Kev and I helped someone landscape the front of their house to prepare for the house to be sold. It was an all day Saturday project. 9 AM to 6 PM. I am so sore I can barely walk...
Before
minus the light plants and stone edging on the ground- that is just sitting there for the new landscaping. If you look closely you'll see kev already digging up shrubs.
AFTER
What we did:
- Changed broken sprinkler heads
- Put spotlights that will shine up on the house at night
- Pulled up all the half dead shrubs and evened out the soil levels
- Laid gravel to drain the rain runoff from the roof properly
- Scrubbed the front planter and the house walls to remove mold and dirt
- placed the stone edging
- planted flowers in all the planters
- placed stone edging around shrubs on the edge of the driveway
- stone edging and flowers around mailbox
- Bark dusted all flower beds
The homeowner hasn't said if they like it but Kev and I think it has great curb appeal now, and according to advisers that help sell houses- $275 worth of materials will regain $3,000 on return of investment.
2 Notes to the Queen Bee:
Are you seriously selling?
Looks great! A definite improvement. And if it's free labor you're handing out, I've got a house in mind that could use some of your landscaping magic....
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