Whether you’re thinking about selling your home in the near future or keeping it in your family for years to come, landscape design services can boost curb appeal and increase the value of your home. With the help of Helmke Industries, you can create a gorgeous landscape that will enhance your lifestyle and the beauty of your Northern New Jersey or Rockland County home. Landscaping is the first thing that guests and potential buyers see. It can create a lovely, inviting entrance to your home or an eyesore for other homes in the neighborhood. Here are six ways to increase your home’s value with landscape design services.
- Renovate Your Lawn
If your lawn has lost its lush, green curb appeal, or you’re noticing weeds, brown spots, bare patches or dead grass, new turf can give your home a beautiful, refreshed appearance. If you have provided regular lawn care and maintenance, chances are your lawn is still healthy and just needs some attention. If your grass has been planted for years and you don’t have a regular landscape professional, it may be time to replant new grass. As a general rule, if 50% of your lawn is grass, you may be able to re-seed, but if it’s full of weeds or brown spots, it’s best to dig it up and re-sod.
- Plant Trees and Shrubs
Did you know that planting new trees and shrubs in your landscape can actually increase your home’s value? Well, according to real estate and landscaping experts, they can. A few simple trees can make an enormous difference to the sale price of your home. Real estate studies show that homes on tree-lined streets can sell for as much as 15% more than homes in neighborhoods with fewer trees. Trees and large shrubs provide numerous benefits for your landscape and your home:
- Absorb rainfall and prevent soil erosion
- Reduce carbon dioxide in the air and provide healthier outdoor air
- Promote energy savings with shade trees that cool your home in the summer
- Prevent wind damage to your home by buffering high winds
- Create Colorful Garden Areas
Planting garden beds or large garden areas will add wonderful color and texture to your landscape and create lovely focal points that attract attention. Beautiful flowers and blooming plants will create instant curb appeal for your home. Whatever the style of your home or size of your property, garden areas will create visual appeal and give your landscape a well-maintained appearance.
In addition to colorful blooming garden areas, a landscape professional can also help you create unique specialty gardens that provide landscape and environmental benefits:
- Butterfly Gardens – Butterfly gardens are not only beautiful to watch, but they add benefits to your landscape. By growing plants that caterpillars and adult butterflies like to feed on, you can promote a healthy and natural eco-friendly outdoor environment.
- Edible Gardens – Edible gardens provide a great way to grow healthy, inexpensive food right outside your back door. Cooking with fresh, organic fruits, vegetables, berries, herbs and spices from your own garden is a wonderful way to enjoy your meals.
- Plant a Native Landscape
Native plants and trees are becoming a plus for properties that are subjected to extreme climate and weather conditions in certain seasons. They help to filter and distribute runoff water underground and prevent storm water from seeping into your basement and foundation. With professional landscape design services, plants that easily adapt to local climate and soil conditions are carefully selected. By planting a variety of plants native to Bergen County or Rockland County, you will provide seeds, pollen and nectar that serve as a natural food source for native birds, butterflies, insects and wildlife.
The term “xeriscaping” refers to creative landscaping that helps to promote water conservation. Although it was originally developed for drought-affected areas of the country, it has created popular landscape design services for Northern NJ and Rockland NY landscapes as well. Xeriscaping provides homeowners a way to conserve water, reduce home expenses and create garden areas with native plants that require low maintenance. It can provide a natural looking landscape that’s formal and well-manicured, or a casual landscape with rural, country appeal. Xeriscaping provides many landscape benefits:
- Conserves Water – Reduces water use up to 75%
- Less Maintenance – Requires little maintenance other than trimming and weeding
- No Pollution – Small grassy areas don’t require gas mowers that need fuel
- No Pesticides – Native plants can survive on healthy organic soil
- Promotes Wildlife – Native plants and shrubs offer a natural habitat for local wildlife
- Build Stone Walkways
Paving stone walkways are a beautiful accent for any Northern New Jersey landscape. They will quickly enhance your home’s curb appeal and increase your home’s value. When installed in the front yard, they will provide a safe, inviting entrance to your front door. In the back yard, they can be used to create a non-slip passageway between the house and the pool, spa or outdoor fireplace.
Stone pavers are available in a variety of beautiful colors and textures. You can create walkways or pathways that blend quietly into your landscape or stand out with contrast and visual impact. Pavers come in a variety of shapes and sizes that can be laid to form straight, long walkways or winding pathways with intricate patterns. Since stone pavers are usually installed over natural soil and gravel beds, you don’t have to worry about cracking from poured materials when they settle. Individual stone pavers are resilient, so cracking and chipping over time with normal wear is minimal. Professional landscape design services like Helmke Industries can provide outdoor stone walkways that quickly boost landscape appeal and home value.
- Create Outdoor Entertaining Areas
An Outdoor Patio
An outdoor patio will create a lot of new opportunities for family activities and entertaining friends. It will expand your interior living space and give you a comfortable area to enjoy your back yard year-round. You can build a patio adjacent to your house, or in a more remote location within the landscape. If you have a large yard, consider terraced levels that can be used for larger gatherings and more privacy. Whether you locate your patio next to the house or further away, consider an outdoor kitchen for endless outdoor dining and entertaining possibilities.
An Outdoor Fireplace or Fire Pit
An outdoor fireplace or fire pit will create a warm, inviting gathering place for family and friends. Whether it’s a warm summer night or a chilly winter evening, a cozy fire provides a great spot for relaxing, conversing or roasting marshmallows. A fireplace will be more expensive to build, but it may provide more flexibility for entertaining. A fire pit is typically built in the yard, but it may offer more privacy away from the house.
Talk to John Helmke on 845-398 2300, so he can provide you with a free quote on your curb appeal!
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