cleaning.

If you are helping to box things up at your old house, or helping move things into the truck, let us remind you that you won’t have the energy left to pack, load it up, unpack, and then clean. There won’t be any energy left for you to clean your new place. So, call ahead and get your new place cleaned ahead of time. Your move will be much smoother and happier!

  1. A Pre-Cleaned Home Allows You to Focus on Unpacking

When you arrive at your pre-cleaned home, you will be able to clearly see and decide where things need to go. Finding the right spot for your toiletries, linens, dishes, clothes, décor and more is much easier when you don’t have to look at a dirty floor, dusty baseboards, or a grimy bathroom.

  1. A Cleaned Home will Remove the “Germs of the Past”

When you move into your home, you want to start with a clean slate! The only way to do this is to get a cleaning service to clean your new home before you move in. When you move, it’s hard to unpack if you know your things will be placed into a dirty house, with someone else’s germs. Even if you don’t think the home looks dirty…how do you really know? Getting your home cleaned by a professional cleaning service can allow you the confidence to know that your home is sanitized and ready for a new resident.

  1. You Will Rest Better Knowing Your Home Was Professionally Cleaned!

When you are done moving, you will want to relax in your new home. It will be a lot easier to do this with confidence if you know it was thoroughly cleaned by a professional service. A professional cleaning service can clean the blinds, the baseboards, the appliances, the bathroom sinks, showers, and toilets, and mop the floors. They will dust the top of the refrigerator, clean inside the oven, and get the shower tiles to sparkle.

After a day (or a week) of moving, you won’t feel like mopping and scrubbing. Leave it to our professional cleaning team! Call Plan B Cleaning for help with move-in or move out cleaning.

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Apartment Deep Cleaning Services: Creating a Serene and Tidy Living Space

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When you are living in an apartment, storage space can be hard to come by. One complaint that we hear from our clients is, “My apartment gets cluttered really fast. I just don’t have enough space for all of my things!” We understand that finding the space for all of your things, your partner’s items, and your children’s belongings can mean getting creative with storage. We want to help you create a serene and tidy living space.

Here are a few tips that we found really do work in an apartment, to keep things clean and organized.

IN THE MAIN LIVING AREA: The living area may be the first thing you see when you walk into the apartment, so keeping it clean is important, so the space doesn’t feel like it’s closing in on you.

  • Create Designated Spaces for Your Things. Having a few baskets for storage will help to keep similar items together, and baskets can also look nice in the room.
  • Keep the space dusted. As you know, dust collects on any flat surface, and it adds up quickly. Dusting weekly (or every other week) will help the area to look neat and maintained.
  • Select a few accessories for the sofa and chairs. It’s a nice touch to have a throw blanket and a few throw pillows to add color to the furniture, but having too many can create a cluttered space. Having too many accessories can overwhelm a small room. Choose your favorites for display and store the rest for when you need it.
  • Vacuum Weekly. Crumbs accumulate in the living areas. Dust also gets embedded in the fibers of your rugs and sofa cushions. We suggest you vacuum it weekly to maintain the look of the upholstery and the carpet or rugs.

IN THE KITCHEN: The kitchen needs to be cleaned daily to be able to maintain that space.

  • Keeping the dishes cleaned and put away is the biggest thing you can do to keep your kitchen clean.
  • Cleaning the countertops should be done daily (or at least every other day) to be sure that crumbs, food odors, and germs don’t collect on the surface.
  • Sweeping the kitchen should be done every evening if you have pets. Most people sweep only if they see some crumbs, but in truth, crumbs seem to come out of nowhere and collect under by the kitchen cabinets and the trash can.
  • Clean out the refrigerator every week and throw out old to-go containers that were never eaten, as well as old leftovers. Doing this weekly will help you stay on top of it and not let the refrigerator get out of hand.

IN THE BATHROOMS: The bathroom should be cleaned once a week to keep the sinks and toilets cleaned and to keep grime from building up.

