Can a Well-Landscaped Property Help Sell My Home?

If you’re preparing to put your home on the market, you might be trying to think of ways to increase your property value and get prospective buyers through the door. While you may think painting the rooms in your home or installing new floors is a good idea, you might want to focus on the outside of your residence instead. No interior improvement will matter if the outside of your home is off-putting. If your home’s exterior isn’t attractive, realtors and their clients may not even go inside your residence to take a look.

Attractive Landscaping Adds Curb Appeal and Bankable Value

To understand the importance of landscaping, it’s helpful to think of your landscaping as your home’s calling card. When your landscaping looks great, it will catch the eye of passers-by and demonstrate how well you’ve cared for your home. In other words, nice landscaping adds alluring curb appeal to your home.

Additionally, landscaping has can increase your home’s property value between 5.5-12.7 percent.

Here are the factors that are the most important to a lot of possible buyers:

Design
Size and maturity of plants
A mix of plants incorporated into the overall design

Landscaping Tips

It would be great if landscaping was as simple as putting a few plants in the ground and setting a handful of flowerpots on the front porch, but it’s not. For landscaping to have the effect you’re hoping for, it needs to start with a plan. Even if it’s going to take years for you to fully execute your plan, you need to create a draft of your finished design before you plant anything. Your draft will serve as the documented vision you have for your landscaping, and it will keep you on track as you bring your vision to life to ensure the final result is a manicured landscaping design.

In addition to creating a draft of your design, try these landscaping tips:

Draw attention to the front door: While you want your landscaping to look wonderful on its own, your plan should be geared so that your landscaping draws people’s attention to your home’s front door as if it’s beckoning them to venture inside.
Incorporate screening plants where needed: No matter how great looking your home might be, there are probably some things you want to hide, such as your trash and recycling bins, a junction box or a well. If your property has unsightly features, consider using screening plants like bamboo to hide them.
Stay on top of yard maintenance: Even if you don’t add anything to your landscaping before you put your home on the market, it’s vital that you stay on top of your yard maintenance. Doing simple things like edging, trimming and mowing your grass in alternating patterns can give your landscaping an attractive, manicured look with minimal effort.

Contact Ricci’s Landscape Management

For landscaping that will draw people to your home and add to your property value, you simply have to contact Ricci’s Landscape Management. Request a quote online now!