Serviced accommodation needs to work as a complete home from the moment a guest arrives, which means furnishing more thoroughly than a standard rental. As a minimum you'll need:

• Sofa and armchair, coffee table and media unit
• Dining table and chairs
• Bed, mattress, wardrobe and bedside tables
• Desk and chair for a home office
• Kitchen and dining essentials

Guests staying for a week expect somewhere they can properly cook, eat and work — a dining room table that seats everyone in the party matters more here than in a long-let property, because guests eat in far more often.

Short term let furniture faces a different kind of wear. A long-let property might see one or two tenancies a year; a serviced apartment can turn over fifty times. Every changeover means cleaning, moving and inspection, so pieces need to withstand handling rather than just daily use.

Appearance matters more too. Guests book from photographs, so stylish furniture directly affects occupancy in a way it never does with a twelve-month tenancy. The furniture has to look good in a listing photo and still be standing after a year of turnover.

Yes. Furniture packages cover a full property, specified by room, so a unit can be handed over ready to let. A one-bedroom package typically includes the living room, dining, bedroom and home office furniture together.

For operators running several units, packages are specified once per property type and repeated, which keeps the standard consistent across a portfolio and makes reordering straightforward when a piece needs replacing.

Yes. Plenty of landlords and operators come to us with a property that's mostly furnished and one gap to fill — a sofa that hasn't lasted, a bed that needs upgrading, or extra seating after a poor guest review. Individual items are available alongside packages, at the same contract specification.

Delivery is free on orders over £250, so a single larger item usually qualifies on its own.

LOFT operates from a 45,000 sq ft facility in Manchester with a London presence, reaching most of mainland UK. Standard items are delivered and installed within 24 hours, with bespoke and specialised pieces taking three to four days.

Delivery is free on orders over £250. You'll be kept updated on the schedule, and our team calls an hour before arrival.

That speed matters more in serviced accommodation than almost anywhere else — a broken sofa doesn't mean an inconvenienced tenant, it means cancelled bookings until it's replaced.

Guests book almost entirely on photographs, so how a property presents is commercially significant rather than cosmetic. A few things consistently help: choose furniture in proportion to the room rather than the largest that fits, keep to a consistent palette across the property, and make sure the dining and living areas read clearly as separate spaces even in an open-plan flat.

We can specify furniture against your floor plans so rooms are furnished to scale rather than by guesswork, which is usually where properties look cramped in listing photos.

Expect a shorter cycle than a long-let property. Soft furnishings and mattresses in high-turnover units typically need replacing every three to five years, with case furniture lasting longer. Sofas tend to be the first thing to go, since they take the heaviest use and show wear most visibly in photographs.

We can replace damaged items like-for-like, which keeps a property consistent rather than gradually becoming a mix of pieces from different ranges.