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Design Tips for Your Beach house
Finally you purchased a beach house! And now, looking for chic, timeless style in your beach house (or beach-inspired home)? Every beach house has its own look, from the imposing oceanfront mansions to the comfy seashore bungalows.
A very important obsession about beach home is its décor. An outdated décor can harm your beach house look. So To help you enhance your beach home’s appeal, we’ve organized our top five tips for decorating a beach house:
1. Subtlety is the initial thing which should be taken utmost care. While this style is appealing in its brashness, it can make the beach house look more attractive. Apart from an overload of fish and mermaid decor, you can easily opt for an intense beach gaze keeping in mind; the intonation pillows with a contemporary seashell pattern or twine accents.
2. Considering functionality at the beach house differs from other house options. When selecting the equipments and decoration, flooring and carpeting should be selected in a way that can withstand years of salty toes. The seating should also be given a special preference, making sure that it is clean and comfy rather than being scratchy and dusty. The cleaning of fabrics is also an important thing to consider , which may include area rugs over hardwood or laminate flooring will be much easier to keep spotless than carpet.
3. The view from the beach house is breathless and attractive and it should not be distracted. And so, the breathtaking views that steal the show should be focused on showing more impressive. A better thought is to prefer a unbiased color palette with squashy touches of color that will augment rather than divert. Deem splashes of blue, green, or yellow to balance the colors of the ocean and sunlight. A backdrop of soft white or sandy tones lets the ocean take the spotlight.
4. Updating the look and feel of the beach house should be done frequently, as the wear and tear undergoes every year. Enhancing the look frequently is necessary in maintaining a beach house contemporary and looking unmarked. Updating the look, may include, anything like a fresh coat of paint or as drastic as a total renovation. Take the time to notice which portion need to be modernized every year so your home stays on top of its game!
5. Consulting a professional is the last preferred thing every beach house owner can do. Professional contractors and interior designers have the information and know-how to help your beach house look its top. There more than a few local professionals who understand the style of the area and can make your home’s character shine.
Investment property
Buying an investment property comes with a lot of questions, and rightly so.
Where should you buy? What kind of property should it be?
But there are some things every investment property needs if it’s going to achieve the capital value growth that you want it to.These are your must-haves.
An allocated car park
We’ve all seen the reports about single car spaces in prime locales fetching hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There’s a reason for it: every year there are more potential residents and an ever-decreasing amount of space in which to park in our capital cities.
It’s not enough for your property to have access to a general parking area – the car space must be assigned specifically to your property.
A level of scarcity
The equation for capital growth in investment properties is simple: if there’s a lot of people who want a particular type of property but there’s not many of those properties available, you’ve got a recipe for success.
Location, location
Buying a property in the best possible suburb, or in a suburb that you believe is about to boom, is something of a no-brainer.
But look harder within those suburbs and you’ll discover that some pockets or streets are much better for investment than others.
Being in a blue chip suburb is really important, but not just being in any part of that suburb. You then look for a good street, and that’s not just in terms of its geographical location but also its consistency. The architectural style of the properties within that street are really important to take into account.
Nail the things that can’t be changed
While you can always add value to a property by renovating or upgrading certain parts of it, it’s important that you select a property that possesses all the right underlying attributes.
The important thing to take into account when you’re buying a property is to get the things about that property right that you cannot change, for example the position within the street and the position within a block.
How to Prepare Your Property for Sale
OUTDOORS:
• Trim the lawn and shrubs. Fertilize and water if needed, and pull the weeds.
• Store anything that is not being used, such as children’s toys, car accessories, etc.
• Your clutter will make it hard for prospective buyers to visualize the home as their own.
• If possible, fix cracks and bulges in walks and driveways; remove oil stains, etc.
• Replace stray or warped roofing shingles. Straighten sagging gutters.
• Repaint old siding, windows, shutters, doors and even the mailbox.
• Replace a worn doorbell button. Polish any brass on the front door.
• Clean all of the windows, especially around the front entrance. Replace a worn doormat. These things say you care about your house, and the doormat will protect floors and carpets.
INDOORS:
• Clean the kitchen including oven, exhaust hood and inside of dishwasher.
• Remove clutter from counters and cabinets.
• Remove the personal photos and magnets and school menus, etc. from the refrigerator.
Some buyers will judge the maintenance of the entire house by the cleanliness of the kitchen. Buyers also need to be able to envision the house as their own. And the more personal knick-knacks of yours that you are willing to remove, the easier you can make this possible.
Few things increase marketability and give you a better cost return than new paint.
• Freshen any worn or soiled walls and woodwork with neutral-toned paint or wood polish. Replace dated colors like “70’s Orange”. Paint over kid’s murals or wild colors as most potential buyer’s taste will not match your own.
• Polish wood floors and stairs.
• Steam clean or consider replacing dated, worn and dark carpeting.
• Repair dripping faucets, crooked drawers, sticking doors. Tighten the hardware, especially doorknobs. Any minor flaws in your house suggest neglect to prospects.
• Replace appliances that are especially old or malfunctioning.
• Clean windows and screens inside and out.
• Scrub counters, polish bathroom fixtures and wipe down tiles.
• Clean out the closets and storage spaces.
• Clean exterior of water heater and furnace/air conditioner where prospects will be inspecting. You can also drain a bucket of water from the water heater to remove any rust particles.
• If your garage has become a two-car attic, take some time sell or throw out the things you were ready to let go of anyway, then straighten your garage as much as possible. Buyers will look at a chaotic garage as evidence of a homeowner who doesn’t care for their house.
After you’ve completed all necessary repairs, go over your house with a fine-toothed comb before the first prospect arrives. Everything should be sparkling clean inside and out, and in good working order. Be ruthless. Put things in their places. Get rid of the trash. Open all of the blinds to let in as much sunlight as possible. Make each room look as roomy as it can. In general, tidy up, open up and especially eliminate clutter!
People react emotionally to your home’s smell when they first enter–either positively or negatively. When your agent’s office calls to make an appointment, allow time to air out the rooms. Consider a mild air freshener or run a lemon through the disposal. Baking cookies, bread, or simply boiling a pot of cinnamon or vanilla can add a nice aroma. Aromatherapy has proven to be an effective way of creating a “buying mood” by adding a drop or two directly onto light bulbs – Ylang Ylang is a common, recommended scent. Turn on the lights and open window curtains and shades to let in maximum light. Turn off stereos TVs and radios. (playing soft, classical music can be OK) Keep children out of the way; park the pets outside. Get the whole place ready for close inspection.
It is best if you are not in your prospective buyer arrives, however if that is not possible, greet prospects politely and excuse yourself. Leave the selling to the agent. Agents know what your house has to offer and what these particular buyers are looking for.
