You’re unlikely to get your money back out of improvements. BUT, they’ll make your home easier to sell.

Clean and clean some more. Powerwash the driveway and sidewalk. At sale time, get some handsome LARGE flowerpots (just one or two) and fill with fat blooming annuals.

That tree is a huge red flag for your home and will turn buyers off. It’s obvious that something will have to be done about it sooner or later.

Find a new home for the trashcans, either inside the garage or set off to the side behind a new short privacy panel.

Move the trash cans. Not something a buyer wants to see when they pull in for the first time. I agree, the tree needs to go, and sooner, the better. It will make the house look a bit naked, so I would have the stump removed, and buy a small sized tree that gets flowers on it, and replace the big one with it. Do a minimum of landscaping, just keep it clean and spotless at all times. Clean the driveway. Make sure the windows are all sparkling clean. and put in some big pots full of bright colored flowers. Make sure all other trees are pruned and shaped nicely, and that your grass looks good. You will not get your money back on painting the house.

Window boxes are hard to keep looking nice. Plant a nice, bushy flowering shrub under the window. Research what local houses have sold for in your area. It's easy to do on sites like Zillow and Redfin. My guess is that you won't get anywhere near your money back with most of the changes you're suggesting. Because, in the end, you'll still have a snout-nosed house with whatever interior you have now.

Pan the trim either the same as the house, or a couple shades darker.

It will unify the house...make it more important.

Definitely, spend the money on the driveway and front walk. Remove the oak tree. it has had its life. Investigate resurfacing with stamped concrete. I'd go with brick.

I see languishing foundation plants. Remove and replant with something like cherry laurel, an evergreen, which can be trimmed and trained to fill in like a low hedge. It has white flowers in the summer and berries in the winter.

Inside when you decide to list is, remove any "stuff",clean the house and wash the windows!

Emphasize the entrance with a simple white frame, de-emphasize the garage door by painting it to match the house, add shrubs to the bed between the walkway and the house, ground cover under the oak?

I love this home's quiet simplicity. (So done with flashy, oversized McMansion's!) Here one could live lightly on the earth, taking less, giving more. I would buy this in a heartbeat.

Is there a view of the house when approaching from the right side? Maybe emphasize that as your entry way, even though its the garage that is facing the street. I would get advice from someone local re how hot your market it. Spending money to make your house sell faster is unnecessary if is likely to get multiple offers and sell in 48 hours. Similarly the tree - looks to be a woodsy neighborhood and again a local opinion would be more reliable. Where I live mature canopy trees are valued - said to add $$$ to value of a property, not lessen it. Shade from a tree that size can make a house 10-20 degrees cooler in summer. Unless its diseased or dying, all it needs is perhaps to be better shaped (possibly removing the big odd limb on the right ).

Thanks everyone for all the feedback and ideas! This is super helpful - all the visuals are super helpful too. So thank you for the extra time doing that!

To clarify, we’ve done a lot of DIY projects and feel comfortable doing most of the work (including painting) ourselves, so we don’t plan on spending too much money fixing it up. It would mainly be sweat equity 😊

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