Selling your house, as much as selling anything, is an exercise in marketing. People buy with emotion, and given the stakes you'd be crazy not to put all your effort into making sure that you're presenting your home as favourably as possible, and finding out what presses your potential customers' buttons.

This week we've put together a collection of some of the better tips we've heard for preparing your house for sale. Know any clever tricks of your own? Leave us a comment...