{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-11T00:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/how-to-prepare-your-home-for-viewings\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:40","slug":"how-to-prepare-your-home-for-viewings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/how-to-prepare-your-home-for-viewings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare your home for viewings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buyers often decide how they feel about a home within the first few minutes of a viewing. You do not need to renovate: a clear, clean and bright home lets people see the space instead of the clutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before the first viewing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Declutter:<\/strong> clear worktops, tables and hallways, and pack away about a third of what is on your shelves.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Fix the small things:<\/strong> dripping taps, loose handles, blown bulbs and sticking doors are easy to sort and easy for buyers to notice.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Clean thoroughly:<\/strong> kitchens, bathrooms and windows matter most.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Tidy the outside:<\/strong> mow the lawn, sweep the path and make sure the front door and house number look cared for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open curtains and blinds and switch on lamps in darker rooms.<\/li>\n\n<li>Air the rooms and keep cooking smells to a minimum.<\/li>\n\n<li>Put pets, their bowls and their beds out of the way.<\/li>\n\n<li>Leave the viewing to your agent if you can. Buyers speak more freely when the owner is not there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask your agent for honest feedback after the first few viewings. If several people mention the same thing, it is usually worth fixing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small, low-cost jobs that help buyers picture themselves living in your home, room by room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}