Cleaning Tips

Complete Clean General Cleaning List:

Kitchen

• Wipe Counter tops and sanitize, including counter area behind the sink
• Backsplash-wipe down around the kitchen counter
• Sink-Sanitize including taps and drain
• Clean sink faucets and bases-wiped streak free
• Damp-wipe cupboards fronts and pulls
• Damp-wipe outside of the fridge stove, stovetop, dishwasher and microwave-streak free
• Clean inside the microwave
• Dust top of the fridge and microwave/range hood
• Wipe small appliances
• Kitchen table and chairs- wiped down, clean off the floor base of the chair legs
• Wipe light switches..
• Window sills…upper and lower wiped off
• Baseboards dusted
• Kitchen floor damp mopped
• Empty Trash

Bathrooms

• Sanitize counter tops and damp-wipe
• Wipe backsplashes, around sink and tub
• Damp wipe taps on sinks and tub and shower
• Sanitize and wipe down shower
• Wipe outside of shower doors and bases
• Bath tub-dust surface around tub and tub rinsed out
• Sanitized toilets-inside seat, rims and bases
• Clean mirrors
• Wipe light switches
• Dust light fixtures
• Wash floor area and wet wipe baseboards
• Empty trash
• Vacuum area rugs

Bedrooms

• Dust all surfaces, furniture, headboards doors, and handles including table lamps and any Knick knacks
• Clean Mirrors
• Damp mop hardwood surfaces
• Vacuum area rugs and rugs
• Bedding change…if needed
• Dust window sills and pictures
• Wipe light switches
• Empty trash

Other living areas

• All furniture, surfaces dusted- tops, sides and legs, including tv
• Dust table lamps
• Dust pictures
• Dust doors and handles and door casings
• Wipe light switches
• Vacuum rugs
• Vacuum upholstered furniture
• Damp mop all hard wood surfaces
• Empty Trash

Basement

• Stairs and back Entry, washed or vacuumed Vacuum all carpets
• Damp mop flooring surfaces
• Empty Trash

Complete Clean Move out Cleaning List – Includes Our General Cleaning List – Plus:

General …Plus

• Wash all inside windows
• Wash inside and outside front and back doors
• wash walls
• wash all vinyl and tile floors
• Clean walls, floors and shelves of all closets, store rooms. Laundry room

Kitchen …Plus

• Clean inside and out of the dishwasher and range hood
• scrub kitchen floor
• We will not move fridge or stove out from the wall but if owner./Renter moves it out we will
• Clean behind fridge and oven
  • Stove
    • Clean burners, rings, drip pans
    • Clean the bottom drawer
    • Clean inside the oven
    • Wash and dry outside of stove
    • Remove lower drawer and clean under stove
    • wash and dry outside of stove
  • Refrigerator
    • Wash inside Refrigerator
    • take out drawers and wash, dry and put them back
    • Wash inside and outside refrigerator
    • Wipe out Freezer

 

There are many benefits to a clean house. Not only for aesthetic reasons, but for health ones as well. This is especially true if we have pets, kids and family members with medical conditions such as allergies and asthma. Here are 5 healthy benefits of regular house cleaning.

1. Reduce allergens

With a cleaner, dust free home, we can reduce allergens in the air that cause an allergic outbreak. Simple tasks like dusting, vacuuming and moping can help provide a cleaner and more pleasant home for you and your family.

2. A clean home reduces stress

We’ve mentioned this point before in our other blog posts but it’s true. Coming home to a clean house after a stressful day on the job can provide a natural sanctuary but if you come home to a messy, cluttered home, the stress will creep up on you.

3. Reduce pests and insects in the home

Pests thrive in dirty areas especially in the summertime. Cleaning your kitchen and bathroom on a regular basis will help to greatly reduce the likelihood of an infestation. Also, make sure to never leave dirty dishes or leftover food lying around. Clean dirty doormats in entryways as well to prevent dirt, dust and mud being tracked into the home.

4. Mold prevention

Mold likes to grow in dark, warm and damp areas in the home and is very bad for your health. Kitchen sinks and shower walls and tubs can provide these ideal conditions for mold growth. Make sure to clean your shower walls and tub as well as your kitchen and bathroom sinks frequently and wipe off excess water from shower walls with a squeegee after each use. If you have a bathroom fan, also turn that on after each shower or bath to reduce moisture build up.

5. Stop the spread of germs.

By cleaning heavily used items and surfaces like the remote control, doorknobs, light switches and the fridge handle regularly will help stop the spreading of these germs from surface to surface. Also, small children and infants may place their hands in their mouths after touching surfaces (including flooring for those children who crawl), making regular cleanings of all surfaces very important.

In addition to cleaning wood floors, Murphy Oil Soap makes a great laundry pre-spotter, especially on organic stains like grass or blood. Wet washable, colorfast fabric, add a drop of Murphy directly to the stain, squish through the fabric and wash as usual. Visit www.murphyoilsoap.com for more cleaning tips.

No need to wax.. Just sweep and mop on a regular basis and they stay clean and shiny. Mop floors with clear water or just a dash of liquid dish soap. Be sure to change the water when it gets cloudy. Too much soap or dirty water will make floors dull or sticky. Don’t use scrub pads on ceramic tile floors or you might scratch them. Our professional cleaners wash most floors by hand, cleaning and drying a small area at a time.

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