Caring for Your Apartment's Luxury Features

Your luxury apartment at Parkside at Craig Ranch comes with a variety of features and finishes you’ll love. With wood-style flooring, granite or quartz countertops, ceiling fans, and tile backsplashes, your apartment is designed with the luxury lifestyle you want in mind. The key to maintaining these features and their beauty is regular cleaning, but there’s no need to spend a long time at this task to get great results. Keep reading to find out how you can make cleaning your apartment and keeping its luxury features and finishes an easy part of your weekly routine.

Cleaning Your Fans

Ceiling fans are an excellent apartment feature that help to circulate air for greater comfort, regardless of the season. However, ceiling fans can also easily accumulate dirt and dust, affecting your indoor air quality and detracting from the look of the fixture itself. Keeping your ceiling fan clean is simple—all you’ll need to do is stand on a step stool or ladder and place a pillowcase over each blade in turn. Pull the top part of the pillowcase back toward you, using gentle pressure, to capture all the dirt and dust inside the case. Then, all you’ll need to do is shake the pillowcase out over a trash can and wash it with your next load of laundry.

Cleaning Your Countertops

Keeping your countertops clean will highlight the beauty of your granite or quartz. The key to cleaning granite and quartz is to avoid using abrasive cleaners or chemicals, including citrus and vinegar, as they will damage or discolor the surface. Cleaning granite and quartz is as easy as wiping the surfaces down with a soft, damp cloth, then buffing with a dry cloth to prevent streaks and water spots. Addressing spilled foods and liquids immediately will also make cleaning easier for beautiful, sparkling countertops. When you need a bit more cleaning power, simply add a few drops of mild everyday dish detergent to your damp cloth, then rinse with clean water and dry.

Cleaning Your Floors

The wood-style flooring in your apartment is not only beautiful, it is also easy to clean. Sweeping or dry mopping is the best way to keep dirt and dust from accumulating on your floors. If you prefer to vacuum your wood-style flooring, turn off the vacuum’s beater brush for the best results. Wiping or blotting any spills as soon as they occur will keep liquids and foods from affecting the look of your flooring or requiring more work to remove once they are dry. To remove tougher stains, make sure to use a product specifically designed for laminate flooring, which will make cleaning easier and prevent any accidental damage or discoloration.

Parkside at Craig Ranch features luxury apartments in McKinney, TX, with spacious layouts and community amenities that include our wellness studio, onsite pet park, and multi-level resident parking garage. We invite you to learn more about life in our amazing apartment community on our website, where you’ll also find a map of our local neighborhood, our available floor plans, and much more.