Always try to subtly stimulate all five senses for your potential buyers; sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell.

Sight

You know that 'curb appeal' is essential when a potential buyer is pulling up to your home. That same 'first impression' happens with every door that is opened, every corner that is rounded and every staircase that is climbed.

Go outside your own front door, shut it and close your eyes for at least 30 seconds.

Open your front door.

What do you see? Did you think, "Wow, that's great!"? If not, then you have some staging to do.

Now repeat this test with every room in your home.

Hearing

Play a cd of instrumental classical or jazz to provide harmony thru the house; helping to blend in the traffic driving by or the neighbours kids playing in the backyard.

Taste

In this case 'taste' is referring to your decorating choices.

Pare down or store away your collection of dolls, dishes, figurines, etc.

Try to ensure that there are no more than 3 colours in any one room.

Touch

It's strange thinking of someone touching things in your home but hopefully it's about to be their home so make it touchable.

Thoroughly wash all doorknobs, cabinet, cupboard and closet hardware, and hand rails

Smell

A common misconception is that baking cookies or bread can help sell the home. Unfortunately,due to dietary restrictions or allergies, this may actually put some people off.

You want to have a neutral smell throughout the house.

An air cleaner/filter is best and a soft scent is fine but people should not be able to identify it.

Your goal is to have the potential buyers become new home owners; so leave them with a sense of home.