it isn't the stuffed toys - they are grand. It is the multiple bottles around the bath, the unopened boxes of stuff in the dining room - actually the entire dining room has stuff in it that doesn't do it justice, ditto the clothes on an airing rack in the study and all the stuff left around. Estate agents should do their job and advise their clients on what to do before the photos are taken - otherwise what is the point of them??
If I were putting my house on the market tomorrow and photos were about to be taken, I wouldn't have it the way it is right now. There is nothing wrong with the way it is right now but I'd put away our coats, get rid of the piles of books on the side table, put away the photos and cards etc on my mantelpiece and kitchen windowsill. And I'd expect whoever I hired to sell the house (especially if my house were on the market for over a million) to tell me how to maximise interest.