Northern Virginia Real Estate Video Blog

How to Prepare the Inside of Your Home for Winter

Nov 11, 2015

Today’s topic is preparing your home for the winter, the indoors edition. This is part one of a two part series, and we’ll cover the outside of your home on the next video. It may not feel like winter now, but it will be here before you know it. To make sure you are prepared for the weather and all that it brings with it, we want to give you some tips today for getting the inside of your home all ready for winter.

Right now is a great time to go through and thoroughly clean the interior of your home. We’re talking sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and even hiring a carpet cleaning service to steam clean or shampoo your floor. **We recommend mopping and sweeping those hardwood, tile, or linoleum floors as well. **

“Pay special attention to the bathrooms and kitchen.”

One area of your home you should pay special attention to is the bathrooms and the kitchen. Deep clean the countertops to refresh them for the season and get rid of those lingering cold germs.

Now is also a great time to perform preventative maintenance on your heating system. It’s not a bad idea to have a service contract with a company to check your heater a few times a year, which will help prolong its life.

Finally, make sure you check those smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and replace their batteries. **Also, check and purge your closets, cabinets, and garage of any unnecessary items and donate them to charity. **

If you have any questions for us about winterizing your home, give us a call or send us an email. We’ll be back with part two next time, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

About Jody Donaldson

Thank you for visiting Jody Donaldson and The Donaldson Team. As a native Northern Virginian with more than 25 years of real estate experience both as an agent and investor, I have seen the market’s ups and downs. This area has developed so much over the years and it is important to understand the growth that is taking place in our region. I have spent my entire life in public service and continue to do what I love most—helping others. I am a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Agent and Top Producer, voted “Best of Virginia” by Virginia Living Magazine in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and proud of all our accomplishments, but we couldn’t have done it without our wonderful clients and the great support of our family and friends. If you are thinking about selling your current home or purchasing the home of your dreams, please allow us to help you. Together we can make your dreams a reality. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day.

Jody Donaldson
The Donaldson Team
Century 21 New Millennium
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Jody was great to work with in all aspects of our transaction from initial contact 6 months prior when we asked him to come and look at the property to let us know what we needed to do to make the home sales ready, to now when the sale has been complete but there is an ongoing issue for the new owners with the septic. Jody has been attentive and gone beyond all expectations that we had. Exceptional service. Thank you.

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