Garden Design – Adding Value to Your Home
Did you know that redesigning your garden is a great way to increase the value of your home? At ALDA we have the professional design experience to know what works.
With the current difficulties in the housing market and high interest rates making selling and moving home more challenging, homeowners are increasingly turning to other ways to add value to their homes. Renovations and improvements are an obvious opportunity and having your garden professionally redesigned is well worth considering. Even if you’re not moving, there are lots of benefits that a new garden brings to your lifestyle and the way you live and use your home. So here are some thoughts about how a new garden design could add value to your home…
1. Kerb Appeal
- A beautiful and functional front garden can be very impactful and give a great first impression to prospective buyers.
- A well-presented driveway and even a simple planting scheme can really improve the look of your house.
- This will be particularly important if you are planning on selling your property.
2. A Space for Outdoor Dining
- Although our british summers don’t have the best reputation, when the sun does finally come out, we all love to have a BBQ.
- A well-designed dining space (no matter what the size) can really enhance your garden.
- So, whether it’s a portable BBQ and a small patio for a bistro table or a fully fitted outdoor kitchen and large dining area, having a space to cook and dine outside with friends is a great way to add value to your home.
3. A Place to Grow Your Own
- With the increasing cost of food and healthy eating and wellbeing being a hot topic, having space to grow fruit and vegetables in your own garden continues to be very popular.
- In fact, a fruit and veg area is a key requirement for many of our clients.
- Growing basic fruit and veg doesn’t require a huge amount of space. Raised beds are a popular way to incorporate a growing space in a garden in an attractive way.
4. Bringing Nature to You
- A beautiful, well planned planting scheme can attract all sorts of wildlife to the garden. Being close to nature is something that many people enjoy and a wildlife rich garden encourages people to spend more time outside.
- Personally, I love watching the birds on the bird feeder each morning and seeing the butterflies enjoy our flowers in the summer as much as I do.
- Adding wildlife is a nature loving way to add value to your home.
5. Linking Your Indoors to Outdoors
- A well-designed garden can create the illusion of more space in your home. A well placed, well-proportioned patio can draw the eye out from the house, as well as giving more seating space during the summer months.
- Bi-fold doors are very popular at the moment, and a patio raised to the indoor level can give the impression of an extension of the indoor floor.
6. Adding a Garden Room
- Another way of linking indoors to outdoors is by adding a garden room or summer house – a space to work rest or play away from the rest of the house.
- Having a place to sit and enjoy your garden whilst being protected from the elements continues to be very popular. It’s also a great way to make your home more desirable to prospective buyers.
- Garden rooms are often prefab and comply to building regulations so in most circumstances planning permission is not required.
- They come in many sizes and shapes, so can even be incorporated into small gardens.
So, whether you’re looking to add financial value to your property or simply improve your lifestyle and the way you live and enjoy your home – these are just a few thoughts on how a new garden design could add value to your home. And we have lots more ideas!…
From planning a new border to a complete garden remodel, we pride ourselves on transforming ideas into beautiful reality, with minimum disruption. If you’re based in or around the Reading and Newbury area, we’d love to meet and discuss your project in detail – book your free no-obligation garden consultation today.
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