Preparing your home for sale can be a daunting task.  And it can be expensive!  By the time you’ve paid the kennel to keep your pooch out of sight, had a cleaner through, and planned for Toronto’s notorious land transfer tax, you could be in the hole tens of thousands.  

But putting up an messy or unclean listing can cost you just as much when it comes to the sale price.  Think of it this way: buyers like new, clean things.  Like hotels, and new shoes.  They don’t love cat litter and pasta noodles in the sink.