If you want your house to look beautiful and stylish, you should always start with the exterior and work your way inside. The reason for this is that most people who view your home will never see the inside, but many people probably view the exterior every day. If you want to impress them, you perhaps should consider making some changes. These do not have to cost a fortune, and we will walk through both options so that you can get a firm grasp on what needs to be done. These improvements are perfect for giving your home more curb appeal if you are considering putting your house on the market in the near future. Let’s get started with the complex route first.
A Complete Overhaul
If you are unhappy with the front of your home or looking to add massive value on to your house, you might consider, a complete change of your garden. This will take a lot of time and work and does not involve just making a few small changes to your garden. We will get to that option a little bit further down this post. Here are your steps for completely redesigning the exterior of your home.
Design A Plan
You may have an idea of what you want your exterior to look like when it is finished, or you may not. Either way it is best to set down for a short while and come up with a plan of action. Draw up a few sketches of what you want the exterior to look like, the front and the back. Think about your dream features that you would love to have and where they fit on your plan. As an example, you may want a water feature but you will need to put it somewhere where you can easily install a water source.
Fix Your Cost
Once you have got the plan, you will need to look at the type of budget you will need to carry it out. Generally speaking, an overhaul of the exterior of a home will cost a couple thousand, particularly if you are not doing the job yourself. Think about all the materials you will need and add it all up to create an estimated cost. Then, decide if you can afford it.
Speak To A Landscape Designer
It is always a good plan to talk to a landscaper, even if you ultimately choose not to use their services. They will be able to help you ascertain whether your plan is feasible and let you know if they can carry it out themselves. They might also offer advice on improvements that will make the process either cheaper or easier to complete.
Alert The Neighbors
Finally, a job this big is going to require a team, equipment and heavy machinery, we guarantee it. All of this can be a nightmare for next door neighbours, so it is a common courtesy to alert them that this will be occurring. Before you do this, you will also need to alert your local council of the changes to your home’s exterior, and you may even need to get permission.
Simple Improvements
As you can see, a complete redesign of the exterior to your home is quite a complex process, so you might prefer taking a simpler route. If you are not worried about curb appeal or maximising value you may just want to make a few small improvements to your home. Particularly, if you are looking to impress a guest who is coming to stay. This is easy to do.
Make Your Garden Neat And Tidy
You can do this by cutting the grass as short as possible as well as trimming hedges and trees. Ideally, you want your garden to look and feel like a clean space that is vast and large. You may also want to think about buying some grass greener if your front lawn, in particular, is looking a little patchy. If you have a lot of clutter in your garden, considering getting rid of some of the accessories or putting them away in the garage.
Making Repairs
Remember, your garden will have been hit by all of nature’s greatest weapons in recent years, from storms to rain and snow. These will all have taken their toll on the exterior of your home so you may need to do some repairs. These are often quite simple tasks from buying replacement wooden fencing to repainting worn fixtures on your home. You may need a little DIY skill to complete the tasks at hand. But we guarantee you will be able to find some excellent guides on every job if you do a quick search online.
Improving The Windows
Remember, your windows are how an onlooker sees the inside of your home from the outside, and you want them to get a good impression. Whether they are neighbours or just nosy strangers, you want them to be stunned by how beautiful your house is. That is why you should decorate the windows with little accessories like ornaments, vases of flowers and picture frames. Also, be sure to clean out any cobwebs if you have wooden fixtures on the outside.
Plant Some Flowers
Flowers are the perfect garden accessory to bring your exterior to life with more colour. You can use them to frame a dull wall or decorate a fence. You could even dig up a line of soil around the outside of your front lawn and plant flowers all around it. This will look gorgeous and will certain make your garden stand out from the rest of the street.
Add Some Ornaments
Finally, if your garden is looking quite bare, you can consider buying a few small ornaments and placing them around the exterior of your home. You could go for the traditional garden gnomes or a couple quaint stone animals.
Whatever changes you make to the exterior of your home we are sure it will look fantastic and impress any onlookers that walk by.
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