Many sellers may assume they need to redecorate their home in tones of beige to appeal to buyers.
And some frantically deep-clean their property before allowing anyone in for a viewing.
But this may in fact all be for nothing, as the inside of a home is nothing to do with what puts buyers off.
Research by property experts Sellhousefast.uk has found for Britons looking to make a move on the property ladder, noisy neighbours are in fact the most off-putting thing when house hunting.
A study of 1084 Britons revealed a loud neighbour is the number one reason they would withdraw from a house sale.
Shockingly, a massive 70 per cent of those surveyed said this would push them to withdraw an offer on a house.
A FOI request by Sellhousefast.uk of the 33 boroughs in London revealed Newham was the area with the most complaints about noisy neighbours, with 5935 in 2016.
Researchers believed this could be due to the younger age demographic of the borough, with more than a quarter of residents aged 25 or younger.
City of London had the least, with only 128 complaints last year (information for Westminster was not available).
London councils received a total of 142,634 noise complaints last year. 37 per cent of these complaints (or 52,398) were specifically about partying, or the loud music associated with throwing parties.
This averages out at 144 complaints a day about next door’s night-time gatherings.
Law firm Slater Gordon conducted a survey last year looking into how bad neighbour relations had become.
The results had also shown that 20 per cent of the participants had been in contact with their local council over the noise.
In the end, things had got so bad for some residents that more than a third had considered moving because of it.
Sellhousefast.uk spokesperson, Robby Du Toit, has seen first-hand the detrimental effects of noisy neighbours: “We have dealt with homeowners that have come to us as they are desperate to be rid of their noisy neighbours, many of them are families with babies that are woken up by constant partying.
“We have seen that the situation worsens in cities and towns that have a large student population like London.”
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