  • Clean the shower door or glass to maintain the shine and remove soap scum buildup.
  • Scrub the shower tiles to get the soap scum off and make it shiny, again. Get an automatic scrubber to make this an easer task.
  • Clean the toilet seat, bowl and base with a throw-away cloth.
  • Wipe off the entire bathroom counter and sanitize it around and behind the sinks. This is where germs hide. Get the dirty water and soap build-up from around the edge.

IN THE BEDROOMS: The bedroom can sometimes be the “catch-all, hide-all space”. Sometimes people toss things in the closet to deal with it later, and this can really get out of hand after a few weeks.

  • Washing the sheets and blankets will make your room look better sleep better and smell better. We suggest people change their sheets once per week for a cleaner space and better sleep.
  • Making the Bed works wonders to make the room look cleaner, instantly. If you take the time to make the bed, your entire room looks better.
  • Dust the furniture and remove any old cups, glasses, food wrappers, etc. Picking up the clutter will also make your space look so much better.
  • Clean the glass in picture frames and mirrors. These items will reflect more light once they are dusted and shined, and it makes the whole room look brighter!
  • Vacuum Weekly. Dust gets into the carpet and rugs, and just vacuuming it will look and smell better. It revives the carpet and rugs.
  • Reclaim your space by separating things into three categories: Keep, donate, and sell. Consider getting 3 boxes and labeling them, and then sorting your shoes and clothing into these boxes as you organize.
  • Seasonal Separation may need to be the next step. If you have a lot of clothes that won’t fit into your closet, then consider separating them into summer and winter clothes. You can store what you won’t need until the season arrives.

If you need help maintaining your apartment, call Plan B Cleaning! We would love to help you maintain your serene and tidy living space!

 

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Using The Kon Mari Method for Back-to-School: Decluttering and Organizing Your Home and Mind

Have you heard about Author and TV personality Kon Mari? She wrote the book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. It took off and became a best-seller. Why? Because her ideas are useful, practical, and achievable. They really work to help you clean up your home, your life, and your mind.

Here is what the book teaches…
The author teaches and reminds people to clean up and keep things tidy so they can clear their mind, and maintain control of their life.
Here are some powerful words from her writings: “When you put your house in order using the Kon Mari Method™, you have no choice but to listen to your inner voice – because the question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life. When you reassess your belongings and organize your home, you set the stage for a huge transformation.”

Having a tidy home is not a new idea, but looking at it with this frame of mind is different: ‘What you own is how you want to live.’ This is a powerful phrase that makes us all reevaluate your surroundings and your belongings. It is a simple way of looking at things and encourages us to live a minimalist lifestyle surrounded by the things and people we actively choose.

So, let’s apply that to Back to School and everything that goes with that task and experience. Keeping things tidy can be a way of life and a way to simplify and manage this task and through this new mindset, perhaps back to school and the new routine can be less stressful.
When we apply the new tidy method to the tasks at hand, and the state of our home, it can transform a normally stressful experience into a manageable one.

Tidying up comes down to a system of cleaning, decluttering, and planning ahead.

To achieve a tidy state in your home and life, Kon Mari recommends that you do it all at once, not little by little. She says that this allows you to make changes and keep them so you can see a bigger difference.
Another interesting and helpful tip Mari shares is to clean and organize by category – not by location. The order in which you declutter is the key of her method. By starting with the easiest category, you will gain instant gratification of your accomplishment. This will help you continue.

This is the order that she suggests when you begin decluttering:
1. Clothes
2. Books
3. Papers
4. Miscellaneous Objects
5. Sentimental items

The order of those things will help you build the excitement as you move from one to the other.

Before you begin, you must remember the most important step. Mari says that the change needs to start by imagining the life that you want and picturing what it will look like when you get there. This is an essential first step. You have to have a mental picture of what this lifestyle will be life after you achieve it.

Let Plan B Cleaning help you get there! Call us for a house cleaning to help you manage your busy lifestyle.

Check out her website for more resources: https://konmari.com/about-the-konmari-method