Thursday, 22 September 2011

Furnishing Multiple Properties


Furnishing our own properties is difficult enough, and furnishing a single property to let is an even bigger challenge, but just imagine these requirements multiplied over multiple properties in multiple locations or multiple plots in a housing development and it’s a challenge of nightmare proportions.

The problem is that a well designed and well furnished property will make a huge difference when it comes time to sell or let. The location may be perfect, the exterior striking, but you know the saying and you know it well – it’s what’s on that inside that counts.

Property owners shouldn’t be expected to be interior designers as well, but luckily for them, there’s a solution that make furnishing multiple properties quick, simple and perhaps most importantly, cost effective.

Furniture packages for landlords are a great quick fix solution. Furniture packs are pre compiled sets of furniture that have been put together, generally by a team of professional interior designers, as a high quality solution to furnishing your property. They come either as a package for the whole property or a package for specific rooms in the property.

Perhaps the most important benefit of furniture packs is cost savings. Because the companies that provide furniture packages buy big and buy often, they can pass their cost savings on to their clients. The costs of direct purchases from retailers and resellers can vastly exceed the cost of companies selling furniture packs. You can also expect discounts when purchasing multiple packages, and in some cases, discounts for packs that furnish the whole property. The likelihood that you’ll get similar cost savings from high street retailers is incredibly unlikely.

The second major benefit is the simplicity and speed at which you can furnish a house. Imagine ordering from retail for multiple pieces of furniture going to multiple different properties. You’ll have to be there to take every delivery, sign every one off and potentially move it in yourself (some companies won’t even move it in to your house). That’s time better spent elsewhere and that time could be earning you money. Furniture packages can be chosen, bought and delivered to multiple properties generally within 24-48 hours. The packs will be delivered, moved in and installed all in one fell swoop, giving you a quicker turnaround, meaning you can get people into your properties even quicker.

Quality of the furniture is the third major benefit. Any reputable furniture pack company will pride itself on the fact that they source and compile furniture of the best quality in a range of diverse, contemporary and stylish designs. It’s in their best interest to provide hard wearing, well designed furniture. If it isn’t good looking and long lasting, they can forget about return business, they can forget about property developers and investors coming back time and time again to use their services.

As we said in our introduction, furnishing a single property is a challenge in itself. It’s hard work, it’s complex, and unless you have a natural spark for interior design, you’re going to struggle. But there is a solution that is simple, cost effective, stylish and practical – furniture packages.

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