Please suggest ideas to transform plot!

Please help suggest how I can transform this problem patch which is vital for selling my late father's house as soon as possible! The plot is to the right of the front door and is the first thing you see when approaching the property.

The ground is jammed solid with rootstock of various kinds, including those from a huge old Virginia Creeper whose main root runs at the side of this plot.

* Is it possible to dig over the ground with a tool of some sort?
* Should I give it up as a lost cause and make a rockery or some other kind of feature with the ground covered with chips (if so, what would you recommend)?
* How do I cut down the remaining box hedge roots (it sadly succumbed to the blight) as I can't get the ratchet loppers around the awkwardly multi-pronged stems?

Your advice and guidance would be very welcome and much appreciated!

Some photos are included below. I'd be happy to answer any queries.

 

Being entirely cynical, and assuming you want the results to be quick to enable sale, I'd be brutal.
Cut the remaining stems as close to ground as possible (reciprocating saw is good for that), ensure dead by injecting glyphosate or SBK into holes drilled into tops of the stems.
Remove all green stuff and kill with glyphosate.
Cover with weed membrane and thick layer of nice gravel. Stand fancy pot on top with shrub eg olive tree or bay.
Not gardening but quick (ish)

 

As suggested cut stumps as low as possible. Hoe out the weeds. Cover everything with general compost and stick in plenty of blooming bedding plants from garden centre. They may die in a few months but you may have sold the house by then.

 

I’d just tidy it up, removing anything that will come out with a hoe, spade or fork, leaving the stump. If the house and rest of the garden are in good order, the front bed won’t put people off, it is certainly not a vital selling point.

 

Hi @Rinchen - I'd not bother too much about those roots either. If you have an ordinary saw of any kind, you might be able to saw them off nearer ground level though.
If you can clear the grass[?] dead stems, showing in the other pix with shears or similar, you can then cover the area in a thick layer of bark - put weed membrane, or something similar, down first if you have any. That will keep it tidy for a good while - especially during the main growing season.
I also agree that as long as it looks tidy, most viewers won't even notice any random bits and pieces.

If you're near enough to keep an eye on anything else outside - cutting grass for example, so that it's generally neat, that's more important. The front garden just has to be tidy so that the first impression is good. It's a traumatic time, so make it easier for yourself.
Good luck with it.

 

I would do what @waterbut said.

 

Weeding and planting annuals is nothing like painting over mould and dirt @JWK.
Having thought again, maybe annuals isn't such a good idea as they would need watering and it sounds as though the ground isn't suitable. I think I would weed it and leave it as it is.

 

This is what I would do as well. It can be done quickly and without too much effort.