You have made the decision to put your home on the market. Now its time to make it shine from top to bottom. Nothing turns a buyer off more than a dirty home.
Take a moment to step outside your home and re-enter it as if you were a seller. Look in all of those corners. Are there spiderwebs? Do the baseboards need to be wiped down? Make a list as you walk through your home. If you don't think you can be objective about your own home, ask a friend or family member who will be brutally honest with you to walk through you home.
After you have made your list. Tackle one room at a time. Give all of those nooks and crannies a wipe. People will notice. Take some time to organize the closet and get rid of those things you are not using. Edit, edit, edit. Do you have too much furniture in the room, are there too many personal collections or photos. Always tell clients, once you have put that sign outside your home, its not your home any more. Its a product you are selling. It should look its best and be as neutral as possible.
One of the biggest turn offs is a dirty bathroom, especially the shower. 
I have been to many home showings of beautiful homes only to pull back the shower curtain to find moldy grout, a dirty tub and bottle after bottle of hair and body washes, not to mention the ever so creep wet washcloth discarded in the tub. All of your personal care products should be safely stowed away under the sink during showings. These products are very personal and can be a turnoff when the tub and sink are cluttered with these items.
Another big turnoff is a dirty kitchen sink. I have been in homes that are spotless from top to bottom only to look at the kitchen sink and see the remnants of a past meal in the drain and the wet wash clothes cousin, the wet dishcloth, sitting in the sink. Also you may want to open the refriderator and the oven and give them a good cleaning. I have seen some of the dirties appliances in the most expensive homes. If you can't even clean a stove, what else have you not cleaned.
If you don't think the details count, you are kidding yourself. Potential buyers see everything. Many times its all of the little things that add up to a potential buyer not wanting to buy your home.
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION.
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