So, you’ve found the apartment of your dreams—congratulations! This is certainly an exciting time, but you’ve also got a lot of work ahead of you before you can kick back, relax, and start enjoying your new home. In addition to packing boxes, hiring a moving company, and changing your address, you should also consider deep cleaning your apartment before you move in. We’ve got some tips to help make this process easier for you.

Think About Where You’ll Be Storing Your Belongings

If you’re pressed for time, you should prioritize the areas of your apartment that you’ll be using for storage—for example, closets, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and any built-in shelving. It will be a lot harder and more time-consuming to go back and clean those spots once you’ve already filled them with your belongings, so save yourself time and effort later on by getting it done now.

Give Your Baseboards Some Attention

Just as you want to clean the shelves where you’ll be storing your items, you’ll also want to wipe down any baseboards that will have furniture in front of them. Depending on how heavy your furniture is, it may be too difficult to move it away from the wall and clean behind it later on, so it’s smart to take care of that ahead of time.

Don’t Forget Your Bathroom

No matter how clean your shower, bathtub, toilet, and countertops appear to be, you’ll have a lot more peace of mind knowing that you’ve cleaned and sanitized them yourself. Once you’ve done that, you’ll also want to hang up a shower curtain and towels, put down a bathmat, and stock the space with any must-have toiletries. It might be tempting to put off this task until later, especially when you’ve already got so much else on your plate, but think how nice it will be to have a hot shower waiting for you at the end of a long moving day.