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How To Use Your Yard To Increase Your Home’s Value

When you are selling your home, you’ll need to do plenty of things to ensure that it’s ready to go on the market. You want it to make the most significant impact when it is first marketed, and if that doesn’t happen, you might find that you don’t get the interest you are looking for. Ensuring that your property is ready to be sold and completing any jobs that need to be done is crucial.

Yet when you’re concentrating on your home’s interior (which makes sense because that’s where you spend most of your time), it’s easy to forget about the exterior and specifically about your backyard. However, this is just as important as any other area of your property, and if you plan things correctly, your yard might even be the reason your home sells – and it can increase its value. Here are some of the things that can help.

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Build A Barbecue Area 

There is something unique and fun about eating outside, and when you can do it in your own backyard with your friends and family, it’s even better. A lot of prospective buyers will be looking for an area in which they can set up their equipment from BBQGuys and start cooking some delicious food.

Although a patio and some paving slabs are fine and will certainly do the job, if you can build a dedicated barbecue area, that’s even better. Make sure you dress it to show how it can be used with chairs and a table as well as the grill itself. Your buyers will easily be able to imagine themselves entertaining their guests over the summer if you do this.

Install A Fishpond 

It’s always a good idea to add some movement to your yard, and a fishpond is the ideal way you can do this. Not only do you have the movement of the water, but you have the fish as well, plus any other wildlife (frogs, toads, newts, and so on) that might make themselves known.

The reason this is an excellent addition to your yard and why, if you want to make more money from your sale or sell your property more quickly (or both), you should certainly install a fishpond, is that running water is relaxing. Your potential buyers will be able to feel at peace and at ease in your yard, and this will give them a good impression on the rest of your property as well as your yard. They know they’ll be able to enjoy your home if they were to buy it.

Lay Some New Turf

Doesn’t a perfectly manicured, healthy, lush green lawn always look so beautiful? It’s true – a well-kept lawn is a thing of beauty, and not only does it mean that people can enjoy your yard more, but it will also help them with the impression that you take good care of the entire property. A beautiful fresh lawn is much more attractive than a weed-covered patch of grass, and it’s a small change that can make a big difference.

Buying turf isn’t expensive, and you should be able to find room in your moving or renovation budget for it. Laying it is easy too, although you will need to work hard to remove the old turf first and potentially treat the ground to ensure the new grass grows well.

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