Although your prospective tenants will be viewing your property online and no doubt spending a long time going over the measurements, floor plans, and checking out the location, they’ll also want to visit the property in person to get a real feel for the place and appreciate the space that’s on offer to them.
This is your chance to really impress them and reduce the amount of time that your property is standing empty and not earning rent.
1. Keep the property looking and smelling fresh
As you’ll want your property to be shown in the best possible condition it can be, it’s a good idea to repaint walls, woodwork, and ceilings. This will bring a fresh look to the areas that may have seemed tired or dirty after your last tenants moved out.
Any powerful smells are going to put people off regardless of how good the property looked on the internet. So, you should most certainly consider getting a professional agency to do the cleaning for you. However, choosing a cleaning business may not be the easiest task. This is when it would be prudent to use the services of a cleaning business broker who can provide you with quotes from multiple cleaning businesses. You’ll then be able to choose which company you’d like to perform the End of Tenancy cleaning in your rental property, such as Cleanifiq.
2. Provide a low-maintenance outdoor area
If your property has an outdoor area, you need to make it low maintenance while also giving it purpose. For instance, supplying a BBQ area or a seating area will show your potential tenants how they can make use of the space.
Making it low maintenance with careful planning and using specific plants will ensure that it looks inviting and even relaxing rather than just a bare expanse of paving or concrete.
3. Ensure there’s an information pack
It’s likely that you’ll be renting the property out with some white goods, certainly a boiler of some description, and of course, the household refuse, recycling, and, in some areas, garden waste and glass bins. In this case, you should also provide an information pack for your tenants so that they’ll be able to understand how to work the white goods, heating, and hot water, and have a handy schedule for when each bin is going to be emptied.
You should also let your tenants know where they can store the bins and where it’s convenient to leave them for the relevant collection services without causing issues to neighbours or encouraging any local wildlife to investigate.
So, a few final thoughts
It’s likely that you’re renting your property out with the idea of making money from it. Getting it let out quickly is one of the most important steps. If you put effort into the way that it looks both inside and outside and offer it at a reasonable rate, then there’s no reason why it won’t attract prospective tenants. Of course, all these factors will also affect how long it stays empty, which isn’t necessarily a period of time that you’ll want to extend.