The best way for your HOA or condo to stand out among all the others is to have outstanding amenities. You could target these to specific people who you’d like to live in your community or create a mix of amenities to please everyone. Amenities aren’t only great to attract new residents to your association, but they also help ensure high occupancy rates, and high resident satisfaction and are a good reason to increase fees.

Children

For families with young children, it’s essential to have play areas outside the house. If your community has a safe, easy access playground then that creates a huge pull to live there. You can customize the play area to fit with your community’s style, and also for different age groups.

You could also have indoor playrooms, with some child monitors there so that parents can leave their children there for a few hours.

Another option that isn’t an amenity, but a database of babysitters in the community. Having this list of babysitters makes life easy for residents to find childcare. You could post the list on Neigbrs by Vinteum under documents so that residents can easily find it. Make sure it’s updated regularly and you have a very useful tool to help parents in your HOA or condo.

Pets

If your community allows pets, then make it super pet-friendly! You could have (complementary) dog grooming or doggy washing stations. If it’s not possible to have dog grooming in the community, then create a partnership with a dog groomer so everyone in the association gets a discount.

Make sure there are plenty of trash cans in the association so that dog owners are encouraged to throw their dogs’ mess away. You could also put out dog bowls or drinking stations in the community so that the owners don’t have to think about bringing water on walks. You could also create a list of dog walkers or doggy daycare both in the community and in the area.

Professionals

For professionals, and entrepreneurs it’s a huge advantage to have high-speed internet throughout the community. It’s wonderful to have a coworking room just to be able to focus on work, that would have charging stations, printers, and booths to be able to have phone calls with no background noise. This room could also be useful for students around exam times to be able to just focus on their studies with fewer distractions.

Having plugs to charge phones and laptops in all common spaces is also very useful for professionals who need to be by their phones 24/7.

Social

A sociable community is somewhere that is lovely to live in. The board can help to foster a friendly and sociable community through clubs, whether it’s a book club, hiking club, or cooking club, whatever is of interest to your residents. Regular community events are also great for people to meet and create friendships with others. It’s also the perfect opportunity for the board to subtly show off any improvements they’ve made in common spaces.

The last way that you can use your HOA or condo’s sports amenities is with fitness classes, whether that’s yoga, pilates, Zumba, or Aqua aerobics. It’s a sociable activity that can be tailored for different age groups and they bring people to the community’s amenities.

Sport

This brings us to our next category, you can have some really great amenities centered on sports. The classic sports amenities would be a pool and tennis courts, you could also have basketball courts and a soccer or football pitch.

If your HOA or condo has a complimentary gym, this also saves residents a lot of money. You could also create a partnership with a local gym so that residents could get a discount on membership if it’s not possible to have an actual gym in the association.

What would make you really stand out are trails for hiking and walks, but this depends on where your HOA is. But nature is really relaxing, so having trails is a perfect way to have relaxed and chilled out residents. You could also have bikes for rent, or that residents could use for free, which are great for communities everywhere.

Miscellaneous

Parking

Other amenities and features that give your HOA or condo an edge is having parking. This includes designated parking for residents and also guest parking which is useful to have. If your community is in a state where it’s hot, then having shaded parking is a huge pull. If you live somewhere where it snows, covered parking is also useful.

Trees

You could also have walkways with lots of trees which bring green to the community and provide shelter from rain and sun. Also, it seems obvious but the more well-maintained your community is, then the more people will find it an attractive place to live.

Using Software to Book Amenities

To ensure that amenities are easy to use and that everyone has the same opportunities to use them, then booking software is very helpful.

It ensures that all residents can see when they can book, manage and cancel their reservations easily. Board members and managers can view and manage every residents’ bookings.

Wrapping Up Attracting Residents with the Best Amenities

Having different amenities increases interest in your community. However, to keep their interest, you need it to be easy to book.

To find out more about how to manage your amenities, and your whole community, with Neigbrs by Vinteum! Our award-winning solution makes property managers’ lives smoother, the board of directors’ work easier, and makes community association living more enjoyable for residents.