I'm going to go against the grain here and I'd say be as accommodating as possible. This is not a great market and you want to sell. Having said that, I'd perhaps have a gentle word with that particular agent and say that you'd really appreciate everything being put back as it was found. They shouldn't take offence to that.

I sold two years ago. I was heavily pregnant with a 2.5 year-old. I had severe SPD and couldn't walk very much at all. Couldn't bend. Getting the house ready was a major logistical exercise. I had to tidy by wheeling myself around the house on a wheelie chair so I could get things off the floor. I had to clean in 10 minute stints throughout the day to get it all done because I couldn't physically do it all in one go. I had diabetes too and was knackered. We had two scheduled inspections per week and about six private inspections. I complained about the private inspections and my agent gave me some wise advice which is that in his experience you just never know where your buyer is going to come from. He knew I was a complete physical wreck and I made him promise that if I needed him to help me with the last 10 minutes of froofing (if DP was working), he would. He was an absolute angel.

We had a couple come to every single inspection plus arrange their own private inspection with an architect mate. We thought they were a shoo-in to buy. They didn't even bid at the auction. You know who bought? A woman living in London who'd seen pictures on the internet and sent her brother to the auction. So our agent was right, you just never know. I was spewing that all that tidying had been a bit wasted though