Need Tenants For Your Phoenix Multifamily Rental Property: Lose The Carpet

By sonoran • February 2nd, 2009

Recently we revived a simple way to help lease a property in any market but especially in a tough rental market.  See the post here: How to lease a home or apartment in a tough rental market.  That -cleanliness- was one thing of many that can be done. 

Another good way to stand out from the competition in most properties except luxury homes is to get rid of the carpet.  Carpet detracts from the property.  They are usually worn and most owners put in cheap, not just in expensive but cheap carpet which will be quickly worn out and a year from now useless.  Even if you put in carpet people know that carpet is dirty even if it looks clean: they know how bad it can be especially in rental properties: carpet makes the property look older and more worn.

So what do you put in.  The choices are tile and laminate or a combination of the two.  Nice tile and a decent laminate have a lot of positive qualities.  These qualities expand beyond the simple fact that they are cleaner.

Tile is best in the living room, kitchen and bathrooms as well as the hall way: laminate is good in the bedroom, hall way and living room.  You can buy a laminate floor and have in installed for about the same cost as carpet.

These hard surface flooring materials are more durable and cleaner.  A nice light or medium shade laminate will also make the rooms feel larger.

In our experience putting in hard surfaces has paid off big.  It has paid of in less maintenance, lower turn over cost and lower vacancy rates: it puts us a head of the competition.  We know because we ask.  Sometimes a prospective tenant will choose an apartment with hard surfaces and olderkitchen vs a new kitchen and carpets.

 

We’ll look at other ways to increase income, reduce management costs and make renting homes and apartment a more pleasant experience in future articles.

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