Does Landscaping Increase Home Value?

Does Landscaping Increase Home Value?

A nice yard with a lush green lawn, bright flowers, and healthy trees will make your home more eye-catching to visitors and passersby. It will make the property infinitely more enjoyable for those who live in it. And it will enhance you and your family’s health because the plants improve air quality around the home. But will good landscaping increase the value of your home? Will it have any direct impact on the sales price of your property?

According to RENEW management team, great landscaping is an excellent marketing tool for homeowners on the verge of selling their home. An attractive landscape equals great curb appeal. Whether viewing the pictures online or visiting the property, looking at a home with great landscaping makes people happy. And the most important factor that determines how much buyers offer for a home is the level of pleasure the home evokes in them.

The great thing about landscaping is that it improves the look and function of a home better than most home renovations. That’s because the popular home design and interior décor trends are constantly changing, as new technologies come to the market, and buyer attitudes change. But great landscaping never fades; instead, it keeps improving as the trees become fuller and gardens mature.

So to answer the question can landscaping improve the value of your home? The answer is yes. As a matter of fact, a well-designed landscape has been shown to improve the value of a home by as much as 5.5%-12.7%.

If the home is valued at $300,000, that is an extra $16,500-$38,100 added to the original value of the home. But this kind of value add does not come from merely sticking some plants in the yard. It takes proper planning.

Landscaping tips for improving your home’s value

1.           Plan the landscaping

The difference between a great landscape and a grassy field is proper planning. The biggest mistake you can make with your landscaping efforts is to let yourself be guided by whatever catches your fancy or to follow another person’s landscaping designs without considering the peculiarities of your own yard. A landscape that is created without an overarching plan to guide the choice and arrangement of landscape elements will have a disjointed look in the end. The features will not fit together and they will do a poor job of complementing the home.

2.           Keep it low maintenance

To create a low maintenance yard, you need a selection of features that are appealing and yet require little care. Ways to do this include incorporating lots of hardscaping elements in the yard (retaining walls, walkways, patios, and many more), xeriscaping (which relies on drought-resistant plants to reduce the frequency of watering and the amount of water needed), and using mostly native plant species (plants that are indigenous to an area and better adapted to local conditions). One more way to keep a yard low maintenance is to plant perennials and annuals.

3.           Pay attention to the lawn

The lawn is the backdrop and foreground to your home’s landscaping. A neglected lawn takes attention away from other aspects of the lawn. If the lawn is properly cared for, it highlights other landscaping features. A great lawn begins with the way it is designed. A lawn design that is playful, attractive, functional, and cohesive will greatly improve the curb appeal of the home. But in addition to good design, the lawn needs to be cared for. Proper lawn care involves the right frequency and amount of watering, proper grass-cutting, weeding, and applying fertilizers, mulching, and pesticides.

4.           Give it a beautiful garden

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A well-thought out garden adds color to the landscape across all seasons of the year. One way to do this is to create groupings of color around the yard. You could cluster plants with specific color groups around different areas of the yard. Employing this strategy results in a yard with a better structure than you would get if the colors were haphazardly arranged. You should also use colors that have a soothing effect on people. But if you don’t have a lot of space to play around with, you can still do this by using planters of various sizes across the yard.

5.           Do not forget the trees and shrubs

Choosing trees for a yard is a more permanent decision than the other tips discussed here. Trees become harder to remove as they grow and they have the potential to damage your home if planted too close to the house, driveway, fencing, and other structures. Some trees also shed a lot of leaves and will increase the amount of work needed to maintain the yard. Other trees are not hardy and may show signs of damage by insects, disease, and weather, which would detract from their beauty. Take all these into account when selecting trees or shrubs.

Finally, make sure to include the deck and patio in your landscaping effort. And as you work to create that beautiful landscape, remember to have fun and enjoy the process. The happiness you feel while creating the landscape will reflect in its quality and visitors to your home will sense the love you poured into designing your yard.

1.           Do not forget the trees and shrubs

Choosing trees for a yard is a more permanent decision than the other tips discussed here. Trees become harder to remove as they grow and they have the potential to damage your home if planted too close to the house, driveway, fencing, and other structures. Some trees also shed a lot of leaves and will increase the amount of work needed to maintain the yard. Other trees are not hardy and may show signs of damage by insects, disease, and weather, which would detract from their beauty. Take all these into account when selecting trees or shrubs.

Finally, make sure to include the deck and patio in your landscaping effort. And as you work to create that beautiful landscape, remember to have fun and enjoy the process. The happiness you feel while creating the landscape will reflect in its quality and visitors to your home will sense the love you poured into designing your yard.

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