Please don’t get hung up on the grey tones and people saying it’s “over”. What matters is it looks smart and clean, and most people don’t give a monkeys what peer pressure says is trendy. At least, I wouldn’t! Neutral and clean is good.
Ref PP, my thoughts..
Def agree with decluttering but re dog, just make sure food bowls are away. Our dog was no problem for buyers.
I like some scented candles but find some overpowering, so if you do have any I’d recommended not to have them burning during viewings.
Same with all lights on, I’d think it must be a dark house. A subtle table light at dusk or later fair enough.
One thing I did was to buy some very nice soap, bubbles and shower gels. And a couple of v nice towels. Cleared out everything else for viewings. Made sure bathrooms were spotless and fresh. Idea was so that people (ok, women) could imagine themselves having a nice bath in the bathroom.
If you have an open house day, which I’d recommend, you can take the dog out for a few hours and leave it to the agent. Spotless clean, fresh flowers, bathroom windows open, pansies in pots by the door if you like. I mean, don’t laugh but I even made a v vanilla-y cake and left it on a stand in the kitchen.
One thing to add, you can’t always second guess people. I went to town on the garden and thought it looked brilliant, but the only issue the people buying it had was they might need a gardener to maintain it as gardening wasn’t their thing!