A Smart Way to Minimize Your Child’s Clutter While Selling

Selling a home with kids can be difficult. Here’s a quick tip to make things a bit easier for everyone.

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One of the most stressful parts of selling your home can be getting your kids prepared. Having kids of my own, I know the struggle of trying to keep all of their things tidy when a showing could happen in a moment’s notice.

Decluttering your child’s room or play area can be hard, especially when they are young. It’s not until you start putting their toys away into storage that they mention the toy they haven’t played with in a year is their “favorite.”

Give them the choice to keep the things they really want.

Here’s what I suggest you do. Give them the choice to keep the things they want. Get a big storage bin, but not too big that it doesn’t fit under your child’s bed. Tell them that they can keep the box full as long as you are in the house. If it fits in there, it stays until you move. Anything that doesn’t fit in the box, however, has to be put away until you can unpack in your new home.

Every time you have a showing, all you or your child needs to focus on is making sure the box gets filled back up and put underneath the bed. This really simplifies the decluttering process and still allows for your kids to have their favorite toys on hand. The clients of mine who have followed this advice have had significantly less stress during their home sale than those who haven’t.

If you have any questions for me or you’re thinking about selling your home, give me a call or send me an email. I’d be happy to help out in any way possible.