In your experience, have you found a particular thing that gets overlooked during the cleaning process, prior to listing?

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Stefan Winter

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I would say ceiling fans or windows, are the two most common once I see.

Oct 30, 2015 04:26 AM

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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

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The refrigerator inside and they still may have magnets all over the door. Off they come for the photo shoot.

Oct 30, 2015 04:04 AM

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Roy Kelley

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

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Window sills for higher windows

Oct 30, 2015 03:31 AM

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Les & Sarah Oswald

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Ceiling fan blades. It gets dusty very quickly in our area, especially during Summer months.

Oct 30, 2015 03:17 AM

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Patricia Kennedy

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The top of the refrigerator and the kitchen cabinets. And they are always slimy with grease.

Oct 30, 2015 11:54 AM

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Joan Cox

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I have seen many intake vents (high on the walls) that most sellers overlook, as they have to look up. Always the corners of each room.

Oct 30, 2015 09:30 AM

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Tammy Lankford,

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ceiling fans. There is always a mountain of dust on the ceiling fans.

Oct 30, 2015 08:37 AM

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Kathleen Luiten

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Most of the things already mentioned plus power-washing the eaves and hardscape if needed. In the tropics it often is!

Oct 30, 2015 06:42 AM

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William Feela

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Yea...most corners

Oct 30, 2015 06:11 AM

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Joe Pryor

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Air conditioning filters.

Oct 30, 2015 06:10 AM

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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041

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It's not overlooked, just simply very hard and mostly unsuccessful cleaning of the shower/tub grout.

All those plastic pieces found in 20 year old houses that long ago left the white spectrum. The very, very worst is that 1978 NuTone intercom controllers.

Oct 30, 2015 04:21 AM

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Roy Kelley

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Most of the time, windows have not been cleaned and that effort or expense makes a lot of difference.

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Bob Crane

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It takes several sets of eyes to see all the dirt.

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I would say ceiling fans or windows, are the two most common once I see.
The refrigerator inside and they still may have magnets all over the door. Off they come for the photo shoot.
Ceiling fan blades. It gets dusty very quickly in our area, especially during Summer months.
The top of the refrigerator and the kitchen cabinets. And they are always slimy with grease.
I have seen many intake vents (high on the walls) that most sellers overlook, as they have to look up. Always the corners of each room.
ceiling fans. There is always a mountain of dust on the ceiling fans.
Most of the things already mentioned plus power-washing the eaves and hardscape if needed. In the tropics it often is!
It's not overlooked, just simply very hard and mostly unsuccessful cleaning of the shower/tub grout.

All those plastic pieces found in 20 year old houses that long ago left the white spectrum. The very, very worst is that 1978 NuTone intercom controllers.
Most of the time, windows have not been cleaned and that effort or expense makes a lot of difference.