A clean house is a happy house. And if you’re like most of America you don’t have time to do the cleaning the way it should be done.

Right before the first Open House, the day before your house goes on the market clean it from top to bottom.  We chose to have a trusted cleaning lady do it for us.  If you have another person do it, you’ll walk in and everything will just magically be clean.  She was in our house fixing budget at $80 for a total clean.  I knew if I’d do it, I might still be there with a toothbrush.  I’m a little bit OCD about cleaning.  I wouldn’t have been able to stop.  I’d still be scrubbing windows and floors and everywhere else.

I knew this person would do an excellent job.  I also left her a list of things to focus on.  Even better after we left I left a key for her in the garage to get back into the house and do one more cleaning.  The place sparkled!

So unless you can do a great job cleaning in a short period of time without going overboard I suggest hiring someone.  You can ask at your church, your work or your friends if they know anyone that is reasonably priced and will do an excellent job.  These folks sure fit the bill!