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Modern villa exterior with a black-frame pool and walls of louvred timber.
CASE STUDY

Seminyak Modern Villa

A three-bedroom modern villa walking distance to Petitenget. Tight turnovers and dynamic pricing did most of the work here.

THE CHALLENGE

What the owner walked in with.

The property is three bedrooms, walking distance to Petitenget Beach, a strong location with serious supply pressure. The owner had been managing it remotely from Sydney through an agency that was charging 25% and underperforming nearby villas of similar quality.

The biggest issues were operational, not creative. Same-day turnovers were missing the 4pm check-in by an average of 90 minutes. Pricing was static. Guests were arriving to a villa that hadn't been quite ready, then leaving 4-star reviews that suppressed search ranking.

OUR APPROACH

How we rebuilt the operation.

We onboarded a dedicated turnover team based in Seminyak so back-to-back changeovers consistently hit the 4pm deadline. The 42-point checklist replaced the prior manager's two-page document. Average time from checkout to guest-ready dropped to 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Pricing went from a single rate card to a dynamic engine that re-prices daily across all six channels. We added shoulder-night rules, last-minute pacing rules, and a weekend premium that the prior manager had been leaving on the table.

We restaged the master bedroom with new linen and a single curated artwork from a local Seminyak gallery, and reshot the listing under the kind of late-afternoon light that makes Petitenget villas sell. The relisting averaged a 4.94 review score across the next 60 stays.

RESULTS

Twelve months later.

Each metric below is measured against the owner's previous twelve months under their prior arrangement.

+33%occupancy lift

Year one, vs. owner's previous twelve months

+24%ADR lift

Following repricing, repositioning, and new photography

4months to ROI

From relaunch investment to break-even

They re-listed our villa, restaged the master bedroom, and rebuilt the pricing. ADR is up 24% and our reviews finally reflect what the property actually is. From Sydney, I now genuinely don't think about it.
SW
Sarah WilliamsOwner
+24% ADR after relaunchModern Villa, Seminyak
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