Much of the time when someone passes away, the relatives are going to want to work toward selling the house as soon as possible with that will often come a decent amount of work. There is usually a large number of debris and belongings that are left behind when someone passes away. When it comes to estate clean outs, you want to do it the most efficient way possible. MCM Hauling is here to share our best tips to help your estate clean out go as smoothly as possible.
Should You Organize or Clean Out First?
The first thing that a family is going to want to do is go through the personal belongings of the deceased person and take the things that are meaningful to them. There are some items that people might want to sell. This can be done in an antique store or even a yard sale. Sometimes might be able to be donated if you aren’t able to sell them and no one in the family wold like them as well. Items that you aren’t able to donate or sell, you might want to have removed with a junk removal service. This might end up being a significant amount of stuff depending on the living conditions of the person who has passed away. Either way, you need to take the personal belongings that people want and divide them amongst yourselves.
Decluttering the Interior of a House
You are going to want to be methodical about the cleaning process when you are getting an estate cleaned out to sell the home. Here are some tips:
– Safety First: You want to make sure that anyone that is helping clean out the house is wearing the safety gear needed to do so without any illness or injury occurring. There could be animal droppings that you are working in, old items that could potentially break and so on.
– Work from the Top Down: You should start at the top and work your way down. If there is an attic, start there and end in the basement if there is one. You usually will need to have some professional help to take care of all this.
– Shut the House Down: After you have done the cleaning that you need to, it will be time to shut the water and other utilities off to the house. This will help you avoid disasters while no one is living in the house.
How to Clean the Outside of My House & Exterior Property
You might have just as much work to do when cleaning the exterior of the house. There might be a lot of trash and junk found throughout the property that needs to be moved before the house can be sold. Having junk taken off the property can help the property appeal to more buyers.
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If you are trying to clean out an estate to sell the house, you can turn to MCM Hauling to help you get rid of the junk. Call us today!
