With the end of summer, it’s time to start thinking about fall cleaning in your home. Living in Florida throughout the summer, it’s likely that your home has more sand, dust, bugs, pet hair, and allergens from your family or visiting guests than you realize. Our professional cleaners at First Call Cleaning recommend a thorough, deep clean in your home with the seasonal change.
Spring cleaning is not the only time of year that your house needs freshening up, and every season change should inspire a unique cleaning checklist.
When Should I Start Seasonal Cleaning?
As the season draws to a close, there is a clear shift in everyone’s routine in September. Kids go back to school, vacations seem to be over, and your mind starts to think about the fall activities and holidays. Seasonal cleaning is the perfect way to declutter and reinvigorate your home and prepare it for the cold weather and cooped-up months ahead. Fall cleaning is equally, if not more important than Spring cleaning. Since you will spend much more time in your home in the fall and winter months, it’s smart and healthy for your family to get a deep clean before you start staying in more. Unfortunately, following a fall season checklist is no quick task and may not necessarily be done in one day. Our cleaning experts in The Villages are happy to come to your home and provide deep cleaning services in preparation for fall, and you won’t have to worry about spending countless hours doing it yourself. Call our office today to schedule your seasonal cleaning at (352) 818-1451.What Should a Fall Cleaning Checklist Include?
Based on the various rooms in your home, your cleaning will differ. We’ve provided a simple fall cleaning checklist of what exactly should be cleaned for the fall that we like to follow, or you could use it as a guide for yourself.Living Room Areas
- Wipe down walls
- Dust curtains and blinds
- Vacuum carpet, or deep clean carpet
- Wash and vacuum upholstered furniture, especially in between the cracks
- Remove and wash pillow covers
- Dust and wipe down light fixtures, ceiling fans, and TVs
- Wash down interior windows
- Dust plants, books, picture-frames, hung paintings, etc
Kitchen
- Mop floors
- Clean inside and outside of refrigerator, including removing and cleaning the shelves, too.
- Wipe down and organize cabinets and drawers
- Clean the inside of your oven
- Sanitize and disinfect surfaces
- Toss out expired food from the refrigerator and cupboards
- Scrub down the sink
- Freshen the garbage disposal. Pro Tip: Put ice cubes, lemon wedges, and salt in your drain, then add running cold water and run the disposal for a fresh drain.
- Place freshly opened baking soda in the back of the fridge
- Replace carbon monoxide detectors and fire alarms
Bedrooms
- Replace summer bedding with cozier, fall beddings
- Wash summer sheets, mattress pads, and pillow cases
- If possible, rotate the mattress
- Vacuum carpet
- Declutter and organize closet space; store away summer clothes
- Dust around ceiling fans, dressers, mirrors, etc
Bathrooms
- Intricately clean and sanitize around the toilet, especially in the hard to reach places
- Scrub any grout that is on the tiles or shower
- Replace hand towels
- Clean the bathroom cabinets
- Wipe and clean any toothbrush holders, soap dishes, etc
- Shine the sink faucet
Outdoor Tasks and Beyond
- Organize and store garden hoses
- Replace furnace filter
- Wipe down patio furniture, and cover if it won’t be in use
- Replace any window screens that are ripped
- Clean gutters
- Check weather stripping
- Dust all window sills