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12. the agency 10 TIPS TO GET THE BEST PRICE FOR YOUR HOME! The following tips aren’t very difficult or costly but will certainly pay off in sales dollars. 1. Clear clutter, room by room. Take out personal photos – you want buyers to imagine themselves living there. 2. Get a professional clean – especially windows. Pay particular attention to kitchen and bathrooms – they must be spotless. 3. Tidy up the gardens – make it look neat and easy to maintain. Mulch garden beds if possible. 4. Check the outside of the house for neglect – cobwebs, old toys and tools lying around etc., are not appealing. 5. Get rid of any signs of neglect or poor maintenance in the house itself. Touch up paintwork, replace dead light bulbs, fix squeaky doors, broken blinds, handles and dripping taps etc. 6. Unless it’s a child’s bedroom, or bedrooms really are too small, put in a double or a queen bed or a buyer will assume a larger one won’t fit. 7. Use the best quality bed linen you can afford on the beds – and iron out the creases. 8. Beg or borrow items of furniture to replace any old saggy or stained sofas etc., and get rid of anything you can possibly do without. 9. Board pets with a friend and clear away any pet clutter. 10. Make liberal use of fresh flowers.