Tackling a house clean-up or cleanout can be challenging. One tactic is to simply clean your home room-by-room according to a written plan.

Of course, the cleanout phase of your home cleaning project is just the biggest step in the process. Once you've removed everything you no longer want or need, you'll need to get rid of it.

Room-by-Room Cleanout: Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan

There are probably a few good ways to approach a whole house cleanup, but without a doubt the worst way is to simply "dive in" and randomly attack areas of your home without a strategy and a plan.

And if you are tackling your major cleaning project with a few other "helping hands" it is a really good idea to write down your plan or, better yet, work from a checklist. This will help to ensure that everyone involved is literally on the same "page" and following the plan you've laid out.

The benefits of this structured approach are increased efficiency, less time spent actually doing the work, and a guaranteed result with "no space left behind"!

Some Tips for Creating a Solid House Cleaning Plan

While the actual order of room-by-room cleaning can vary depending on the layout of your home and your priorities, the following is a great template you can use when writing out your cleaning plan.

The Kitchen

• This is your opportunity to declutter your kitchen cabinets, drawers, and pantry. Follow the rule of getting rid of unnecessary duplicate items.
• Discard expired food items, consolidate most-used kitchen tools, and donate unwanted appliances.

The Living Room

• Here is where you want to declutter entertainment centers, bookshelves, and coffee tables, and any other horizontal surface that collects junk.
• Take time to sort through books, DVDs, and electronics to identify those items you don't want or need and stage them for donation or proper disposal.

Bedrooms

• As much as it may pain you, the goal here is to declutter your closets, dressers, and bedside tables. Purge your wardrobe and other clothing items of unwanted or unneeded items.
• Take time to organize the clothes you are keeping and set aside those seldom-used items for donation, while properly disposing of old bedding.

Bathrooms

• Make sure all of your possessions have a designated place in your bathroom cabinets, on countertops, and in medicine cabinets.
• Safely dispose of expired medications, discard unused toiletries, and organize bathroom essentials.

Home Office or Study Area

• These rooms or spaces are prone to clutter and piles. Decide on a strategy for decluttering  desks, shelves, and filing cabinets, and implement efficient storage solutions.
• Digitize important documents, recycle outdated paperwork, and organize office supplies.

Additional Areas

• This can include additional rooms or spaces that may exist in your home. For example, your house may have an attic, a basement, an attached garages, or even a separate laundry room.
• The same decluttering and organizing rules apply to these areas, as well. 

A Checklist Can Guide Your Room-by-Room Cleanout for Faster Results

Planning tools are often a great help when tackling large projects or complex jobs. Which is why we created this graphic checklist that you can use when you're ready to take on your room-by-room cleanout.

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Once you've completed your house cleanout, you will likely have piles of things you need to get rid of somehow. And this is where you will want to employ a simple but effective sorting and disposal strategy.

Before you begin your room-by-room cleanout, you should designate an area for staging or piling your discarded items. One effective approach is to create three piles or staging areas labeled as:

• Donate
• Sell
• Discard

You may want to take some time to determine the condition and usefulness of unwanted items,  as well as researching your local donation centers. If possible, go ahead and schedule bulk item pickups for these donated items.

Hiring a Junk Removal Service

If you've ever had to make a trip to a local landfill, or found yourself burdened with a large junk item and had no way to dispose of it, you'll appreciate the benefits of outsourcing the heavy lifting and proper disposal of unwanted junk materials.

The good news is that you don't have to search for "junk removal near me" on your phone or take a chance on some guy in a truck that offers junk removal for cash. You can easily call on the most reliable service provider in your area with a quick call to Junk King.

Your Rooms are Clean and Organized. Now Get Rid of the Junk!

No matter how much junk you've managed to get out of your home, or how many piles there are, the junk removal pros from Junk King can quickly come to your home to get rid of it all with their  efficient, safe, affordable, and eco-friendly junk hauling service. 

We make it easy for you to dispose of your excess junk or even those extra-large trash items.

Our full-service junk removal option allows you to simply call and book a junk removal appointment with us and our expert team will come and remove all your unwanted and unneeded items for you - and we'll do all the heavy lifting!

If you are planning to clean over several days but don't want piles of junk getting in your way, our MINI Dumpster rental option can be a great fit. You make the call and our team will drop of one of our easy-to-fill and conveniently sized roll off dumpster for you to put all your junk in over a period of 3 days. Then we'll come and take it all away for you.

So, whether you need our services several times during your cleanup or just one time, our hauling professionals can provide you with either option and will ensure that all the junk and debris is out of your way so that you can get on with your life.

We can often be at your home in mere minutes, so call us today!

Our team is fully insured and well-trained, so you can trust them to get rid of all your unwanted items in a professional and courteous fashion.

And one of the best things about hiring Junk King is that we recycle most of the material we pick up. This is proof of our commitment to being an eco-friendly removal service. If you have questions about what we do, give us a call at 1-888-888-JUNK (5865).