Selling your home? Add 'kerb appeal' by putting your garden in order

‘Kerb appeal’ is not an estate agent riff, says Kya deLongchamps, who urges you to put your garden in order if you want to attract house-buyers’ attention

In the decisive few minutes before a prospective buyer steps inside your house, they will pull up by car and judge the horticultural package framing their domestic hopes and dreams. If they are greeted by shrieking cock-a-poos, sinister tall grasses waving from the gutters, a curious ascending crack in the render and an apologetic obstacle course passing for a front garden — how would you react?