De-Cluttering

A realtor's favorite word

 

for the exhausting work of sorting through and giving away, throwing out or boxing up 26 year's worth of books, photos, mementos, all the stuff that makes a house yummy in order to put it on the market, sufficiently empty and (what I think) bleak to appeal to a buyer! 

 Also giving it curb appeal--washing off the mold under the eaves,

 repainting the front porch, getting windows washed, gardening done, etc., etc.

Here's our secret selling weapon:  two brand new, shiny red furnaces in the basements.