If you’re in the business of betterment, then you know there’s no such thing as shortcuts. As a house flipper – whether for hobby or profession – you’re looking for the best of the best, and providing your listing with a fresh, revamped, and renewed landscaping look is a key ingredient to accomplishing just that. Sounds, like added complication, doesn’t it?
Don’t sweat it! We’re in the business of betterment, too. As landscape professionals who have been in the lawn crafting game for decades, we also understand shortcuts don’t exist. That’s one of the reasons we love to work with house flippers. With our experience and our know-how, we can aid you in bettering your listing to the utmost degree.
It’s not merely about aesthetics, though. There’s plenty of reasons why house flippers should invest in their landscaping. We’ve listed out a few of our favorites here!
Curb Appeal
The most obvious of all the reasons, adding some landscaping into your flipping budget will provide your listing with some (potentially) much-needed curb appeal. A landscaped home with not only a well-maintained yard, but a well-crafted landscape, will make your listing look more professional, far more finished, and add immensely to the attractiveness element.
If a potential buyer steps onto the property you’ve flipped and sees a gorgeous, well-designed, and functional home, they’re likely to be interested. But if that gorgeous, well-designed, and functional home sits atop a lawn that’s full of problems, growing wildly, or looking ragged, it’s likely to take away from all of the hard work you’ve put into you home.
Additionally, adding in an already-landscaped home saves potential buyers from having to take on the expense of design and landscape their lawns once they’ve purchased the home from you – making this an extra valuable listing. You’d be offering them a beautiful, redesigned home with a yard that’s to-die for and saving them from the extra expense of land crafting. Sounds like the perfect incentive to purchase a home, doesn’t it?
Nature Preservation
Though hopefully this reason doesn’t come from left field for you (we’d hope nature preservation is on people’s minds!), this can be a less obvious reason for house flippers to landscape the lawns of their listings.
Consider it: if someone wanted to live in a concrete jungle void of plants, flowers, trees, and other beautiful blooms, it’s likely they’d look for an apartment in the city. Even if you are in a big urban, area, you can use landscaping to preserve trees and plants, adding in shrubs and flowers to modern architecture, and balancing hardscapes (like concrete flooring, stone paths, and wood decks) with plants and clever landscaping.
Lived-In, Comfortable Environment
People don’t want to live in, or even tour, homes that seem sterile. If you’re presenting to them a beautifully-designed and well-renovated home that’s cold and doesn’t have a lived-in feel, potential buyers are less likely to picture themselves purchasing and living there.
Providing your potential buyers with comfort can not only encourage them to look a little closer at the home they’re viewing, but also might be the tipping point that convinces them that this house – this house you’ve flipped and redesigned – is the right one for you. Picture it: a gorgeous home with a lawn that’s overgrown, full of weeds, and needs a lot of work. Do you think this paints a lived-in, comfortable feel? Besides that, a landscaped area provides you with a comfy ambiance that makes you glad to come home!
Outdoor Function = More Value
There’s far more to landscaping than just keeping a well-maintained lawn. In fact, you can implement tons of creative and stylish designs into your landscaping, as well as functional outdoor accouchements that will really boost the selling power of your property.
Have you considered an outdoor seating area for your lawn? How about a fire pit for toasting marshmallows? Rose gardens with reflective pools are a great choice, while some people will even go as far as having an outdoor kitchen! All of these landscaping details add great character to your listing, but also excellent function, both of which are prime selling points for your flipped home.
Man-Made Meets Nature
When it comes to flipping a house, cohesion is important. As practiced house-flippers, we’re sure you understand the need to balance a modern look with a comfortable feel. You want to give people the advantages of both man-made structure and the nurture of a natural environment, and by including landscaping in your house-flipping budget and strategy, you can do just that. Landscaping allows you to merge both man made elements with a professional landscape design, providing your prospective buyers with more than just curb appeal and aesthetics.
By including landscape into your house-flipping plan, you’re giving your buyers more incentive to purchase your newly-designed home, preserving natures, and uniting function with flavor – not to mention the pizzazz and curb-appeal that comes with landscaping your newly-renovated home.
Did you like our house flipping landscape advice? We hope you did! If you’re interested in reading up on more information from our professionals, check out our blog here. On the other hand, if you want to increase your house-flipping profits with a help of the landscapers who know how to add value to any kind of property – we’re ready to talk and give you a quote. Give our office a call at (727)-201-3947.
Michael Tomaino
