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Landscaping Before Selling Your Home
Home Selling Tips by Canadian Real Estate Pal ™
Before your prospective home buyers even step through your front door, the landscaping (or not) of your property will have already started to set the tone for your presentation. Landscaping before selling your property is an important step to ensure that you sell your home at a great price. Here's a quick checklist and guide to help you evaluate and improve your landscaping for better home selling success!
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- D A Gracey & Associates Ltd in Concord, ON
"Not a good experience dealing with Adam and Jean Pierre. They forced a design on us and constantly changed it during the construction phase without our consent and..."
- Corbret's Pet Centres in Windsor, ON
"Great selection, with expert advice. They have been in Windsor since 1972 one of the oldest Pet Shops in the county. I had a great experience with my pond and they helped me every step of the way..."
- London Landscapes & Masonry in Anmore, BC
"Wonderful company with a lot of experience and beautiful quality of work. Prices are very reasonable. Excellent job..."
- Rob's Dump Trucking Ltd in Halifax, NS
"I do not recommend Rob's at all for anything. We found them to be exceedingly unprofessional and their work exhibits very poor workmanship in..."
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"With the nicer weather these days, I have noticed something very disturbing in the Walmart store which I had put off earlier to simply being overdressed in the winter time. Lately, whenever I step into the local Walmart, the air quality, or lack thereof, causes me to feel very uncomfortable. It's so stuffy and hot, and UNFRESH, in the store that I have found myself racing around to get what I "need", and get out of there as fast as possible..."
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"Am I the only one who gets the impression that my time is worth absolutely nothing at Walmart? Just because Walmart has mastered the subordination of third-world labour and skirted around environmental responsibilities by dealing with manufacturers who pollute without eco checks and balances, that is no excuse for treating their customers with the same contempt..."
- Walmart in Courtenay, BC
"The audacity and semantic sneakiness of Walmart does not seem to respect any bounds or limits, as demonstrated by a huge poster they have at the front of the store stating "Canadian Made and Proud of It"! When I first saw this, I could not believe they DARED promote what this "Canadian Made" proclamation IMPLIED..."
- Windmill Garden Centre in Orillia, ON
"Initially nice enough with many empty promises. Spent over 41K with the company. After the winter we had problems with the water front. Windmills comment was that any waterfront issues were an 'Act of God'..."
- Schut's Unit Step Ltd in Brantford, ON
"A year and a half ago, we purchased railing for our front step. It was measured up and we waited quite a long time for it to come. When it was installed..."
- Fernwood Landscaping in Alliston, ON
"Had work done back in 2006. were professional. Repairs were made the following year. Since then I have been leaving messages about needed repairs and no responses..."
- Cornerstone Landscaping in Brampton, ON
"A fantastic well run company. Creative , professional and thorough..."
- Pacific Silica & Rock Quarry Ltd in Oliver, BC
"Lots of neat products! They now have a website..."
- TJ Greenlawn Landscape Construction in Kingston, NS
"The staff behave extremely rude and swear at people..."
- Timberline Landscape Contractors in Fonthill, ON
"Unfortunately our experience has not been good. Results were poor and the disappointing part is that the company did not stand behind their work and try to remedy the situation..."
- Granby Bobcat Service Ltd in Nanaimo, BC
"My husband and and I were very impressed by the highly professional job that Mark did when he transformed the jungle that remained between my husband's shop and the roadway..."
- Turning Leaf Enterprises in Surrey, BC
"Landscape installation was detailed, complete, with attention to detail..."
- Zodiac Enterprise Reg in Rockland, ON
"Bob at Zodiac Enterprises from Rockland installed a front step landing and driveway/walkway on June 5, 2008. I have been trying to contact them since early spring to come back and rectify a flooding issue..."
- Yard Worx in Calgary, AB
"Terrible service would not recommend - snow removal service in Calgary - won't answer phones, bad attitude toward customers, full of excuses..."
- Alpine Quarries in Calgary, AB
"In determining the type of stone to use on an exterior fireplace, my contractor brought my attention to Alpine Quarries..."
- Greencare Nursery & Landscaping in Exeter, ON
"They truly are professionals and help you build your oasis just as you would like..."
- Rob's Dump Trucking Ltd in Halifax, NS
"They are a great company. Friendly, personable, efficient..."
- South Side Enterprises in Cambridge, ON
"AVOID! This guy has been running me through the mill for over 30 days now..."
- Comox Valley Bobcat & Excavating Ltd in Courtenay, BC
"We have used Comox Valley Bobcat many times over the years for landscaping and prep work to snow removal..."
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Landscaping Before Selling Your Home
How does your landscaping compare to the neighbourhood?
As your prospective home buyers drive up to your house, they will have already formed an impression based on the overall appearance of your neighbourhood and how your yard compares to the landscaping of surrounding lots. While you might not be able to do much about the appearance of your neighbours' yards, you CAN, and SHOULD do all you can to make a great first impression from the outside of your house.
Bushes and shrubs can add value to your landscape.
Adding some bushes and shrubs to your yard can add some depth to your landscape. If you have mature trees, that's great, but there is not much cost benefit to planting new trees. Trees can be expensive and the less expensive, younger trees won't add much to the appearance of your home. Bushes and shrubs can be planted quickly and their visual rewards are immediate.
Flowers are great for adding colour to your yard.
The key to getting instant return on your investment in flowers is to add mature plants. Planting bulbs and seeds may take too long to realize the benefits. When adding flowers to your yard, be sure to choose vibrant colours to add a lively splash to your yard.
A manicured lawn is important.
Your lawn should be neatly edged, and uniformly cut. Any brown or unmatching patches should be replaced with sod and allowed enough time to blend into the rest of the yard. While buying trees and planting bulbs may not be worthwhile investments, resodding weak patches of lawn are worth the effort and should be done in the early stages of preparing your home for sale.
A tidy yard is noticed.
Regardless of time time of year, raking up leaves and glass cuttings to keep your yard tidy is very important. Even a quick rake and sweep before a visit from a prospective home buyer can make that critical difference!
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