Is professional staging actually worth it when selling a family home in Sydney right now?

We’re getting ready to sell our 4-bedroom house on the North Shore. It’s a 1990s build we’ve lived in for the last 9 years. The kitchen and bathrooms work fine but they’re definitely dated, the backyard is a decent size but nothing fancy, and the whole place could really use fresh paint and some updating.

With three young kids the house is very “lived in” right now, toys everywhere, photos on every wall, and all the normal family clutter. I know how important presentation is when selling, especially in the current market.

I’ve been looking into property staging sydney to make the photos and open homes look a lot sharper. Has anyone here sold a similar older family home recently? Did you go with full staging or just declutter and repaint yourself? Was it actually worth the cost in the end?