10 Tips for Spring Cleaning your Ottawa Rental Apartment
It's that time of year again! Love it or hate it, the arrival of the warm weather means it's time to spring clean your Ottawa rental apartment. "Out with the old" is what spring cleaning is all about – a surefire way to maximize your living space and make your Ottawa apartment the best it can possibly be.
Don't know where to start? Follow these 10 spring cleaning tips and your Ottawa rental apartment is guaranteed to be fresh and gleaming in no time.
1. Stock up on all your supplies first, and definitely consider buying a good pair of gloves to protect your skin. Any Ottawa home or hardware store will have all you need to get the job done.
2. Do one room, or even one area of one room, of your apartment at a time to avoid unfinished jobs. The satisfaction of seeing one room spic-and-span will motivate you to move on to the next.
3. When tidying, reduce trips around your rental apartment by temporarily depositing items in one spot and then tidy that spot later.
4. Multitask. While the laundry is going, scrub the shower stall.
5. Wash all the walls, cabinets, baseboards, and woodwork of your rental apartment. This may sound like a lot of work, but the sparkle at the end is well worth it.
6. Always dust before vacuuming or cleaning the floor of your apartment. This prevents you from having to do the same job twice.
7. Wash your light fixtures. A few minutes with a stepladder, all-purpose cleaner, a sponge, and a polish cloth will give new light to your life (and your apartment).
8. Scrub the inside and outside of all the appliances in your apartment. And don't forget the microwave!
9. Give your closet and drawers a new lease on life. Empty out all the closets, cupboards and drawers in your apartment (one at a time, of course) then wipe them down and neatly put things back.
10. Finally, spring cleaning is all about saying goodbye to clutter and saying hello to neat and organized apartment living. Donate, recycle, sell, re-purpose, whatever!
Sometimes, spring cleaning just isn't enough to get that fresh-start feeling. That's why spring is also one of the best seasons to hunt for a new Ottawa rental apartment. Paramount Properties can help.
