De-clutter your Kitchen PANTRY when preparing a home to sell.

De-clutter your Kitchen PANTRY when preparing a home to sell

It is so easy for Foods to get shoved in the back of the pantry and just forgotten about as time passes. When buyers consider your home, they will look into the pantry and kitchen cupboards wondering if there’s enough storage space, and so more than at any other time, it’s important to clean out the pantry before listing your home for sale. If there’s anything gross or expired, just throw it away. The money has already been spent. The food bank doesn’t want it …it’s OK to let that stuff go.

If there are foods that you know you or your family don’t eat , there’s really no reason to keep it. This is a great time to make a donation to the food bank. Box up any unexpired foods that you can’t see yourself eating anytime soon…. There’s nothing wrong with letting go of stuff you know that you will not use. There are plenty of hungry people in our community that would be happy to receive this food from the food bank.
If you like to be prepared for the future, and you have extremely long-term food storage, it would be nice to box those things up now and store them neatly in a weather protected corner of the garage until the move so that your pantry can feel spacious to any buyers considering your home.
It’s good during the course of a sale to purchase only the foods that you will actually be eating that week, or in the very near future to help maximize the appearance of the storage space in your kitchen.
If your project seems too big to tackle alone Efficient Spaces is a great resource to help!!! Her book sure helped me get started. (and you can find a copy here 😉 https://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-Quick…/dp/1946910147/

If you ever have questions about preparing your home to sell give me a call and I will be happy to help!! I am Anastasia and I love real estate! If you are buying or selling a house in Grants Pass, I am happy to help you. I am a licensed principal broker in the state of Oregon with Century 21 JC Jones American Dream

** You are invited to join me in a SPRING FLING challenge. Take a before photo, take about 15 minutes to get rid of anything you are not currently using or loving and see how much better your space feels. Congratulate yourself and take an after photo to validate the changes you have made. To have a chance to win a $20.00 Dutch Brothers gift-card share your photos on social media in the comments on Anastasia Hendrick’s daily post or tag “Anastasia Hendrick Real Estate” and post the photos to your own page. Alternatively, photos can be brought to 858 NW 6th Street GP. There will be one winner each week of the challenge. April 13 – May 20 2023 **