How to Clean Your Apartment Fast – Rapid and Effective Cleaning Methods

 Generally, there may be instances when one does not maintain an apartment in perfect tidy order. Of course, a situation may also arise where the apartment must be cleaned and tidied up very quickly at short notice; for instance, when an important guest informs that they will visit in half an hour or so! Provided below are some suggestions on how to clean up an apartment quickly.

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 Take a picture, focus on essential rooms and pick up dirty laundry

First, you may deal with items that are conspicuously out of place in your apartment. A good way to identify these items would be to take a few photos of your apartment using your mobile phone. By looking at these images you should be able to easily identify out of place objects.

You should remember that your guest will use or see only certain areas of your home; probably the living room, bathroom, bedroom and kitchen depending on how close you are to them. Therefore, you should focus on cleaning these rooms and omit the other sections of your apartment for now. The next step would be to pick up any dirty clothes and towels; put them in a hamper so that you can wash them later.

 Put dishes away, ready cleaning supplies and clean the bathroom

You should check out all the tabletops and counters in your apartment to see if there are dirty glasses, cups or dishes. Collect all these items and put them into your sink for now (you can deal with them in due course). Next, you must get your cleaning supplies ready. Collect all your detergents, disinfectants and rags and put them in a bucket, bag or another holder so that you can easily take them from one room to another. Now, it will be time to clean up the bathroom. Put away things like shaving cream and hair dryers and clean the toilet, mirror and sink. However, you can just close the shower curtain as your friend is unlikely to look inside!

 Tidy surfaces, toss unnecessary stuff into baskets and make the bed

Go through your living room, kitchen and bedroom and identify items that are out of place on surfaces like coffee tables, countertops and nightstands. Put such things away and give all the surfaces a thorough dusting. If you find miscellaneous ‘junk’ that needs to be cleared, simply put them in a basket and keep it out of sight for now. Next, neatly make your bed so that it looks orderly. Of course, you will not have to go through all this hassle if you move into spotless and stylish apartments; up and coming properties such as TRI-ZEN offer such apartments where one can enjoy living in Colombo amidst a contemporary space.

 Take the trash out, clean the dishes and remove pet hair

Should your trash bins be full of unsightly garbage, take this opportunity to take it out; not just the kitchen trash but also garbage from the bedroom and bathroom. You should also replace the bags, as your friend may need to discard something.

Now, it is time to deal with the dishes. If you possess a dishwasher, put the dishes in and activate it. If not, just wash the largest articles and keep them to dry. If you desire to remove all the dishes but lack the time to wash them, you could temporarily conceal them in the oven or freezer! Next, remove any pet hair lying around as your guest may be allergic to them.

 Vacuum, fluff the pillows and spray a fragrance

Though it may be time-consuming and you may lack adequate time to do it, vacuuming the floors will make a significant difference. Now that you have completed most of the cleaning tasks, take the opportunity to fluff out the cushions and pillows on your living room couch. Finally, since your cleaning endeavours may have created some unpleasant odours, spray some air freshener, light an aromatic candle or introduce some other fragrance to create a pleasant welcoming aroma for your guest.