Home Staging: decorate your tourist flat to rent it faster after the pandemic

The lockdown caused by Covid-19 seems to be gradually easing. Furthermore, summer is approaching in Spain at the end of the month, so everything suggests that tourist accommodations will once again receive guests.

To get bookings quickly, your apartment needs to immediately catch the eye. In this article, we will explain how the Home Staging technique helps to decorate your flat and obtain magnificent photos. You can apply these methods both during the coronavirus pandemic and once the crisis is over.

The importance of Home Staging

Home Staging is a technique that means preparing your home like a scene. In other words, making your flat an authentic showcase to attract public attention. Some decisions are made unconsciously; we make them in milliseconds in our brain, and marketing experts know very well how to work with them. In marketing, the packaging that surrounds the product is called the “silent salesperson”, which is generally the sum of the desire to attract attention and brand values-colours. This silent salesperson captures customers' gaze through the arrangement of colours and messages on the package. Well, in Real Estate, the silent salesperson is the images of an apartment. The photographs shown in online real estate directories are the first contact with your home, and therefore, you must make sure they hit the mark. If you are the owner of the flat, you will be interested in contracting a professional flat decoration service beforehand. Once decorated and styled, the best photos can be taken and even a video can be recorded, which will serve as a guide for visitors to these tourist apartment directories. In turn, there are other tips for tourists to find your accommodation within these large pages; here we explain how to fill out your listing on Airbnb or Booking.

Home Staging techniques to apply after Covid-19

It is normal for your tourist flat to have been closed during the coronavirus crisis. Also, some owners have opted to switch from tourist accommodations to temporary rental contracts in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, and other major cities.

Now it is time to reopen them to attract the first tourists. If you are thinking that your apartment listings can appear better, this is the most opportune moment to redecorate and take new photos. Some of the most common Home Staging techniques when preparing an apartment to shine in photographs are the following:

Furnished and equipped flats

You must present your home with the furniture that the client will enjoy. Neutral but practical furniture that maintains the same style in each room.

Not overflowing with furniture

Rooms should have furniture, but not so much that it hinders people's movement. It is even advisable to remove furniture located in hallways. Also, we do not want to cover the strong points of a home with unnecessary furniture.

Natural lighting

Natural light provides a special tone to real estate photos. Windows should be wide open to take advantage of every ray of sun in the image. Therefore, it is also recommended to do the photoshoot on sunny days.

Bright colours

Both furniture and decorative elements, bedding, or cushions should be in bright colours, but not too daring. After all, you want to attract all kinds of profiles.

Symmetrical furniture

An important aid can be to arrange furniture and decorative elements symmetrically. Generally, humans tend towards symmetry, which brings tranquility.

Plants, flowers, and candles

Three elements that greatly help in decoration are plants, flowers, and candles. They serve to fill empty spaces such as tables or even to cover corners of a wall that need renovation. We hope this article on how to apply Home Staging to get the first clients after the Covid-19 pandemic has been useful to you. If you want to delve deeper, you can read this post on how to manage my tourist apartment during the coronavirus quarantine.