Hi everybody,
I have a 2 br unit in West Ryde coming up for rent early May. Because the bedrooms are roughly equal size and not too wide but the unit is extremely convenient, ever since I've owned the place I've always seemed to have attracted tenants where the tenants have been two single guys in my unit working closeby (eg. Rhodes) or in the city rather than couples or families with 1 or 2 small kids. They tend to stay 1 year or slightly longer due to work contracts then they go. (Most of my tenants have been from India.) It's less than a minute to trains, buses etc.
I was wondering, in the next tenancy, should I offer the unit partly furnished? I was thinking some wardrobes, drawers, a dining table and chairs, coffee table, sofa.
Plus or minus washing machine (combined washer dryer), maybe tv (though that could be personal taste?) maybe not fridge,
If bedding probably I'd supply 2 double frames (queens will take up more based space, singles... I think too small). I'm not so keen on supplying mattresses as that's also a personal sort of item.
But of course, if I supplied bed frames then the ones I supply mightn't be the right size for the prospective tenants so it's a bit hard for me.
My property manager doesn't think it's a good idea, saying that it works better in the inner city or North Sydney and that they charge more managing fees for furnished properties but I don't think it's such a bad one given that the majority of my tenants have come specifically to Australia without their families to work. I used to have a really awesome property manager who was always easy to talk to and gave me very sound advice but this one... I'm not so sure she is as diligent as my previous manager. She hasn't advised me to raise any rents and I've had to advise her, I also noticed the online ads had multiple photos of the same things so I had to ask her to take them off and the wording off the ad is exactly the same as it was in the past... Top Ryde shops are hardly new anymore.
I wanted to view the unit before any opens and I found a heck of a lot that needed to be done (mould in bathroom, doors not aligning, some lights not working, kitchen floorboards better off being replaced) to it so I've requested her to not schedule it for an open again till I fix up those matters, which will unfortunately be after the tenants move out but I've never had problems renting the place out quickly to quality tenants due to its' convenient location. I'm not sure my PM has actually walked in the unit herself and viewed it as I am as sure as heck wouldn't dare to show the unit with the mould in the bathroom.
It's really the mould which I really wasn't keen on prospective tenants seeing.
What are your opinions kind Somersofters?
Should I possibly partly furnish it, and secondly I guess, does anybody know of really proactive PMs in the West Ryde area?
Here is a link to the property
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-nsw-west+ryde-412913815
Thanks,
Linda
I have a 2 br unit in West Ryde coming up for rent early May. Because the bedrooms are roughly equal size and not too wide but the unit is extremely convenient, ever since I've owned the place I've always seemed to have attracted tenants where the tenants have been two single guys in my unit working closeby (eg. Rhodes) or in the city rather than couples or families with 1 or 2 small kids. They tend to stay 1 year or slightly longer due to work contracts then they go. (Most of my tenants have been from India.) It's less than a minute to trains, buses etc.
I was wondering, in the next tenancy, should I offer the unit partly furnished? I was thinking some wardrobes, drawers, a dining table and chairs, coffee table, sofa.
Plus or minus washing machine (combined washer dryer), maybe tv (though that could be personal taste?) maybe not fridge,
If bedding probably I'd supply 2 double frames (queens will take up more based space, singles... I think too small). I'm not so keen on supplying mattresses as that's also a personal sort of item.
But of course, if I supplied bed frames then the ones I supply mightn't be the right size for the prospective tenants so it's a bit hard for me.
My property manager doesn't think it's a good idea, saying that it works better in the inner city or North Sydney and that they charge more managing fees for furnished properties but I don't think it's such a bad one given that the majority of my tenants have come specifically to Australia without their families to work. I used to have a really awesome property manager who was always easy to talk to and gave me very sound advice but this one... I'm not so sure she is as diligent as my previous manager. She hasn't advised me to raise any rents and I've had to advise her, I also noticed the online ads had multiple photos of the same things so I had to ask her to take them off and the wording off the ad is exactly the same as it was in the past... Top Ryde shops are hardly new anymore.
I wanted to view the unit before any opens and I found a heck of a lot that needed to be done (mould in bathroom, doors not aligning, some lights not working, kitchen floorboards better off being replaced) to it so I've requested her to not schedule it for an open again till I fix up those matters, which will unfortunately be after the tenants move out but I've never had problems renting the place out quickly to quality tenants due to its' convenient location. I'm not sure my PM has actually walked in the unit herself and viewed it as I am as sure as heck wouldn't dare to show the unit with the mould in the bathroom.
It's really the mould which I really wasn't keen on prospective tenants seeing.
What are your opinions kind Somersofters?
Should I possibly partly furnish it, and secondly I guess, does anybody know of really proactive PMs in the West Ryde area?
Here is a link to the property
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-nsw-west+ryde-412913815
Thanks,
Linda
