How to get house smelling nice to sell/show?

[Pontie]

We are selling our house and about to start viewings. I just want a house that smells fresh. It looks impeccably clean and fresh but we do have young children and dogs. All clutter has either been chucked or put into storage.

My plan is to rent a carpet cleaner, wash throw blankets, sofa covers, cushions etc. Change bedding. Curtains have already been washed.

Keep bathrooms spotless. Keep windows open.

Maybe chuck zoflora in mop water. Wash wooden floors with method floor cleaner.

Maybe bake a vanilla cake when we have viewings but that is obligations dependent.

I personally like some plug ins but know it is off putting to some.

Any products I should buy?

Any additional actions?

Im pretty tidy and friends assure me that my house does not smell but you never know!

I nearly didn't buy my house because the owners had so many artificial scent things going- plug ins, diffusers, the works. Thankfully they took all the curtains but it took ages to get the smell out of the carpets!

Just clean, fresh air and don't let it smell overwhelmingly of dog or BO and you will be fine 😁😁

I did once chuck some part baked bread in the oven before a viewing and those people bought the house 😂

Don ‘t use plug ins. I am VERY allergic to them, and am sure I am not the only one. It would put me off if I viewed a house and ended up with swollen face and streaming eyes.

Sling the dog beds in the car a good couple of hours before the viewings, no need to wash each time, but washing them regularly while the house is on the market is a good idea.

Scent makes me sneeze and I truly can't stand them. Clean the house and open the windows and it will be fine. Good luck!

Plug ins are harmful to dogs.

lol that's what you think!
I bet your viewers didn't agree!

Completely agree with this. Dogs stink, no matter if their owners think they don't.

Make sure the dog isn’t in the house for the viewings.

I accidentally discovered the best thing ever for making your house smell wonderful. Scatter a bit of washing powder around - in corners or under units/furniture. It smells fresh and clean. ( It also cleans green slippery flags too).

Do you have Pura in the UK? It's a plug in air freshener that you control via an app. There are some gorgeous fragrances and you control how strongly you want them and at what time. Definitely not like a cheap plug in Glade.

I like Spring awakening too.

You are way overthinking it.

Go easy on the scented stuff. It's off putting to many people with allergies (plugins make me cough up a lung) and people will wonder what you're trying to mask.

Before any one comes fill the sink and a few bowls with boiling water dotted around the house and add a bit of comfort or lenor then remove before they come or when the water had cooled

Your friends (the friends you mention on mumsnet) are lucky, then. My allergies, (the allergies that I am now mentioning on mumsnet) happen to me in real life.

Funny that.

What a strange comment.

I completely agree that cheap and nasty fragrances are unpleasant, but if you are thoughtful and use a light touch then it's very subtle and welcoming. How on earth can you possibly speculate as to what the viewers thought? 😂

Totally agree

God don't do that. You'll probably be responsible for killing off a few asthmatics

I can’t bear the smell of fabric softener. I would turn around and leave.

Some of us have really bad reactions to artificial scents. I have to ask people to blow out candles and switch off plugs ins if they have them on as they make me feel really nauseous. Luckily, most people I know don’t use them them but a few do and I avoid going round.

@BigWillyLittleTodger love the smell of cinamon

But @Herdinggoats coffee would make me run and puke. It did when I was preg as well - well hg and people walking past me with a Costa take out and heave

Smells are so personal

Smells really are personal aren't they? I can't stand the smell of coffee either.

How do some of you every buy anything?