Increase your resale value

Where to start?

With the front of the home being the first point of contact with a potential buyer the order of the day is mowing, weeding, trimming shrubs and putting in fresh sod if you need to. If you have a budget its important to focus your landscaping around key areas – something that’s going to be seen such as the front of the house.

When the easy work has been done it’s time to get serious. The hot trend of the moment – beautiful pathways, made of concrete pavers winding from the street to the front door. Tackling this on your own can often be too much for some people, Acheson & Glover have a list of recommended installers for both paving and garden walls. Ripping up asphalt and replacing with brick pavers can seem a daunting task but you can rest assured these guys will do a great job with your landscaping.

Making the path slightly curved or staggered to give it some character. Adding TerraPave® paving circles can also define an entranceway easily.

Low wattage ground can provide the landscaping around the home with a soft glow in the evening hours, providing the perfect space to relax with a glass of wine come the summer time.

Remember that low-maintenance planting is always best when selling a home – especially if your not particularly green-fingered yourself. Buyers want a home to look good but don’t want it to be labour intensive or infringe on their lifestyle. The single biggest mistake people make is over-planting, no one wants to be living in a jungle in a few years.

The backyard sanctuary.

Once you’ve completed the landscaping at the front of your home, your next point of attack is the backyard “sanctuary”. More and more people are looking for an area of the home where they can wind down. A patio at the rear of a property can provide the much needed solace from today’s busy world.

With a wide range of colours in the paving and flag products available from Acheson & Glover you get design flexibility for your patio.

Bringing the indoors outside is also a great way to increase the value of your living space. A brick barbeque can increase your usable space, providing a great way to entertain in the summer and show off your culinary skills!

Another more elaborate project to tackle is a small pond. Confident DIYers can create this for a around £200-300. You can pick up pond liner at any good DIY store and the pumps needed to keep the water moving. A few of our more adventurous customers have also integrated a garden retaining wall into their pond design finishing the project off perfectly. Water features in the garden can bring with it motion to a normally static environment, and the associated peacefulness normally found in a Japanese garden.

Professional Landscape Architect.

If you feel that you are just not hands on enough to tackle some of this yourself, or your just not creative enough to come up with unique ideas - why not call into our Brick & Paving centres to arrange a consultation with one of our professional Landscape Architects who can assist you with the design and development of your home. We can provide you with the total professional service you need to transform your home.

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