Selling a house AIBU

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So DH and I are keen to sell our house. We tried our luck a while ago for a couple of months (literally 2) but didn’t have a single viewing which was a massive disappointment so has taken us a while to decide to try again. It is a 3 bed modern house, in a really desirable town. When I say 3 bed it’s 2 bedrooms and a box room.

Anyway, from years of watching house programmes, I’m a strong believer in styling a house to sell it. Nothing major, mainly boxing up all our excess crap and storing it away for a bit and trying to pretend we live a minimalist lifestyle. As it is we have toys everywhere and washing wherever we can dry it and a bike currently living in our lounge. We also have a makeshift office on our kitchen table. The house is clearly too small for our needs and looks it.

DH wants to stick it on as is. I’m thinking that would not help us sell it in the least. Would you buy a house that clearly looked overly crammed I’m a bit mortified to have pics on Rightmove looking that messy but DH thinks I’m being silly. My inner House Doctor is horrified. Am I over thinking this? Help!

Sort it out and make it look minimalist. It will sell far quicker that way.

If you're selling a 3 bed in a nice area then your target market is probably families. They won't want something cramped.

Also you are doing your house a disservice if it's cluttered and bursting at the seams. You're showing it in the worst possible light.

I am actually an interior designer and a home stager. I stage homes mostly for developers and show homes but I have done individuals too. It is a proper job and not just on tv.
We make a house look and feel desirable. Not everyone can visualise or is able to see beyond the clutter and mess. Considering the current covid situation not many would go view something based on some pictures that don’t make the house look it’s best. You’re not going to risk it unless, you’re looking for a fixer-upper.

Some people have too much clutter, visual and real; Visual like displaying all 6 remote controls along with a box of tissue on the coffee table, if you have a coffee table to start with.
Some people have the wrong furniture, like large cumbersome, black leather corner sofa with gunmetal rugs in an already dark crumped space.

For some people the whole selection of cereal on display is no big deal but for the buyer it says “no cupboard space”. Same with cleaning products dotted around the house, especially bathrooms. The windowsill is not a Tesco display shelf. Buyers walk into a bathroom and want to feel like they are going to relax in the bathtub and not scrub a filthy toilet bowl.
Forget about the price and sell the dream. For some a 3 bed is small but for someone moving there from a flat it’s the dream.