FOCUSING ON INTERIOR FINISH AND DECOR

Nowadays its so hard to talk about real estate 

without mentioning interior decor. Interior 

decor has a wider meaning depending on who 

you talk to and to what basis you talk about 

it. Interior decor is applied when doing your 

own home or when making units for rental 

purposes. Its a very wide area to cover every-

thing but we shall touch lightly on a few are-

as that makes to the headline. Lets walk down 

the isle of interior decor .

Gypsum ceiling

You cant talk about interior decor if you don't 

start with the gypsum ceiling. With different 

shades and styles ,your "fundi" can design it 

differently according to your taste and prefer-

ence. Most people also do the inbuilt lights 

when doing the gypsum ceiling to make it 

more attractive at night. It can be done 

throughout the whole ceiling or partly as a 

phase on one particular side depending on 

your idea. Good thing here is, your creativity 

is put in practice.

Gypsum tv cabinet

Just like the ceiling, you can mold a tv cabi-

net to your design using gypsum board. Play 

with design as it pleases you to make your 

living room more exciting and eye catching 

as well. There is no limitation when it comes 

to this as well. Size though will matter de-

pending on the inches of your television set 

and the allowance you want to consider too. 

It can be an enclosed cabinet or open cabinet 

or side molded cabinet as you please. You 

can google for different shapes and designs 

maybe if you don't have a clue of what you 

might like but always go for what pleases you.

Chandelier

As the definition goes ,its a decorative hang-

ing light with several branches for light or 

candle. That means it should add beauty in 

your Livingroom apart from shading light. 

We also have variety when it comes to this 

and is not limited to same material. You can 

do low hanging ones, glass ones or even 

some that comes with tinkling sound when 

wind blows. Different colours to suit your col-

our preference as well. With all that in the mar-

ket, hey what's stopping you from getting one?

Indoor wall lights

Plays a major role in real estate especially for 

those who are targeting high end clients with the own compound houses. Apart from shading light at night they are also stylish making the house look wow. They should also be placed strategically such that they shed the required 

light when in use. Place at least two on the 

Livingroom depending with how big the 

room is. Its such little things that attract cli-

ents in houses for rent.

Live plants

I will also advice on placing live plants/trees 

strategically in the compound especially for 

big compounds and own compound houses 

for rental. Its a plus when the compound 

looks natural with some plants. We used to 

have the plants inside the house those days, 

but now we want them even outside on the 

balcony or stair way for beauty as well as 

making the place to be natural. Its an option-

al idea, though it also depends on the de-

sign ,space and target market of your house. 

It never hurts to do things differently 

though.

Cabinets

Most times you will find that cabinets are 

among the first things people consider when 

renting an apartment. Be it the kitchen cabi-

nets or the bedroom cabinets. For the kitch-

en, height is the most challenging part so 

you should be keen on that. Also place 

them strategically not closer to the door or 

windows but should be centered correctly. 

for the under sink cabinet ,make them spa-

cious and lockable if possible as well. The 

bedroom cabinet majorly should have a 

place for hanging clothes, putting the fold-

ed once and a shoe rack below and maybe a 

mirror attached somewhere. Make it locka-

ble as well .

Switches and sockets

We have variety of sockets and switches 

nowadays that have flooded the market. 

Away from the normal boring ones we are 

used to, we have different sizes nowadays 

for both. Different switches and sockets 

make the wall look neat also and breaks the 

normalcy . Think of also doing the inbuilt 

antenna to make the place look neat as 

well.

As an investor in the real estate field, a lot 

is changing and happening everyday con-

cerning houses. People are stepping up 

their game when it comes to home building and they try to make them modern. So ,it doesn't hurt to be modern as well. Install some of the latest gadgets and let your house market itself by standing out from the rest. You might also consider to liaise with the internet for more and more modern touch of interior decor that will sell your house more.

KAREPSs always available for consultancy services to help you configure your home 

or commercial apartments to the taste of a-today client. Visit our office or call us any time for more information and consultancy.