If you need to rent an apartment or sell off your home, you need to set a scene that tells buyers and renters that it’s the place for them. It doesn’t take much to make a place look homey and hospitable, and a small investment in upgrades, cleaning, and more can make an enormous difference. To help you out, here are a few tips on how to make your property attractive to renters or buyers.
Set the Stage
Think of your home as a set for a play. You want to create a place where people can see themselves enjoying their daily lives. An empty home or apartment certainly provides a blank canvas that people can project their own dreams and ideas upon. However, you’ll get more nibbles if you set up each room with a few basic pieces of furniture, decorations, and implements. Make the place appear lived in, and someone will want to live there!
Stress Safety
People don’t want to live somewhere that feels unsafe. Make sure the windows and doors are all secured with working locks and latches. Install an exterior gate if a neighborhood seems dicey. Maintain a garage or similar space where they can park their car and know that it’s safe from the weather, thieves, and the like. Ensure your home’s window wells are covered and latched to bamboozle potential robbers—this is an especially important step for making your basement safe. In general, let tenants and buyers know that they can live and sleep easily inside the property.
Stress Amenities
If you’re still wondering how to make your property attractive to renters or buyers, keep the kind of buyers you want in mind and think of what would attract them to the property. If you want to house a family with a baby on the way, tell them about local daycare facilities, schools, playgrounds, and so forth, for example. Stress the property’s proximity to grocery and other stores, restaurants, parks, entertainment options, and more in the property description and through your real estate rep. Providing a printed list for buyers to take with them is a smart move as well.
Time for a Makeover
This might require a bit more investment, but it’s well worth it. Hire someone to mow the lawn, trim the shrubbery, and replace or upgrade any floral or other gardens outside. Assess the state of the exterior, giving the siding a power wash or finding, replacing, and painting any woodwork on the walls, eaves, or elsewhere. Keep your windows clean and sparkling as well. Also, mind the roof, and look for loose shingles and other wear and tear. Don’t make potential buyers have to visualize the work they’ll need to do; do the first round yourself and let them see the property at its best!
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Susie Young Baxter, CEO, has published PanoramaNOW Magazine for 31 years. Her hobbies are Camping, Boating, Hiking, Nature, Gardening and Outdoor Activities. She is an Artist, Graphic Designer, an Avid Seamstress, Dabbles in Homemade Crafts and Landscaping. Since her Father was a Health Teacher, she also likes homeopathic Health Solutions. Since blogging started over 10 years ago, PanoramaNow has been added to Newsbreak – a national news affiliate.
