Quote from @Chelsea Lingenfelter:
Quote from @Sarah Kensinger:
Quote from @Chelsea Lingenfelter:
Quote from @Sarah Kensinger:
How blunt can you handle for the listing? :D Because I believe that is your problem.
Hi Sarah,
I'm open to honest, blunt, but respectful feedback. I want my listing to succeed so any ideas you have lay them on me! :)
Of course, I'll be respectful...I run a business too. ;)
The biggest thing that stood out to me is the photos and design of the home. You need something that is pleasing to look at and make people what to stay there. And I agree with a former comment...the photos HAVE to be better than what they are. There are over 1.3 million listings on AIRBNB, Cheyenne has several hundred. It helps you're a mid-term rental since I doubt there are that many out there. But it needs better design and most definitely better photos for your listing to stand out from all the others.
Hi Sarah - Thank you for your feedback!! This feedback is what I needed to show my husband their IS need for a new design. I've been wanting to repaint the interior of entire unit a more trendy but neutral color. The yellow walls kill me LOL
Would you recommend a "western" themed design since we are out West or some things more neutral but trendy? Is there anything you can call out about the design? Do you feel like the flow is off?
Oh, my word this just cracked me up!! Yes, design is very important! I just read that you can increase your bookings by 20% just by good design. I am more of a trendy person when it comes to design, but since you're in WY you could mix in some western elements. But here are some things that stood out to me right away (and I didn't even notice the paint color ;p ).....
~Curtains in the living room don't match.
~There is way too many mix and match pieces in the living room....either choose wood, black, or white furniture to go with the couch.
~Living room wall decor feels to mix and match and doesn't flow.
~A rug under the couch would help to anchor the room, make sure it's a good size and not to small or large for the room. And you probably don't need one under the desk.
~Add some fake plants, decor pieces, etc, and maybe some cute desk items. But not too many so people can still work there.
~Taller lamp and maybe even an arch lamp on the other side of the sofa would look nice and give balanced light.
~Add some color! Pillows are a great way to do that!
~Kitchen is cute but add some plants to the hanging shelf.
~First bedroom lamps could be hung from a hook in the ceiling and the cord would come down and still get plugged in like normal. That would help with the small room, bed in front of window, etc. If you do change the lamps add a stack of old books with a string of pearls plant in a pot on top.
~Add a rug in each bedroom...no matter how small the room is a rug really helps to anchor the room and give it warmth.
~Second room...get the chair out, unfortunately the room is just too small. And change the artwork out, it's way too small for that room. The larger wall could actually use a nice piece of artwork.
~The second room could probably use a bigger/taller lamp and table once the chair is gone.
~The chair in the second room could actually go in the living room if you do some wiggling around and maybe get a smaller piece under the tv.
~Either get a real runner for hallway or just nothing at all looks fine too.
~It does look like the outside could use a bit of painting, but in photos it's not bad! If you could find a small cafe type table and chairs, with some pillows and another fake plant on the table, it would help to spruce the porch up. You could even do some light landscaping this summer. To be honest if people walk in the house and go "Wow this is so nice!!" they don't notice the little things outside that'll need updating before long.
~Try to use the same colors and design throughout the house, that helps make it flow together and round everything out.
There are some ideas, you can do all of them, some of them, or none at all, but that is what stood out to me as soon as I saw the photos.
