Showing Rentals
Assuming safety is not an issue, take a moment to think of one emotion that almost ALL people want to feel when choosing a living space…..Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock…..Time’s up!
The word I come up with is COMFORT. Again, assuming one’s sense of security is not an issue, I would claim it’s a universal wish to feel comfortable in the place one calls home. When you as a landlord are showing units for rent, you will have more success in signing leases quickly if you’re able to portray comfort as an inherent quality of the space.
Now, of course, people have varying opinions of what “comfortable” means. Some people will find a very simplistic space to be pleasing (little to no clutter) while others might find a highly decorated place to be enjoyable. No matter how hard you try, it will be impossible for you to appeal to everyone’s tastes.
What you can do is think of neutral items that will be enjoyable to the largest spectrum of people possible. For example, I recommend having some type of furnishings in units you are showing. After all, even if the items you put in the unit aren’t exactly what a tenant might pick out for himself, it almost certainly looks a lot better than having empty rooms. Take a simple chair or loveseat and place it in the living room. Put a table next to it with a burning candle on it (make sure the scent isn’t overpowering!) Put a table complete with place settings in the dining room. These, of course, are just a few examples.
The idea is to set up a unit so that prospective tenants have to make less of a mental leap from looking at the space to imagining it as the place they go to relax and be in their “comfort zone”. You obviously don’t want to spend lots of time furnishing a unit in order to show it, but a little effort will be well worth it.
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