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Cleaning your space is not a seasonal task, but once the spring season arrives, it can provide you with much-needed motivation to deep clean and reinvigorate your entire home. As we start to prepare for lots of time on the go during the busier summer months, spring is a great time to deep clean the areas of your apartment that have been neglected over the long Wisconsin winter.
Dust, Dust Baby
Unfortunately, dust bunnies collect everywhere and dust mites can have a field day living in them. Whether or not you can see or reach the top of a fixture, it’s still collecting dust. Spring is a great time to focus on dusting those areas that are easily neglected and forgotten because we cannot see them. Think kitchen fans, door ledges and bathroom fans. They all collect dust and need to be attended to.
The Walls Have Eyes (And Spots)
While walls may not literally have eyes, they do attract scuffs, stains and markings. If you are like most, your walls probably have dirt and grime that have collected over the last year. Whether from sticky hands leaving their prints or just the accidental bump with something that leaves a mark, small spots are inevitable. Now is a great time to pull out your magic eraser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnN5f-A2lVM) and start getting those scuffs and dirt marks off the walls. It’s important to especially focus in the kitchen where things splatter out of bowls when mixing and can leave sticky, greasy marks on your walls.
Looking Through the Windows
Windows are a great rental feature. They help our space feel bigger and more open, but they also need to be cleaned. This includes glass and screens that may be housing dirt from a year of opening them to let the air in. When the outside air comes in through the window, dust and dirt particles tend to follow, causing unwanted spots and debris.This is a great time to take the screens out of your windows and wash them in the sink or bathtub with soapy water.
Magic Carpet Rides
Whether you have magic carpet or not, the likelihood that the carpets in your apartment need a good deep cleaning is high. Because dust and debris settle into carpet easily, it is beneficial to get them deep cleaned once a year. We recommend reaching out to your property manager to ask them for a referral to a reputable professional carpet cleaning company to ensure no damage occurs. In addition to cleansing your space, this will likely also help you receive your full deposit back when you move out.
Love In A Vacuum
While vacuuming is a common daily, or at least weekly, chore for many, there are places that the vacuum likely does not see regularly. Places where there are large area rugs, or closets covered in shoes, or the area under the bed, for example, are common spots which are neglected. Spring is the best time to ensure you are vacuuming those hard to remember and reach spaces. Moving furniture and items off the floor and vacuuming underneath surfaces is a great way to ensure the health of your carpet.
A good deep cleaning for your space not only helps you retain your security deposit, it also likely will give you a sense of calm as you walk into a space that’s been cleaned from top to bottom. So make sure to open the windows and get to cleaning!