• First and foremost, ask a trusted friend to inspect your home as a buyer would and request they highlight any flaws in the presentation. Some can be overcome with minimal effort and cost, whilst it may not be feasible to attend others.
   
• If your garden is rather bare consider a few terracotta pots beside the front door to break up a broad expanse and also windows boxes with flowering annuals can enhance the external appeal of your home. If you have sufficient notice, put fertilizer on the lawn to make it greener.

• Most of us acquire too much furniture over the years which can give a  cluttered appearance to rooms. Prevail on friends/ relatives or hire a garage to store excess furniture and possessions so that buyers can see and feel the full potential of rooms.

• Any obvious faults like loose tiles, missing fence palings, broken appliances or incomplete renovations should be attended to because they all indicate to the buyers that the owners do not care sufficiently. Buyers can then wonder unnecessarily if other things have been neglected.

• Finally, on each inspection day have flowers on display, set the dining room table for a dinner party, in winter light the fire, make a batch of scones or set up the coffee percolator. In this way you will appeal to the buyers sense of smell, sight and touch which helps create wonderful warmth and atmosphere.

                 Then leave us to complete the rest because you’ve done everything possible!!