Declutter Now
Save Money!
Protect Your Health!
"Declutter now" is not just a mantra for organized living. There are
priority health concerns associated with clutter that can affect you physically and emotionally.
An organized home without clutter is a healthier and more peaceful
environment for you to create the life you want.
When you get rid of clutter you improve your life by improving your environment.
Not just a fad for organized living, this process can increase your sense of well
being through creating order in your space, and it will save you money too!
At the very least you can prevent some potential
priority health problems from occurring.
In addition to the very real physical,
emotional and
spiritual risks associated with clutter in a
home there are some very real costs in terms of dollars and cents.
If you declutter now you could save yourself some real money.
If you are using your home for storing instead of living it is costing you!
Just because you are not renting storage a space does not mean that the storage in your home is free!
Even if your home is paid for (congratulations!) you are still paying for the space, as there are annual
taxes, insurance, heating and other costs associated with your dwelling.
How much can you save if you declutter now?
Step #1
Estimate the value of your home and divide it by the square footage of your house or apartment.
This figure is the real dollar value of each sqare foot of your home.
Step #2
Take this figure from step #1 and multiply it by the number of square feet currenty being used for storage.
The resulting figure is the actual cost of storage in your home.
Here's how it works:
Based on an estimated monthly payment of $1500 (mortgage or rent) for a 1500 square foot house,
this comes down to one dollar per square foot. Here is the cost of storage per month for some
average size rooms.
| Size
of room or closet |
cost
per month |
| 2ft x
5ft (average reach in closet) |
$10 |
| 2ft x
8ft (large reach in closet) |
$16 |
| 9ft x 12ft (small bedroom) |
$108 |
| 12ft x
12ft (large bedroom) |
$144 |
This estimate is based only on the monthly mortgage payment.
You would have to add in the cost of heating, annual taxes, repairs, and maintenance etc. to
get the actual cost. When you add up all the square footage in your home that is used to store things
you may not be using it becomes clear that there is no such thing as free storage!
Declutter now and start using that valuable square footage in your home for organized living
instead of disorganized storing.
Stumble It!