Step 1: Always plan ahead! Never commence a house clearance without having a work plan. By following a work plan you will ensure that everything will go as smoothly as possible. Make sure that your plan’s timetable is wide enough so that you can have the necessary time to clean your house from top to bottom.
Step 2: Sort your belongings by using the traffic light system. During the sorting process you will sort your belongings into four piles: to keep, to throw, to donate and to sell. Now determine which color means what. Most people assign the green for the items that they will keep, the red for the items that they will throw away and yellow for the items that they are not certain about. Be ruthless and use the green only for items that you definitely need. Also try to use the yellow are rarely as possible. It may sound hard and complicated but this sorting system will drastically ease the house clearance.
Step 3: This is the hardest step of your house clearance. Take two large plastic containers and go from room to room to gather the red items. In one of the container place all the items that you will throw away and in the other place the items that you will sell and donate. Do not have second thoughts about the items. You have already sorted them out, so simply take them and place them in the containers instinctively.
Step 4: De-clutter by arranging the green items properly and take out the container that contains the red items. Take the container with the yellow items in your garage and sort them in two piles so that you can take the donation items to the charity to which you are going to donate them. For the remaining items organize a yard sale and sale whatever you can. The rest either donate or throw but do not bring back inside.
If all this seems too complicated and time consuming for you, you can opt to hire a house clearance company that provides garden and house clearance services to conduct your clearance for you. You can easily find the contact details of such a company in the house clearance section of the yellow pages.
Make sure that you conduct a full house clearance at least once a year. This way you will keep the clutter to a minimum and you will know that you are living in a clean household.
