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In addition to creating a more beautiful surrounding environment, when smart landscaping is applied to a home, office or other commercial premises, its real estate value can grow significantly. Furthermore, landscaping is the one home improvement that actually appreciates over time.
Consider:
- Landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home's value. Source: the Gallup organization.
- Landscape investments are fully recovered and sometimes doubled from increasing real estate values. Source: The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2008.
- Homes with "excellent" landscaping can expect a sale price about 6 to 7 percent higher than equivalent houses with "good" landscaping, while improving landscaping from "average" to "good" can result in a 4 to 5 percent increase. Source: Clemson University.
- Landscaping can bring a recovery value of 100 to 200 percent at selling time. Kitchen remodeling brings a 75 to 125 percent recovery rate, bathroom remodeling a 20 to 120 percent recovery rate, and addition of a swimming pool a 20 to 50 percent recovery rate. Source: Money Magazine.
- What's more, by taking a special interest in your surrounding landscape, you experience even more benefits. Consider the top reasons people garden: To be outdoors (44%); to be around beautiful things (42%); relax and escape the pressures of everyday life (39%); stay active and get exercise (35%). Source: American Demographics, Roper Report.
- Homeowners who installed a 16-by-20-foot pressure-treated wooden deck onto their house recouped an average of 85.4 percent of the cost of the project. On average, a deck which cost $10,347 to build added $8,835 to the value of the home when it was sold. Source: Remodeling.
- A mature tree can often have an appraised value of between $1,000 and $10,000. Source: Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers.
- In one study, 99% of real estate appraisers concurred that landscaping enhances the sales appeal of real estate. Source: Trendnomics, National Gardening Association.
- In another study, 83% of realtors believe that mature trees have a "strong or moderate impact" on the salability of homes listed for under $150,000; on homes over $250,000, this perception increases to 98%. Source: American Forests , Arbor National Mortgage.
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