How Much Value Can Professional Landscaping Add to Your Property?

When homeowners think about improving the value of their property, their minds usually go straight to the inside of the house - a remodeled kitchen, new flooring, updated bathrooms or fresh paint.

But what about everything outside your front door?

Your landscape is one of the first things people notice about your property, and investing in it isn't just about making your yard look better. A thoughtfully designed, professionally installed and properly maintained landscape can become a real investment in your property's overall value.

How Much Can Landscaping Actually Add?

Research from Virginia Tech has found that improving a property from having little or no landscaping to a well-designed landscape can increase its perceived value by approximately 5.5% to 11.4%. Other research has found that improving a landscape from average to excellent could increase a home's value by approximately 10% to 12%.

Think about what that could mean:

A $300,000 home with a 10% increase = $30,000

A $400,000 home with a 10% increase = $40,000

A $500,000 house with a 10% increase = $50,000

Of course, every property and real estate market is different, and landscaping doesn't guarantee a specific increase in sale price. But it shows just how significant the exterior of your property can be.

It's Not About Having the Most Expensive Landscape

Here's the interesting part: more landscaping isn't necessarily better landscaping.

Research has shown that the design of a landscape plays an important role in how much value people perceive it to add.

A thoughtfully planned property might include:

• Healthy, appropriately sized trees and shrubs

• Defined and maintained landscape beds

• Perennials and seasonal color

• Proper edging and fresh mulch

• Healthy, maintained turf

• Plants that complement the home

• Clean, intentional transitions throughout the property

• Proper pruning and ongoing plant care

The goal is to make the landscape feel like it belongs with the home.

First Impressions Matter

Before someone ever steps through your front door, they've already seen your lawn, trees, shrubs, landscape beds and entryway.

That's curb appeal.

The National Association of REALTORS® report that 97% of REALTORS® believe curb appeal is important when attracting buyers.

Even if you're not planning on selling anytime soon, that investment still matters.

You get to enjoy the property every day.

A professionally maintained landscape can make your home feel more inviting, create spaces you're proud to spend time in and prevent your landscaping from becoming overgrown, unhealthy or outdated.

Installation Is Only Half the Investment

Installing beautiful landscaping is one thing.

Protecting it is another.

Trees, shrubs, perennials and turf are living parts of your property. Without proper maintenance, pruning and plant health care, an investment that looked incredible when it was installed can slowly decline.

That's why we believe landscaping should be looked at long-term.

At Your Personal Gardener & Arborist, we help homeowners improve and care for their properties through professional landscape installations, renovations, lawn care, seasonal maintenance, tree care and Plant Health Care.

Whether you're completely transforming an outdated landscape or simply giving your existing property the attention it needs, the goal is the same:

Create a landscape that looks better, performs better and adds to the property you've already invested so much in.

Invest in Your Property From the Outside In.

Ready to see what we can do with your landscape?

Schedule an estimate with Your Personal Gardener & Arborist today.

(262) 470-3829

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