Quick Tips To Make Your Landscape Design Win a Beauty Contest

A recent report from bankrate.com mentions that a landscaping investment could potentially pay a 215 percent return in home value! According to a new cost vs value report exterior improvements give more of a return than interior changes when it comes to remodeling. Is it time to crank up the curb appeal of your home? This is a must read if you are planning to put your home on the market this spring/summer.

What if a landscape makeover could sell your home?

Potential buyers are judging your home from the moment they step foot out of the car, what kind of impression is your curb appeal leaving? An attractive and well maintained landscape could add as much as 10% of value to your home. Are you leaving that money on the table because you don't know where to start?

If you are selling a luxury home and your landscape is ho-hum...we've got the answers. You could DIY...or leave it to the professionals. As you may know...landscape isn't cheap (maybe that's why you skimped in first place, hopefully this article sparks some reconsideration).

How is your landscape greeting your potential home buyers? 

71% of home buyers feel that curb appeal is important for their purchasing decision.

There are many ways to evaluate your home's landscape before putting your home on the market. If you want to improve your chances to sell your home at the right price, improving your curb appeal is key. We speak from experience, and what we call the "drive-by", where the house hunter simply follows the Cabernet & Cream signs all the way to our Open House. When they get there they simply just down for a peek and keep it moving...something had to turn them off...was it the landscape?

Quick Tips To Make Sure Your Landscape Design Wins A Beauty Contest

Things to consider for appealing to the home buyer market:

• Maintenance - start by cleaning up the yard, trimming and removing dead plants. Investigate the unseen: downspouts, drain spouts, sprinklers, sidewalk stones, etc.
• Plants - landscaping's role is to help people notice the house first, the landscaping should pull your eyes to the front door. Plant some instant color or attractive containers on the porch with bright flowers. 
• Landscaping Features - think decks or patios. Personal touches like fire pits, water features, outdoor kitchens can be left to the new homeowner. 
• Keep It Simple - limit the number of plants and simplify the design. 

Where To Find The Right San Diego Landscape Architect

If you are a little overwhelmed with all of the tasks to put your home on the market, cleaning, de-cluttering, staging, packing, finding a new home, paperwork...oh the list!!

Start here: Landscape Architecture in San Diego 


Hire Eco Minded Solutions, one of the best San Diego Landscape Architects in town. Have you seen their work?! Check out all of the eye candy over on Houzz.com.

Have you seen Living Walls in San Diego? This is one of my favorite landscape features where the combination of art and garden is a modern way to add sustainable luxury to your makeover project. 

Contact information and booking an appointment is really simple you can call 858-356-6504. They also provide complimentary design consultations.

Not only do I love this company for the beautiful landscapes they have created...but did you know they are eco-friendly? That's right my friends, they are a local company that believes beauty can be created for your home both interior & exterior in an environmentally conscious way. (Your Home Buyer will LOVE that!) Going Green is trending big time. They have a quick 7 Step Process that can have your yard looking beautiful in no time!

1. Getting To Know Each Other
2. Property Assessment and Landscape Design Generation
3. Review the Scope Of Work
4. Construction Project Management
5. Pre-Construction Meeting
6. Construction Begins
7. Project Completion

At the same time you are getting your landscape design you should also hire Team SchuCo to help sell your home. (Shameless plug) What if you sold your home and paid for the new landscape with your proceeds from escrow all at the same time?!? Let us show you how this can be done.

If you have any questions or just want to chat we can be reached at 619-995-2132.
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Schedule An Appointment With Team SchuCo of La Jolla
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Send us an email: tschumacher@bhhscal.com




*Photos for this post are compliments of Eco Minded Solutions

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