Tips To Make Your Property More Attractive To Tenants
1- Refinish or paint your Outside Doors. The first impression is the most lasting. Paint the Front Door white using exterior white gloss or semi gloss paint. If the front doors have been weather damaged you can inexpensively repair them patch and cover with paint. Add new weather stripping and hardware to give it a finished look. If you have brass hardware use hardware that is salt - air resistant especially if the property is one of the South Bay Beach Cities.
2- Repair paint and refinish kitchen cabinets. There are several refinishing kits available at your local hardware store or Home Depot that can make your cabinet wood grain come alive if the wood grain is not damaged. If they are in extra bad shape they can be inexpensively resurfaced or painted with a dark wood color paint. All white kitchen cabinets can also look good in the kitchen and will brighten up the entire kitchen. You can find inexpensive cabinetry hardware such as knobs at most hardware stores that will give them detailed look.
3 -Replace the old out dated rusted plumbing fixtures, just be sure to replace hardware, be careful not to create a plumbing project.
4- Add window covering . privacy is very important to prospective tenants You have purchase aluminum blinds at about $20.00 a window. If you can add wooden shutters that add value to your home you may find some that are made from Vinyl plastic that never need painting.
5- Add shower enclosures, even the most basic enclosure will encourage tenants to say yes to your rentals. There is nothing more unappealing as an open tub in the middle of a bathroom. You will be very surprised on our in-expensive custom enclosures can be you don't need gold Plated frames stick to functionality.
6 - Add or paint outside hardware such as mailboxes with epoxy paint, re-paint fencing. Consider using modular plastic fencing. r
7- Replace flooring. Carpeting is out. Replace linoleum with imitation wood covering they are very inexpensive these days
8- replace interior door way hardware and trim, replace with standard size hardware, just remove and slip in, do not make more work for yourself
9- Remove all wallpaper and repain interior with subdued color paint for the masses use off white colors.
10- Replace all electrical outlet coverings with the same wall plates use pre- painted plastic plates.
11 - Do periodic property inspections. Give the property curb appeal, keep the lawn green, remove old newspapers and mail that are thrown on the property. Be sure to place a high quality front door mat with the words "Welcome" on it.
12 - Remove security gates on windows, Security screen doors are acceptable.
These device give impressions that the home is a target of breakins
and will turn away potential tenants.