How soon in advance should I start to prepare my home for sale?

We will list our house April or May. How far in advance should I start preparations?





I will have it painted inside, re-carpeted, and re varnish the trim. But I also plan to wash the blinds, pack up stuff to store off site to make the house look less cluttered, etc.





Should I start some things now or just wait until after Christmas or closer to listing time?How soon in advance should I start to prepare my home for sale?
Wait until after Christmas and try to schedule things to be completed by March.How soon in advance should I start to prepare my home for sale?
weeks before, lawns tidy , flowers growing, street lawn tidy ,even if you have to cut neighbours , windows cleaned, then go outside periodically and look for faults, spouting blocked, hinges oiled , that sort of thing
Start the day after New Year.