When you’re selling your home, your bathrooms need to be spotless. Here’s what you need to know about cleaning for prospective buyers.

5 Essential Bathroom Cleaning Tips That Can Help You Sell Your Home

Though you probably don’t want to spend your time scrubbing bathrooms, you have to if you want to sell your home quickly and at the right price. Before you read any further, you may want to consider hiring a professional cleaning team to come in and scour your home from top to bottom. But if that’s not in the budget, that’s okay; You can use the following five tips to clean your bathrooms yourself:

Clean your shower and tub from top to bottom, and regrout if necessary
Steam-clean tile and the walls
Pay special attention to baseboards
Make the floor shine
Leave no spot behind on the mirror

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$775,000

5 Bedrooms
5 Bathrooms
5,596 Sq Ft
0.890 Acres

3265 Foxridge Drive Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Brenda Krempp from RE/MAX Local.

$724,600

3 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
4,319 Sq Ft
1.600 Acres

1015 W 15th Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Caroline Gobert from ERA FIRST ADVANTAGE REALTY, INC.

$624,900

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
2,940 Sq Ft
14.820 Acres

1089 N 400W Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Zach Holt from Whitetail Properties Real Estate.

$624,000

4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
3,906 Sq Ft
0.595 Acres

3289 St Charles Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Annette Wigand from ERA FIRST ADVANTAGE REALTY, INC.

$475,000

4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
3,955 Sq Ft
1.200 Acres

980 W Twentieth St. Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Larry Carpenter III from Carpenter Realty LLC.

$425,000

4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
3,610 Sq Ft
1.300 Acres

1245 W 6th Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Steve Wigand from ERA FIRST ADVANTAGE REALTY, INC.

$399,000

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
3,076 Sq Ft
1 Acres

3515 Villa Drive Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Leanna Graves from RE/MAX REVOLUTION.

$399,000

3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
2,650 Sq Ft
0.780 Acres

3264 Lakeside Dr. Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Larry Carpenter III from Carpenter Realty LLC.

$360,000

4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
3,490 Sq Ft
0.371 Acres

307 Newton Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Tama Stemle from RE/MAX Local.

$340,000

4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
2,961 Sq Ft
0.294 Acres

333 Daisy Lane Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Linda Schroering from CENTURY 21 SCHROERING REALTY.

$325,000

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1,650 Sq Ft
0 Acres

614 W 34th Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Daniel Hoffman from HOFFMAN & MULLEN REALTY INC.

$319,900

5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
2,377 Sq Ft
0.346 Acres

1780 Sweet Gum Drive Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Amanda Childers from Hawkins & Root Real Estate.

$315,000

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
3,232 Sq Ft
0.520 Acres

3508 N 600 W Road Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Caroline Gobert from ERA FIRST ADVANTAGE REALTY, INC.

$289,000

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1,648 Sq Ft
0.340 Acres

4130 N Portersville Road Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Gina Mehringer from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.

$274,900

3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
2,172 Sq Ft
0.460 Acres

1244 W 14th Street Jasper, Indiana

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Listing courtesy of Steve Lukemeyer from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.

Bathroom Cleaning Tip #1: Clean Your Shower and Tub, and Regrout if Necessary

you need your shower and tub to sparkle when prospective buyers are coming to see your home. Start at the top and work your way down. Use these tips to make sure it shines:

Fill a plastic bag with white vinegar and securely tie it around your shower head. The vinegar will work overnight to clean your shower head.
Wash your plastic shower curtain liner in the washing machine. Put it in with a few old towels, which will work to scrub it clean. As an alternative, you can replace your shower curtain liner instead.
Scrub your shower door with a paste comprising distilled white vinegar and baking soda. You can apply it directly to the door and let it sit for an hour period when you rub it away with a microfiber cloth and rinse it, your shower door will be clean. then, squeegee the door to remove water droplets.

Bathroom Cleaning Tip #2: Steam-Clean Tile and the Walls

You can use a mix of baking soda and vinegar to scrub your countertops and sinks. Or, if it’s better for you, use an all purpose cleaner and turn on the shower at its hottest temperature. Let the steam build up for about 5 minutes, then turn off the water and close the door. The steam in the cleaner will work together, and after about 20 minutes, you can wipe everything down with a clean cloth.

Bathroom Cleaning Tip #3: Pay Special Attention to Baseboards

though prospective buyers probably won’t notice if you scrub the baseboards, they’ll almost certainly notice if you don’t. Get down on your hands and knees and scrub the area beneath your cabinets so it’s spotless, removing any dust, dirt or hair that’s gathered there.

Bathroom Cleaning Tip #4: Make the Floor Shine

Even if you don’t regularly use floor cleaners that make your floor shine, now maybe a good time to do so. Do you want your bathroom to look like a luxury space with a sparkling, clean floor, and the best way to do that is to make it shiny. there are several cleaning products that can shine your tile floors; just look in the cleaning aisle at your favorite supermarket.

Bathroom Cleaning Tip #5: Leave No Spot Behind on the Mirror

When buyers walk into your bathroom, the first thing they’ll do is look into the mirror at themselves. It’s just what humans do. That means you need to pay special attention to your mirrors and make sure there are no spots or streaks left behind after you clean. Turn on all the lights and look at your mirror from every angle to scout out tiny spots that buyers may notice.

Bonus Bathroom Cleaning Tip for Selling Your Home

Try to get everyone in your household to use only one bathroom while your home is on the market. That way, you only have to scrub one before a showing; the rest will only need a light cleaning.

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