Parenting Pointers: Do's and Don't's for Landscape Improvements

With everyone currently stuck at home, many people are turning to home improvement projects to stay busy. This might seem like a good idea initially, but some renovations can actually do more harm than good for your home value.
There are some relatively inexpensive items — such as lawn maintenance and mulch — gave a big return on the investment. But, surprisingly, other lawn and landscape features that many homeowners think of as wonderful assets — including pools and fruit trees — actually dragged home value down. 

To determine these placements, LawnStarter gathered all available data from the past two years from reputable studies and websites showing the relative value of various lawn and landscape improvements, analyzing whether they helped or detracted from home value.

Here are 10 do’s and 10 don’ts for landscape and garden improvements:

Do’s

1. A well-maintained lawn
2. Shrubs and trees
3. Tidy garden
4. Landscaped pathway
5. Lighting
6. Fresh mulch
7. All-season deck/outdoor kitchen
8. Pop of color through container plants, garden bed
9. Automated irrigation system
10. Professional landscape design

Don’ts

1. Artificial grass
2. Outdoor water features
3. Unkempt garden
4. Broken fence panels, cracked walls
5. Swimming pools, hot tubs
6. Sports court
7. Big concrete patio
8. Fruit trees
9. Old-outdated garden decor, furniture
10. Highly personalized niche landscape design

 

For the full report, please visit: https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/studies/home-value-lawn-landscape-increase-decrease/