Use bright light bulb in foyer light fixture

Turn on all lights in home in the evening to welcome potential buyers

Fill the house with pleasant aromas of cinnamon or other fresh scents

Spotlessly clean woodwork, carpeting, and windows throughout house

Clear window ledges of all objects to give a nice glimpse inside and out

Repaint walls if necessary in neutral colors such as antique white

Remove huge photo collages

Eliminate clutter

Clean the closets

Organize the kitchen cupboards

Set up vignettes in various rooms to convey a story, such as turning down the bed, setting up a backgammon game in the family room and setting the table for company

Living Room/Family Room

Discard worn furniture and move extra to storage area. Too much furniture makes rooms look small

Clear away all magazines, books, and unnecessary objects from furniture throughout the house

Take down pictures that hide walls. Patch nail holes and paint

Add lamps and lighting if dark

Open curtains

Set out fresh flowers

Clean Fireplace

Mow the lawn; trim trees and shrubs away from house. You can’t sell a house if you can’t see it. Rake leaves; remove dead plants, flowers or shrubs

Put away tools, garbage cans, hoses, toys and building materials neatly in the garage

Check for broken roof shingles, straight lines on gutters, shutters, windows and siding

Clean windows and front door

Seal or resurface driveway

Clear patios or decks of planters, flower pots, charcoal, barbeques

In the front yard, dress up around shrubs and lamp post with large quartz stones, railroad ties, and pine bark mulch, etc

Clean Chimney

Paint if needed

Replace burned out lights

Clean up after Fido

Clean or replace the house numbers