Increase Your Home’s Value with These Landscaping Ideas

A picture is worth a thousand words if it can create a memorable first impression. What better way is there to achieve a positive reaction to the presentation of your home than to start at the curb with your detailing and exterior design features? You want to capture the attention of a casual visitor or prospective buyer from the moment they step foot on your property.

Curb Appeal

A well-thought-out plan for the curb appeal of your home can increase its value by 10% to 15% and give a buyer a good reason to select your home to purchase.

You will want to create a landscape design that complements the style of your home. A Victorian cottage demands colourful flowering gardens along with a curvy stone walkway, while a craftsman bungalow is more suited for hedges and perennial borders with a paver entry. Whatever the style, the addition of evergreens will provide year-round colour, and deciduous trees will provide great shade and intimacy to a residence when properly placed. Making the right choices for great curb appeal doesn’t need to come at a high price or with extensive upkeep. Flower beds are easily planted and are inexpensive. Selecting plants that do not grow quickly or shed will create a low-maintenance yard.

Back Yard Evergreen Oasis

No matter what size of yard you have it is worth every penny to enhance the space with smart easy to care for landscaping.  Evergreen gardens are perfect for our Nova Scotia Climate. They are easy to maintain and offer beauty 365 days a year in all seasons. Consider investing in evergreens suited to our climate – ones that offer a variety of leaf colour and year round berries for pops of colour. Rock gardens with succulents are another easy to maintain option perfectly suited for our local climate. Once established weeding is easy and these plants are hardy.

Outdoor Lighting

A major asset to a property’s value is the installation of landscape lighting. The illumination of landscape elements and interesting features of the architecture lets your home command attention 24 hours a day.

We can help you locate the best sources for creating the wonderful first impression that will be the lasting impression for those who appreciate the attention to detail that you give to your home.