Have you suddenly realized that your home has become cluttered with simply too much junk? Are you wanting to declutter but you're not sure where to start? Whether the clutter is actually yours or you've got to clean out a rental home or the home of a relative, dealing with this situation can be annoying and frustrating. Fortunately, there are some things that you can do to make the whole process easier on yourself and anyone who you have recruited to assist you with the cleanup. Some things that you should do include the following:

Rent a dumpster: When dealing with a home full of miscellaneous junk, one of the first things you should do is to engage the help of one of your local dumpster rental services. Household items can take up a lot more space than you might first think, meaning that an ordinary residential trash can simply isn't going to cut it. You could take the stuff to the local dump, but that'll waste a lot of time and energy that would be better directed toward the actual cleanup process. Even if you just get the smallest dumpster available, this can make a huge difference in the cleanup process.

Go room by room: After surveying the home to be cleaned out, it can be easy to get distracted and start trying to clean the whole house at once. As distracting as it might be, don't start cleaning out the bathroom if you're working on the living room or vice versa. Pick a room to start and don't deviate from that plan. If you've used one of your local dumpster rental services, you may want to start with the biggest room first. That way, if you wind up filling up the dumpster or running out of time, there is less trash left for you to deal with.

Categorize: If you're cleaning out a rental property, you may want to simply throw everything away. This is fine, and that's exactly what the dumpster rental services are there for. But why throw out good things if you don't have to? Once you've cleared out one area, you can start sorting things into a donate category as well as a category for things you want to keep. Depending on the size of the home and the items in question, it might make sense to devote entire rooms to one category so that there is no confusion. Your bedroom can be for stuff you're keeping, the living room can be for stuff to donate, and the garage can be where you put the trash until the dumpster arrives and you can throw everything away properly.