Before putting your property up for seasonal rental and popularizing it on rental platforms, it is essential to prepare the ground well. Airbnb rental requires great preparation and a lot of anticipation. The unexpected is very numerous in this area and it is welcome to minimize them thanks to excellent preparation in advance. With a rigorous organization, you will be able to solve all the problems and facilitate your daily life and that of the tenants when putting your accommodation up for rent.
Anticipate your renovation work as well as possible:
Many investors choose a property requiring renovations to improve the profitability of their investment. Indeed, a property in need of work will be sold significantly below the market price. Even by including the cost of the work, the owners have the opportunity to make substantial savings on the initial investment. Be careful, however: this approach requires a keen eye before any decision is made. Only embark on an investment with renovation if you really know what you are getting into and make sure you have all the resources to carry out this project.
All structural work, finishing work and safety such as electricity, plumbing, partitioning, etc. must prepare your decoration and layout work in advance. By thinking about your possible renovations as a whole, you will speed up the work process and save a lot of time in setting up your daily actions. During the major works and whether they are carried out by yourself or service providers, make sure that the finishes are clean and neat. This type of work cannot be undertaken every day and takes time. It is better to carry out all your work in the best conditions, even if it means having the feeling of wasting time, than having to repeat the same work 6 months later because of the disappointment of your tenants with the average aesthetics of the finishes.
“One of the most important long-term tips: when doing 'big work', start anticipating the intensive use that will be made of your home. Everyone takes care of their own accommodation, but tenants are not always as attentive or involved as you are in the care given to your rental. Bet on quality and solidity in all your designs: floor coverings, paints, furniture, joinery… must be compatible with the intensive use that will be made of them. »
Antonio, director of our Concierge in Narbonne
Think about your accommodation for your ideal tenant:
By preparing your rental investment or by initiating the rental of your second home, you will necessarily have addressed this point. The ideal tenant is the one to whom the accommodation corresponds perfectly: business clientele, couple on weekends, friends or family on vacation, … A typical profile should be more suitable than another. The geographical location of the property but also its configuration (number of bedrooms, bathrooms, distribution of spaces, etc.) directly influence this ideal tenant. Be sure to define it as well as possible and adapt the accommodation to its profile as much as possible.
Here too, you should detach yourself from your personal expectations. Decisions should always be oriented in the direction of the tenants rather than in yours. This counts for a lot in the decoration that we will discuss in the next article but will also be important in the general layout of the rental property. Bet on comfort and functionality before originality. You will score points thanks to well-designed, practical and easy-to-live-in accommodation where your tenants quickly find their place and can carry on their little habits without hassle.
Once this big step of conceptualization is done, you have to move on to the decoration and the layout itself. Many points come into play and we invite you to discover this in detail in the following part: Decorating your Airbnb accommodation.
