Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning
Spring is here, which means it’s time to organize, de-clutter, clean and toss out. Use these hints, courtesy of HGTV, to help jump start your spring cleaning.
Before the Scrubbing
· Remove any clutter around the house.
· Tackle the junk drawer. Throw out old pens and markers, broken rubber bands and paper clips, old candy, and any random scraps of paper.
· Donate books you don’t wish to keep and clothes that you don’t wear. Many churches, schools, libraries, shelters and hospitals accept such donations.
· Put everything that you can’t quite part with in a box. After six months, throw away or donate any of the items you haven’t used.
· Clean out your medicine cabinet, dumping any prescriptions, lotions, makeup or other products that have expired.
· Pitch old magazines. Keep a binder for your favorite articles or recipes.
· Deep Down CleanVacuum your mattress and wash your mattress pad in hot water.
· Rub shaving cream into dirty upholstery and vacuum once it’s dry.
· Run drapes through the air-fluff cycle in the dryer, along with a wet cloth to attract dust, for 15 minutes.
· Rub screens on both sides with kerosene, then wash them clean with soap and water.
· Use a dry sponge to clean lamp shades, upholstery, computer screens, suede and leather.
· Make sure to clean the coils underneath the refrigerator and the screen in your stove’s exhaust hood.

A Better Market

Realty Times reports some real estate markets around the country are getting better. Average sales prices may have fallen for most parts of the country, but the northeast showed an increaseof almost $16,000 to an average of $270,000.

It seems like this is the time to make a move while interest rates are down as well. The reports indicate that high priced and lower priced properties are moving equally well.

First time home buyers are in a great position and even if you are selling, at a lower than desired price, you'll be buying at a lower price with good rates. It all works out.........

Exceeding your Expectations

Belita