Do I really need an interior designer?

As a landlord your first priority will always be to get the best return on your investment. That means that any money you spend on your property will need to be returned to you in terms of increased rent yield and this makes perfect sense. However it is this factor which may put you off deciding to hire an interior designer to improve your property. You probably think you can carry out the work yourself and save a fortune. This might be true but there are any reasons why having a designer at your beck and call is not only a good idea, it is a great one.

An interior designer will take away all of the decision making, hassle and time involved when dealing with builders, shopping for supplies and working out what to buy. A designer will take over and leave you to shop for your next investment property.

An interior designer will be able to look at your needs and interpret them into a style which will exactly match your budget to those needs. This is a difficult thing to achieve without being a professional with plenty of experience.

Interior designers are full of interesting ideas which may be very different to what you might have thought of on your own. They will be able to advise on the best ways to make the most of awkward spaces, design tricks and tips and new products on the market which will fit your needs.

Interior designers have contacts which you probably don’t – they will know the best builders, the most reliable plumbers and the trendiest garden designers. They have the ability and the means to make your house look amazing.

An interior designer is a professional – in the same way that you would hire a solicitor to sort out your mortgage, a lettings agent to find your tenants and a financial advisor to take care of your investments, an interior designer is yet another person in your arsenal to help you reach your goals. Let the professionals do their job while you do yours.

Never underestimate how much an interior designer can add to your property and the amounts people will be willing to pay to live in an environment which has been designed with them in mind.