As students tend to have a much more narrow and linear range of necessities in their accommodation, real estate must be provided suited to their preference and needs. These include:
- Competitive rental rates of small apartments close to campus. 2 Bedroom with room for 3-5 is generally ideal, as students will tend to split the costs and live together to conserve funds.
- Closeby to campus itself, or shorting walking distance to public transport which will take them there.
- A proximity and environment where noise will not disturbs other neighbours.
- Contemporary tracking systems and new appliances for electricity and heating bills. As student accommodation will typically contain a few or more tenants, a organized and agreed on payment plan is necessary to avoid fallouts and arguments between landlords and tenants.
- Condominium suites and townhomes which require minimal maintanence.
1. Clean up the backyard. This may involve more than ‘cleaning’, consider getting it redecorated if it’s a bit sloppy.
2. Clean, wipe, polish; Do whatever necessary to make your home look more appealing and bright. Don’t think that potential buyers won’t pick up on the subtlety dirty corners and under furniture where dust and crud has stockpiled.
3. Although you may be used to it or like the scent or must of your house, visitors certainly won’t appreciate it. Take out anything (i.e rugs or mats) that may be contributing to the smell and keep windows open for weeks.
4. People may not notice, you may as well get around to cleaning the gutters while everything else around the house is being worked on.
5. Install more bright, friendly and inviting lights, especially in the dimmer sections of the house.
6. Those annoying things such as creaky floorboards, ditches in the driveway and rusty door hinges finally have an excuse to be fixed. Maintain and fix them up now to create a positive impression.
7. Clean up the backyard. This may involve more than ‘cleaning’, consider getting it redecorated if it’s a bit sloppy.
8. Although people may not notice, you may as well get around to cleaning the gutters while everything else around the house is being worked on.
9. Make it look more spacious. Whether this involves storing somewhere out of view, lending it to friends to store, donating it or simply throwing away, don’t leave junk laying around, whatever the sentimental value may be.
