Properties will almost always look better furnished, though they should be clean, presentable and uncluttered. Sara Ransom, of buying agency Stacks Property Search, says: “There’s a temptation for relatives to remove all signs of personality from a property where the owner has died. But there is a balance and my advice would be to let the property tell its story.”
Ms Ransom is working for a young family looking for a home in Dulwich, south-east London. “They love properties where they can feel the ‘soul’ and can see the memories of a happy family life in photographs and height charts,” she says.
