Those pics are helpful. A few suggestions to consider:
- The landscaping on both sides of the walkway to the front door looks a little neglected. On the left side, cover up the dirt with some sort of mulch.
- Those 2 rooms where you have area rugs - remove them. It makes each room feel smaller. Plus, it hides the wood floors underneath. That's a feature that you don't want to cover up!
- The kitchen seems dark. Needs more lighting or maybe it's just the angle of where you took the picture from. You can get some portable/movable small LED lights from Walmart that you can stick on the under side of the cabinets. Put in a few of those (they don't cost much, they run on batteries) and it will change the feel of the kitchen. As is, the kitchen feels dark, cramped, and depressing. But again...it might just be the location that you took the picture from.
- The big room w/the portable A/C unit - size of the room is great. The portable A/C unit is a detractor. The dark wood ceiling makes the room feel like a cave. Room needs more light.
- The room w/the big blue area rug & the beige-ish curtain - it's hard to tell from the pics, but it almost looks like the electric outlets don't have covers on them. Or maybe they're dark wood electric outlet covers? Regardless, replace the outlet covers with white ones. And replace the curtain. That curtain looks old, sad, and depressing. Throw out the area rug. It looks dirty, worn, and the color isn't doing you any favors.
- the backyard - Backyard needs some serious work. No offense, but it looks like a dump. Get rid of the clutter. Get rid of the 2 window box-type planters that looks like they're about to fall over. Sweep. Get rid of the chairs. Remove the weird small rectangle of square pavers that's in the middle of the gravel-area and looks like it doesn't have any purpose. Off to the right side of the house, it looks very unkempt. I don't know what that rectangular looking wood thing is on the right side of the pic...maybe a planter box?
Overall, based on the pictures you posted, the house kind of feels like somebody's grandmother used to live in it...somebody's grandmother who was getting up in years and could no longer handle taking care of the place. I'm pretty sure that's not the look you're going for, though.
The back yard is a huge reason why your house isn't selling. The house just, overall, seems not well cared for, neglected, and doesn't have a happy vibe to it. It's not cheerful & inviting.
In the backyard, you should also do the following:
- plant something pretty in mass in the planter box that's at ground level.
- clean up all the clutter
- spend a little money on a small outdoor table & chairs. Like a bistro set...2 chairs and a small table in between them. Put a flowering potted plant in the middle of the table.
- make sure you are checking on the house every week that it doesn't sell and keep the backyard maintained.
- take some pics of the backyard where you are standing at the patio doors looking outward to the back yard.
Each room needs more lighting. Professional pictures need to be taken with a flash camera. You only have to change a minor amount of things and it will change the look & feel of the house, thus making it appealing to a lot more buyers.
. Reminds me of the "buy this car and women will love you" type thing.
