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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- 5 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 5,700 Sq Ft
- 6.100 Acres
938 E Jasper Dubois Road Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Kevin Bayer from RE/MAX Local.
- 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.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 3,376 Sq Ft
- 6.258 Acres
1928 S A St. Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Larry Carpenter III from Carpenter Realty LLC.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 2,986 Sq Ft
- 1.482 Acres
4536 W 150 N Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Stacey Thieman-Wright from THIEMAN REALTY.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 4,376 Sq Ft
- 0.590 Acres
836 W 20th Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Elizabeth Mehringer from RE/MAX Local.
- 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.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,468 Sq Ft
- 0.314 Acres
1911 S A St. Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Larry Carpenter III from Carpenter Realty LLC.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,829 Sq Ft
- 0.346 Acres
1761 Sugar Pine Drive Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Ryan Craig from RE/MAX Local.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,374 Sq Ft
- 1.740 Acres
582 E 36th Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of KaraHinshaw from Key Associates Signature Realty.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,403 Sq Ft
- 0.287 Acres
1371 W 5th Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Tama Stemle from RE/MAX Local.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,532 Sq Ft
- 0.170 Acres
1429 Jackson Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Courtnay Begle from RE/MAX REVOLUTION.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,322 Sq Ft
- 1.450 Acres
244 W State Road 56 Road Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Stacey Hurst from RE/MAX REVOLUTION.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,564 Sq Ft
- 0.344 Acres
306 Reyling Drive Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Zach Holt from Whitetail Properties Real Estate.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 3,520 Sq Ft
- 0.680 Acres
4828 N US 231 Highway Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Kevin Bayer from RE/MAX Local.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 1 Bathrooms
- 1,538 Sq Ft
- 0.460 Acres
888 Susanna Avenue Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Gina Mehringer 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.
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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.
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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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