How Landscaping Experts Can Improve Your Home’s Curb Appeal on the Cheap

Curb appeal is the overall attractiveness of a house to a potential buyer. It is the way a piece of property is evaluated. It is also the general appearance and aesthetic appeal of the property’s exterior. Experts usually improve lawns and landscapes to enhance curb appeal. They achieve that by expanding landscape color, improving lawn quality, adding landscape focal points, keeping pests off the lawn, enhancing foundation plantings, growing vines, designing pathways, planting colorful pots, spraying grime away, and building colorful fences. For landscaping, using natural materials (such as local stone, gravel, and wood) for fences, walls, and walkways is essential.

A great example of enhancing curb appeal through landscaping is the Japanese garden that creates an asymmetrical balance employing its stone pathways, randomly arranged grass, flowers, shrubs, and trees. In the case of the garden, it is also essential to pick plants that can thrive (in the chosen location) and not only complement the style of the property.

To enhance the curb appeal of new homes in 80016, experts suggest adding style by building dimension with a porch, using contrast and smart devices, adding texture with siding, resorting to dimension lighting, freshening up the paint on external walls, decorating the windows and filling the front garden with plants. Sometimes, they also add structure with hardscapes and highlight natural elements.