What are your top tips for selling a home? - £300 voucher to be won

Have the house clean and smelling fresh with the heating on if its cold to give a cozy feel.

Declutter, people assume the property is smaller if there is clutter.

Try to be as honest as possible with viewers. There is no point wasting time later on down the process

Look at your rooms in a mirror. It gives a fresh outlook and helps you see the house from an outsiders viewpoint.

Be easily available or get the estate agent to show people round and make sure you have an estate agent who’ll work and not just put your details on line and then sit back and do nothing.

And the obvious things like keeping the rooms freshly aired, clean and tidy and the front garden well-kept.

When buying we found Google Earth invaluable to see what wasn’t visible from the road when we drove round to look for suitable neighbourhoods.

Uncluttered/empty kitchen work surfaces. A tidy house, no clutter

Some buyers want to do a house up and make it their own and some want a show home, aim for the market that your area and price range attracts.

Have great photographs taken - substitute your own if you don't like the Estate Agents (look at how various agents present details... they all have a "theme". Check details and make amendments.

Ensure house has kerb appeal (Windows clean, garden tidy etc)

On viewing days tidy up but let it look lived in! I leave a coffee cup and book by a chair overlooking the garden so the viewer thinks hmmm that's a nice spot for relaxing.

Also, in the garden ensure it us tidy.

And as a lot of others have said; De-clutter so when that cupboard is opened it shows lots of storage space (also saves you moving stuff to your next home that you don't use)

A very good estate agent and make it tidy and look relevant to modern life

I know a lot of people seem to redecorate their house before they put it on the market... Yes, I'd love to move into somewhere that doesn't need major renovations, but sometimes when estate agents are boasting about the new kitchen that's been fitted in a house I cringe because it's so not my taste I'd have to rip it out and fit a new one anyway. Which seems a horrible waste!

I can see beyond decor that's not to my taste, or a little dated, but if the place is filthy I recoil. Moved into too many dumps and had to clear up other people's mess to want to have to do it again!

Ideally the place will be clean and well presented. I don't ask for much XD

First impressions count, so weed the garden and cut the grass. Declutter all your precious collectables,clean your windows inside and out and add a bunch of fresh flowers.
In your kitchen clean all your work surfaces and cooker and hob (add a tray of freshly baked buns on a cooling rack).

When we sold our old house 2 years ago I asked a lot of friends that I trusted completely to come and walk through the house and look at it as though they were thinking of buying. I then asked them to be totally honest about anything that they liked or that might put them off.
I then looked at anything they considered 'off putting' and focussed on fixing these. They were all simple things, but in some cases, things that I wouldn't have even considered because I saw them so often that they didn't register.

For example, one friend said that seeing a load of coats hanging on coat hooks in the entrance hall made them think that there wasn't enough storage space to put them away anywhere else, while another said that the amount of books on my bookshelves (while impressive) made that display area look overcrowded and too busy.

I think curb appeal is importaint, clean home a home that looks loved and cared for. keep pets out the way and show the house your self. I sold my house as soon as it went on the market but my neighbour up the road couldnt sell in 5 years but her home didnt have a lot of appeal

De clutter, paint in neutral colours and do those DIY jobs that have been put off.

De-Clutter is a bug must that way they can see the actual size of the rooms and can then visage what their belongings would look like in the rooms

Be honest and know your area. People like to deal with people they feel that can trust. Know your local area, schools, buses nearby shops etc. You may not use the buses but it might be important to prospective buyers

decorate neutral colours. keep it clean and minimal personal items on show

Most buyers start looking for properties online and expect to see loads of photos, so your property has to look its best from. Untidy properties and ones that look like they have limited space aren’t likely to get any interest

Declutter, it never amazes me to see how in some house particulars there are pictures where there are clothes hanging about, unmade beds and stuff everywhere (French properties in particular but thats another matter). Puts me off so I expect it puts others off.

Before we put our house on the market 4 years ago (sold within 6 months despite wasting a couple of months with a time waster who put an offer in so took house off market and then estate agent told us he had put an offer in elsewhere (we were just a back up plan I think) we did the following:

we redecorated, inside and out (tart up really), decluttered, removed evidence of pets etc when people came to view (no one wants to see a litter tray or smelly dog bed - we had a garden storage chest outside that we plonked them in whilst people were viewing), put fresh flowers in the hallway, made sure beds were made before viewers turned up, tv/radio turned off etc.

Also what we did when we moved out was leave a little pack with details where the stop cock was, of bus/train times, taxis, takeaways, doctors etc

Keep furnishings minimal - ship out your excess stuff. Keep your home as bland as possible in all ways.

Just before putting our house up for sale we boxed up everything we could live without for a few months and stored it with family. The house was then lovely and spacious and clutter free for the estate agent photos and viewings. Also when the time came to move a fair amount of the effort had already been done!

Clear as much of your stuff away as possible - ornaments, trinkets etc. Store them in the garage or put them into storage.
Keep bed linen and curtains plain.
If the walls are papered or painted with lots of patterns, put a fresh lick of paint up to make the place look bigger and brighter.

Avoid nasty smells, espe hall coffee who h makes some people feel sick. Other people who don't mind coffee smells will immediately recognise it as an estate agents trick and will wonder what other smells- incontinent dog, bad drains, mouldy walls, you are trying to hide by the overpowering smell of coffee.

When you are selling, your home, you have to remember it won't be yours soon.
I was told to get rid of bulky Items, as it makes the room look smaller, so take them out put them in storage for a few weeks or next doors garage. Have plenty of light in all the rooms, put the coffee on, so its aroma is all over the house. If you know your neighbours well, you could put the children next door or with a relative, Lights are essential, best Linen not old and tired, and if they say oh that wallpaper has got to go,be polite people can be critcal but don't mean. Hopefully you will get your sale.

Keep it tidy for starters. Don't have too many ornaments as they look like clutter. Fresh, light walls and furniture. Also the smell of coffee when someone visits the house.

Find a good estate agent and be guided by what they say