Advice needed on staging inherited house 😮

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So I inherted my dads house.
The house is the house of an old person nothing has been replaced for years and would need complete redecorating. Windows doors etc are sound heating is old school storage heaters and big coal fire not open.
I dont know how much furniture to leave in for instance the dining room currently has a 8 seater dining table and chairs and dresser with a old coal aga (this is in the dining room and hasnt been used for 20 years) , whilst the kitchen is small. Do I leave those in there or do I clear them out so people can imagine converting to a kitchen diner? And the existing kithen area becoming a utility room?
I will clear all rubbish obvs but how much stuff ornaments etc do I leave bits of furniture?
I'm not planning on repainting or anything as that seems pointless and the price will reflect that it needs redoing.
The garden is large and im just planning on kerping the lawn mowed again seems to be no point filling pots on patios.
Whats making me wonder though is advice I read on here seems to suggest people cant imagine stuff and understand how rooms and furniture work and need it shown to them 😂.
Any advice, I have never sold a house before 😲 so am in the dark, I know the estate agent will advise but I would like some idea before I start the process.

I think this is the best course of action, OP.

I really wouldn't waste time and money repainting anything. Make sure it is clean, smells as fresh and aired as possible, is tidy and uncluttered. A thorough clean is well worth the relatively small investment in my opinion. If something like a tap needs repairing, definitely do that too.

I moved last year and dragged my weary rear around many a property, including those where an old person had either died or been moved into a care home. The tired and dated decor never bothered me. I was looking for obvious signs of neglect where repairs had not been done and things were damp, leaking, roofs where tiles were missing - that kind of thing.

A startling terracotta coloured dining room would not have worried me at all, as a repaint is so easy.

With the garden again just tidy and fences in a reasonable state of repair would be important. I was on the look out for anything invasive that established itself but other than that had my own ideas, so didn't need it to be looking like RHS Wisley!

Oh and a new kitchen possibly in a different room. So quite a lot and very expensive.

I think the best way to assess how realistic the price is, is to take a look at what else is on offer and what has sold over the last year, and for what price. that will give you a sense. eg if the price is similar to what a house tha had already had all the modernisation done, then yes, perhaps they're being optimistic. But if your footprint is noticeably bigger that may be why. It's impossible to tell without knowingng what else is happening in the area.

Fair enough, its just so difficult so many houses have been reduced in price on rightmove, so are clearly overpriced.

The problem is also its on its own outside the village no neighbours so very hard to compare prices.

I'd leave basic furniture, rugs and pictures. Covers a multitude of sins.

based on everything you've dsaid, my instinct would be that the house should be priced somewhat lower than anything else local. Less convenient location, needs lots of work etc. Also, look at sold prices, vs what they are on for.

How much less is harder to say. But, I remember looking at houses around here a few years ago and a house up the road from us that needed similar modernisation to you was sold at a price that surprised me but made me think the higher valuation the estate agent had suggested for our house wasn't crazy.

I'd make it as minimal as possible to make it seem spacious, so a couple of sofas, rather than two sofas, two arm chairs, a massive coffee table and an piano, and no room to stand, like my parents' living room a dining table and six chairs, no need for more, but the main thing is you need to price it as a project and those people will be perfectly capable of seeing potential.

We completely cleared PIL house (it took four of us every Saturday for six months) so were completely done with it by that point. It needed a lot of work. It sold as seen in 48 hours.

If you paint the rest of the house will look tatty and buyers may wonder what you were trying to hide.

You know it will need work so you won't be attracting buyers who want a turnkey property so dont invest too much time/effort. Just make it look cared for (clean, not cluttered, not smelly) so buyers dont start worrying that the house has been neglected.

Empty it it a complete refurb much easier to work with a blank canvas

BTW coloured bathroom suites are coming back in

Yes, that worked for us.

Thank you everyone for all your advice 😊