As you look at your outdoor living spaces with an eye for upgrades, where will your time and money be best spent? Fresh landscaping? Sprinklers? A new fence? A firepit?

There are two ways to look at your improvements.  1. Curb appeal to make your home more attractive to buyers when you’re ready to sell.  2. Personal enjoyment while you live in the home.

If you’re thinking strictly of return on investment, regular lawn care, landscape maintenance and tree care and trimming each restore 100 percent or more of the costs. Regular attention to watering and drainage will prevent unsightly dead spots in your yard. Removing dead tree branches or limbs growing too close to the house prevents storm damage.  Keeping bushes trimmed prevents overgrowth that obscures your home’s features.

But money isn’t everything.  What about personal enjoyment, convenience and satisfaction? How about an irrigation system,  a fire feature, a new wood deck,  a water feature, and an overall landscape upgrade.

Curb appeal matters, and landscape improvement is money well spent. You’re adding beauty and convenience to your home, which future homebuyers will appreciate.