Why Invest in Your Landscaping?
It’s hard to look at all the gorgeous homes on social media and not want that for yourself. When you look at your bare backyard, you visualize it to the point where you almost feel like you’re taking a cool dip in your pool, grilling in a gorgeous outdoor kitchen, or lounging in your outdoor dining space. But your next thought might be that it’s a huge expense for a home you may not live in forever.
Whether you’re installing a pool, adding an outdoor kitchen, or completely renovating your backyard, it’s not cheap. Creating the landscape of your dreams may feel like a splurge, but in reality, it’s an investment. If you’re on the fence about updating your landscaping, keep reading this blog as we highlight the benefits below.
The Value of Landscaping and Hardscaping
While landscaping focuses on the living elements of your space (plants, trees, gardens, lawns), hardscaping focuses on the non-living parts (patios, walkways, swimming pools, retaining walls, irrigation, water and fire features, etc.). Both are extremely valuable for the overall aesthetic of your home help to increase the resale value later on.
While landscaping and hardscaping seem like a huge expense, they almost pay for themselves in family memories and resale value later on. However, there’s so much more to it than that. There are numerous advantages that you can experience by refreshing your outdoor space.
It may be an investment financially, but investing in making memories is priceless.
Increase Home Value
One major reason that homeowners invest in their landscaping is that it boosts curb appeal and increases their home’s value. The return on investment varies based on the project, but in many cases, homeowners receive a full return on their investment, if not more. With a well-maintained space, you can get the most (if not all) of your money back when you sell your home. Instead of viewing landscaping and hardscaping as an expense, it helps to view it as an investment when it’s time to sell.
Related Blog: How to Add Value to Your Home’s Landscaping
Amplify Your Entertainment Space and Enjoy Outdoor Living
All too often, we find ourselves indoors and looking at screens. Having an entertainment space in your backyard is a huge reason to get outdoors and enjoy the weather! Because we only have so many months to enjoy the warmth in Minnesota, it’s important to soak up the sun while you can. But if you plan accordingly with the right design, you can use your landscaping year-round.
For those who love to entertain, upgrading your landscape is a no brainer!! ! A swimming pool, pergola, fire feature, outdoor movie theater, and outdoor kitchen will make your backyard the place to be. In fact, having the backyard of your dreams is even more reason to have guests over! Make your yard the hot spot for your friends and family to be!
Improve Quality Time With Family
Having a dedicated space where you can relax and have fun with your family is a great reason to invest in your landscaping. For families with kids, just imagine all the great memories they’ll have of summers spent in the pool or outdoor movie nights.
While it’s hard to attach a dollar amount to the emotional benefit, you can also look at the financial impact. How much money would you spend driving to an entertainment space? How much money spent on parking, tickets, and food? Now imagine that cost for a few weeks, a month, a year. A backyard space allows you to connect with the whole family at a fraction of the cost.
Having friends and family over? Make it a potluck and have everyone bring something to share! Make theme nights!! Save more money while having fun and a feast!
Provide Low-Maintenance Solutions
Getting sick of mowing and watering the lawn? By adding hardscape like a patio or pool, it takes up a lot of that mowing area, and the right kind of softscape - shrubs, rocks, low-maintenance plants - saves you time as well. It’s less maintenance than a lawn, and it looks incredible too!
If you like having a lawn, and softscape, we can help you keep it alive and thriving with an irrigation system!
Transform Your Space With Expert Designers and Builders
Outdoor Innovations Landscaping is dedicated to making your yard your own vacation destination right in your backyard! Ready to start planning and designing? Explore our outdoor landscaping and hardscaping solutions to see how we can make your dream a reality.
Outdoor Innovations Landscaping creates elevated backyards for homeowners in Minnesota. From in-ground pools to luxurious grilling stations to outdoor living rooms, we do it all. Explore our past projects and get a quote online to make your dream backyard a reality.
