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How To Style Your Rental Property

January 23, 2020 by Naomi

Style Your Rental Property

When renting, it is easy to feel like you are living in someone else’s house, and technically, you are. You don’t have to feel like an outsider in your rental property, though. Style your rental property to inject your personality into the space.

Adding your own style and elements to make the space feel like home is a great way to help you settle into the property.

We’ve all seen rental properties with old yellow walls and wallpaper that is chipping off. However, you can get permission from your landlord to fix this! Painting the walls of the property a light, clean and neutral shade is a great way to make a space feel more homely. It is also a great way to create a neutral backdrop for furniture, accessories and art.

If you are unable to paint the walls of the property, see what furniture you can buy to make the room feel more like home. Check out your local op-shop and see what bargains you can find, if you don’t have the budget to go out and purchase all new furniture. If you find some great deals, you can also paint the items to make the property feel more like home.

Style Your Rental Property

The flooring in a room can dramatically change how a room feels. Old carpet can make a room feel closed in a dirty.  Whereas, wooden floors can make a space feel freshly renovated. Using a large neutral or natural weave rug to decorate a space is a great way to mute wall and floor colours. It also brings more texture into a space. Rugs can additionally define a space.

Give special attention to the window coverings in the property. Changing these out can be a great way to completely change the atmosphere of a space. The purpose of blinds is to control light, privacy and thermal insulator. This can dramatically change how a space looks and feels.

Another great way to bring more light into a space is by using mirrors. Hanging large mirrors in bedrooms and living rooms is a cost effective and easy way to bring more light into a space and to make the space look so much bigger!

Style Your Rental Property

Accessorising with throws, pillows and soft furnishings is another cost-effective and simple way to bring life into a space. Layering old lounges with a throw and pillows helps to deter the eye from the old lounge and dated carpet.

Finally, bringing plants into a space is an amazing way to style a rental property! Large or small, house plants help to purify the air, help you think more clearly and can support a calm and nurturing environment.

In some cases, it may be difficult to style a rental property can be difficult depending on the state of the property. However, rental properties can look amazing when you sure of the right tools!

When living in a rental property you want to feel as comfortable as you can in the space you are given. Figuring out what makes you feel the most comfortable is essential in creating a rental property you love.

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Filed Under: IIHS Blog Tagged With: design, DIY, rent, rental, rental property, style, styling

How to Furnish Your Rental Property to Ensure a Return on Investment

October 31, 2016 by Naomi

Due to the increase of house prices in Australia and the increase in price in well…everything else many young adults are opting to purchase their first property as a rental property and use the money they get back to save for a property to live in. Many home owners are also jumping on the bandwagon of rental properties and purchasing properties to rent out. This has changed the face of the real estate market and also means that in order to find tenants for your property you must present the property in its best light.

Finding a high quality tenant can be difficult, especially with so many properties being rented out. It is for this reason that you must give your property its best fighting chance but there are a few things you must decide before you put your property on the market.

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Image Source: Silk Home

When you are deciding who your target market for the property is you must determine how you are going to furnish the property for preview. If your target market is a young family how are you going display that a child can live in the property? You don’t necessarily have to furnish the property with children’s accessories but you could put a single bed in one of the bedrooms. Chances are a young family would have furniture to put in the property so they might not need your furniture. Alternatively, if your target market is students than the price of the property will more or less have to drop. While students may be a quick way to find tenants they certainly cannot pay the same rates as someone will a full time job. Students also may not have furniture to put in the property and therefore may need to use your furniture.

Are you going to rent the property as a furnished property, partly furnished or empty property? We all know that you have to display the property when it is furnished but will this influence how much you furnish the property? How you furnish the property for preview will influence what sort of tenants you attract so you must consider what style you are going to furnish your property in.

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Image Source: Silk Home

Next, what colour are you going to paint the property? While white is seen as a staple neutral colour are you concerned about smudges being highly visible? Opt for an off white or cream toned colour for your rental property, this will ensure your property still has a clean, professional and neutral colour tone without the space feeling sterile.

If you renting the property as an empty or partly furnished property what paint are you going to use? Chances are your tenants won’t care about the paintwork as much as you do and with tenants moving in and out of properties are you worried about the paintwork getting damaged?

When renting your property it is of utmost importance to have put your property forward in its best light to ensure that you are getting back everything that you want rather than having the property making no money and in turn costing you money.

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Property Observer

August 13, 2014 by Naomi

Staging your investment property for a great rental return on investment

Although property investment remains very active well into 2014, this does not mean each and every investor is guaranteed success. Once you have found or developed the perfect property, the next step may be to attract and rent it out to quality, reliable tenants as oppose to selling it straight away for a profit…. To read more click here

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Investor Genius

August 13, 2014 by Naomi

An “Inside-er’s” Look: How To Increase The Value Of Your Property For Prospective Buyers

There are several times when you should actively try to increase the value of your property. While the obvious one is before putting it up for sale, increasing the value of your property to maximise rental yield; and prior to valuations when you are looking to unlock some equity are also great reasons to consider the following tips…. To read more click here

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