We design ROI | Experiential STR Design
✦ Interiors + Exteriors + Experiences
✦ Strategy-led design going BEYOND the data
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Hot take: 'launch cheap, fix it later' is the most expensive plan in STR. The mortgage runs the whole time, relaunching is painful, and a slow start hurts you in an algorithm with zero chill. Launch the interior complete. Phase the backyard next year 👀
Things that used to win on Airbnb:
Clean
Nice
A Facebook Marketplace couch
That era is over. Now it parks you in the 50th percentile traffic jam, honking about price. Build one signature room people photograph and talk about, and stop competing on discounts 🪩
'It's just a bathroom.' Cool. It's also the most overlooked room in the house and the one every guest walks into. Bold wallpaper or fun tile turns 'clean, I guess' into the mirror selfie that lands in the group chat. Nobody has ever tagged a beige bathroom 💅
A Joshua Tree 2BR had no pool and no view. We designed it for bachelorettes: a game room, selfie walls everywhere, a yellow deck and one alien. It went from $33K to $59K a year, nearly matching nearby homes with pools. Can't win on the view? Win on the group chat 🪩
Your listing says it sleeps the whole group but the table seats half of them. Guests won't review the sofa. They'll review eating dinner on the floor. Dining seats, a nightstand per sleeper and outlets where phones land keep the promise your photos made 🍹
Hot take: a neon party house in the wrong market is just a very well-lit mistake. Pick one target guest, then check that the market actually wants them. Bold isn't the rule. Bold for the right crowd is 🤠
Empty rooms show furniture. Lifestyle shots make people feel something. Stage your photos with local props, like In-N-Out on the kitchen island in LA. Guests book the weekend they can picture, not the sofa they can count 🍹
This is your sign to build a real get-ready station for girls' trip guests. Mirrors, outlets, good light. One bathroom mirror for the whole group at 5pm is how a great weekend starts with a fight. Nobody forgets the mirror line 💅
That ugly concrete pad in your backyard isn't a problem. It's a sports court that hasn't been painted yet. A few cans of paint and it goes from "what do we do with this" to the hero shot. Guests will argue over who plays first, not over the pad 🔥
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