The 5 most popular ways to personalise your rental pad

Quintain Living – the award-winning management company overseeing the rental of over 3,390 apartments in Wembley Park – has revealed the five most popular ways that residents in this London neighbourhood like to personalise their rental pads.

With homes spread across eight super-stylish developments, and both furnished and unfurnished apartments available, the Quintain Living team has seen it all when it comes to residents expressing their personal style.

“When you rent somewhere, it’s important to bring your own sense of panache to the property,” explains Danielle Bayless, Chief Operating Officer at Quintain Living. “Doing so is part of what turns a rental property into a home. We love how creative our residents are when it comes to personalising their apartments; all we ask is that the properties are returned to their original state at the end of a tenancy.”

Quintain Living’s 5 most popular ways to personalise your rental property

1. Hanging up pictures

The growing use of temporary adhesive strips has done much to encourage renters to decorate their walls with pictures of all shapes and sizes. Instead of using a hammer and nails, then worrying about having to make good the wall when it’s time to move out, residents can now use sticky tabs to personalise to their heart’s content.

The adhesive strips can simply be removed when no longer required. This means residents can move their artwork around periodically as well, giving their walls a fresh new look whenever the mood suits.

2. Putting up shelves

At Quintain Living, residents are embracing shelves of all shapes and sizes within their rental homes. Shelves have had something of a renaissance of late. They were once a staid and simple way to stash a few books.

Now, Pinterest is awash with floating shelves, statement metal units packed with trailing plants, wall cubes, fire escape-style layered shelves and hundreds of other on-trend shelving ideas.

3. Adding greenery

Both on balconies and within the home, Quintain Living residents are going green. Plants pop up in homes across the development, as residents use them to connect with the natural world.

Residents’ use of plants to personalise their apartments even helped inspire Quintain Living to embrace the biophilic design at its latest Wembley Park development, Repton Gardens. There, plants are used extensively indoors to enhance air quality and deliver a greater sense of connection with nature.

4. Using decorative stickers

Wall stickers that can be applied and enjoyed, then peeled off without leaving a mark when the renter moves out, are another popular way in which Quintain Living residents are personalising their homes.

The huge variety of stickers available means that there are options to suit all ages and tastes, from bright, bold designs for children’s bedrooms to beautiful meadows of wildflowers that turn a plain wall into a centrepiece.

5. Putting down rugs

A thoughtfully chosen rug can change the entire feel of a room, making them a great choice for personalising a home. Different shapes, designs, colours, materials and more provides almost endless variety, meaning every renter can find the rugs that suit them best.

For more information on Quintain Living or to book a viewing, visit www.quintainliving.com, @quintainliving on Instagram or call 020 3151 1927.