Tips for Maintaining Your New Home

Tips for Maintaining Your New Home

Maintaining your home and keeping it new all the time is an art. Just as love keeps a family in sync, a house needs dedication and care to make it feel like home. Clean and well-maintained surroundings can instantly bring happiness and can make you relaxed, refreshed, and energized when getting back home after a busy day at work. Keeping track of the duties to be done and splitting them into daily, weekly, and monthly routines will calm the maintenance load on you. Here are some tips to get the maintenance done right.

Interiors

We spend a valuable share of our time indoors and especially with kids at home it is necessary to keep the place clean and fresh. We are continually hunting in dust and dirt, and kids are bringing along their share of chaos. The amount of wanted and unwanted things lying in general disorder also needs attention.

Clean Surfaces and Dust Free

Clean And Clear shelves before cleaning the floor while dining and coffee tables must clean almost after every use. Clean up any dirt or mess as they appear rather than putting it off for later. At least once a week, clean sofas, window screens, carpets, and curtains to keep them fresh and dry. Mop the floor routinely to ignore smaller dust particles. Don’t forget to clean doors, windows, the fireplace, and the chimney at least once a month. Clean and keep well the kitchen area as you cook as it is one of the places that needs to be more hygienic. It saves time and also keeps your kitchen sparkling clean and hygienic at all times. Keep a shoe rack for guests and family in the living room or outside to eliminate shoe tracks on the floor and carpets, which can help keep the place clean for longer.

Keep Room Well Organised

Make it a manner to put items in the proper places allotted to them after each use. Catch as you go. Divide content into boxes and containers, which makes it effortless Access them when needed and keep them organized. Maintain a box or bag to put away the things that you no longer use and dispose of them routinely through a garage sale or donate to the poor. Having appropriate storage space for everything and hidden storage spaces is a good idea for items that would rather be out of view.

Keep a Record of Kids' and Pets' Behaviour

Make rules in place for kids like to eat only at the dining table, and draw only on the paper rather than on the walls so that they follow the

Rule and help to keep their home clean. Pets are part of many families, and it is crucial to train your pets correctly as they might dig around in your lawn ruining your plants, or scratching the walls, furniture, carpets, etc.

You can bring toys for the pets like claw poles or chew toys so that they don’t start finding your belongings but remain happily entertained too!

Check-up Appliances and Your Systems

Do a periodic check-up of your devices like solar appliances, geysers, lock and security systems, mosquito nets, heating, and cooling systems, smoke detectors and alarms, etc. to ensure they are in good condition to operate. Clean water and air filters frequently to ensure cleanliness and hygiene. Make sure the plumbing and repair leaky toilets and faucets save water and clutter thereby. Pest control should be done as and when needed so that it doesn’t become an annoyance to you and your neighbors. Always keep a list of cleaning professionals on hand to be called in when necessary or for a check-up at routine intervals. Regularly check on window and door seals, caulks, insulations, and weather stripping if any before the rainy or winter season arrives. Do not compromise on safety when making important changes to your apartment. Gutters and drains should be regularly checked to avoid water damage from flooded basements.

Bathroom

Completely clean the sink, shower, tub, and toilets regularly every day. Clean out mirror and glass spots that can ruin the mirror and give out an unclean vibe. Clean the floor corners and make sure they are clear and hygienic.

Exterior

Do a check on drainage before and after every winter season. Inquire and repair roofs, roof flashing, shingles, downspouts, and water-damaged trusses. Clean fallen leaves and debris from the backyard. Check and inspect the garage door and door opener. Clear and change the water in pools, remove debris accumulations and eradicate any water-logging around the house to prevent illness and infections.

Owning your dream home is a great feeling, but it comes to keeping it, proper cleaning and routine checkups around the house are essential. Smaller tasks can be covered in 15-20 minutes every day and completed a task a day. Having fresh surroundings is essential to keep the energy around the house exalted.