Landscaping Trends That Can Increase Your Home’s Value

Making sure that the outside of your home is as lovely as the inside is essential when selling a house. Curb appeal is still necessary to attract potential home buyers and justify your asking price. Updating your landscaping with modern ideas is another way that you can convey that your home is current and updated and help beat out the competition. Consider these landscaping trends to help increase the value of your home and help your home sell quickly.

1- THINK: MULTI-USE

You can maximize your outdoor space in ways you couldn’t imagine! You could combine an area that has a vertical garden and outdoor dining. Add a water fountain and comfortable seating. Whatever you can do to make the exterior of your house as inviting as in the interior.

2- GO NATIVE

Landscapes across the Nation have been embracing native plants that help the local environment and keep maintenance low. Local plants are already used to the climate and will be easy to care for. Every place has their own colorful, lovely blooms that you can incorporate into your landscaping! Plant them along the walkways, add some hanging baskets, whatever your heart’s desire!

3- YOUR GRASS CHOICE MATTERS!

We get plenty of sunshine in SW Florida, as well as heat and humidity, pretty much all year ‘round. The best grass to choose is warm-season grass. It’s low maintenance so it will cut down on the time you have to spend mowing it. You’ll appreciate that, and so will a new home buyer!

4- TIME TO MAKE THAT YARD SHINE!

With good lighting, we mean. Change & update the outdoor light fixtures. Choose fixtures that will match the style of your home. We love adding some kind of lights outside: string lights, fairy lights, party lights… something to make it seem a little more magical out there.

4- MAKE IT A PRIVATE OASIS

Folks want to be able to spend time in their backyards without being on display for the entire neighborhood so it is important to make sure that your home has a partial or fully private area where the new homeowners can relax. Remember, it gets hot here so you will want to have some shady areas! You can also put-up hanging curtains or fencing to help block the view.

FINAL THOUGHTS

It doesn’t have to cost a lot of money to spruce up your landscaping but with a little time and effort, you can turn your yard into a beautiful retreat and attract a serious buyer who will pay top dollar!