Prepping Your House for Showing and Selling: Check the Kitchen and Bathrooms!

Two of the biggest selling points in a house are the bathrooms and the kitchen. To top that, these are two of the most used areas meaning that when you are getting ready for a showing, these are areas that need extra attention when cleaning. When you are getting ready to have a buyer enter your home, it is extremely important to have the kitchen and bathrooms in tip-top shape! 

Obviously a deep clean is important for these two high traffic areas of the home. For the kitchen, the counters should not only be free of clutter but clean enough to eat off of. You don't want dirty counters in a showing! Wipe down appliances and cabinets, mop the floor, and make sure sure the trash is taken out. In addition, the surface of your refrigerator should be clear. That means it's time to take down vacation photos, children's drawings, and A+ tests. This is because, when showing the home to potential homeowners, you want to make sure it's depersonalized-- which you can read more about here!

For the bathroom, many of the points of tidying the kitchen can be the same. You need to clean the counters, of course, as well as the sink. Be sure to clean the toilet, the floor, and the trim! The bathtub or shower is also an important thing to take note of. Clean out any shower scum and check to make sure the curtain is clean. Finally, make sure any medicine cabinet or linen closet is clean and tidy. Put any dirty towels in the hamper, and hang new towels to help the aesthetic of the room.

The kitchen is often the biggest selling point, followed up by bathrooms. Because of that, and because those are two very high-traffic areas, they need some extra TLC! So if you have some potential buyers coming in, be sure to take an extra turn around the bathrooms and kitchen-- make sure they're in tip-top shape!