Put the toys away when the estate agents visit

Parents need to tidy up the house and put clutter away if they want to sell their house.

According to RatedPeople.com, the cheapest and easiest way of selling a house was keeping rubbish out of sight and clutter put away.

A tidy home gives the impression that a house has been well maintained and also the illusion of size.

House buyers make their minds up whether to purchase a property in as short a time as the first eight seconds.

A fussy 67 per cent of buyers admitted to walking away if a home was very untidy.