Advice needed: Moving house....

we need a bigger place so our house has just gone up for sale. Next we have to brace ourselves for complete strangers exploring our home and nit-picking every tiny little thing . Has to be done though. Anyway, we're busy tidying up and doing those few little odd repair jobs that never got done earlier. We want people who come for a view to know they can move into good solid house. So, to seal the deal, which Reed Diffuser should we buy? And how many oversized candles in the hearth?

 

Be prepared for nosey Parkers and time wasters some people seem to make a hobby of it.

 

Tealights around the bath. IKEA will sell you a pack of 2,500 for a few quid.

 

a few fridge magnets are acceptable but go easy on the pot pouri and staged fruit bowl...

my advice is to get your daughter to answer the door when the viewers come round....they'll be like putty in your hands

 

Dont forget the bread baking in the oven

 

..... & coffee brewing in the pot. Look how many loiterers there are in Costas at the weekends

 

And fresh ground coffee......

 

Missed.........

 

Swarfega. And creosote. They both get me going

 

and although it's a cliche....have some fresh coffee brewing...it'll cover the smell of your manky old pile

 

maybe skip the coffee then...we're all on to it

 

could you arrange for a lovely neighbour to 'happen to pop round' with some freshly baked scones?

 

Most people will see the cosmetics and won't see the important stuff, because that's what people do. It makes no difference that they will decorate again when they move in, appearances count. So get the paint out and make it look nice. Bathroom and kitchen must be presentable as well, people don't want to feel they have to do these jobs and it will knock loads off the price. New cheap crap units / bathroom is better than faded and tatty good quality in the eyes of most buyers. Think superficial and you won't go wrong.

 

Not much to do with coffee in a Costa.

 

Don't forget the coffee! Bacon and cakes also add a comfort feel.

And try not to mention that the next door neighbour is a drummer in a heavy metal band!

 

Should the Athena poster of the tennis lass showing her bum come off the wall too? Mind it is hiding a patch of dry rot......

 

A house we looked at once had miss matched kitchen units ,expanding foam coming out of the roof tiles,all the white goods in the garage sitting in a pool of water and dog poop all over the place

 

Don't get me started on their palm oil policy, this is a nice cosy thread about Jack Tatty's future...

 

Ha ha, yes. Actually we've been really blessed with our neighbours, we'll miss em

 

As I have said before get the agent to do the viewings, forget all that tosh ... just declutter even if it means you have to put stuff in storage. Anyway enuff of the sensible advice ... if you need tea lights we have a spare box here