Can Landscaping increase home value?

There’s an adage that says “You cannot judge a book by its cover”, for the purposes of this article, we shall be adjusting that adage a bit. Because in real estate, the cover of the book plays a role in calculating how valuable the book is. 

In this case, the particular cover we’re talking about is the compound of the house. More specifically, the quality of the landscaping that has been done on the grounds. A lot of people don’t know whether proper landscaping can add value to their homes. And even the ones that do are confused as to how, and to whether it’s possible to have definitive numbers as to how different levels of landscaping affect the value of their homes. 

This is very important knowledge to have for a few reasons. Firstly, the knowledge of how valuable your landscaping efforts are is going to help you not to be short-sold when looking to sell your house. Secondly, this is the knowledge that can help you decide if landscaping a house you want to sell is worth it, and will also help you decide the extent to which you want to undergo landscaping. 

There are also many other reasons why landscaping is so important.

So, to get this out of the way, the first question is, does landscaping increase the value of a property? The answer is heck yes. Landscaping your home is one of the best ways you can increase your home’s value. I mean, come on, from a mental standpoint, don’t beautiful landscapes just give you a higher perception of value?

Landscaping can add tens of thousands of dollars to the value of your home. And there’s additional good news. Proper landscaping not only adds value to your property at present, but that value improves with time. How? Think about a landscape that was designed with a lot of plant life and vegetation. The more those plants and trees grow, the more beautiful the landscape will be, the more beautiful your landscape is, the more valuable the property will be. So not only are you adding more value immediately, but the longer you maintain and keep that landscape, the more money you are going to sell for, when/if you decide to.

As to how much value great landscaping adds, real estate agents across the country are unanimous in the belief that proper landscaping increases the value of your property by at least 10%, depending on the quality.

To expatriate on quality, we are talking about how structured and functional the space is. Basically, you won’t just mix a bunch of different elements hoping that you come up with something good. A professional has to be hired to design a beautiful and functional landscape. Failure to do that properly would more likely reduce the property’s value because prospective owners would then have to undo what you did before paying for their own landscaping.

Now, apart from hiring a good landscaper, there are other ways the value of a property can be increased via landscaping. Focusing on lawn hedges would make your garden look neat, the addition of a lot of plants will increase the aesthetic and also help with ventilation, rock landscaping is another avenue that should be looked at to add variety and colour. While adding plants, it’s important to vary the colours for beauty.

Another important practice is mulching, which is a process of applying some material to the surface of your garden soil to serve a certain purpose:

1. Retention of soil moisture via prevention of evaporation

2. Keeping the soil temperature cool 

3. Suppression of weed growth

4. for decoration

So that’s about it, landscaping a piece of property you want to sell is definitely a worthwhile investment. But an investment that should be done properly to reap its benefits in full. If you want to make an investment, we offer the best landscaping in Oklahoma City.