Five Ways to Boost Curb Appeal

How to Highlight Your Home

Ask any realtor, and they’ll tell you that curb appeal is one of the most important factors that clients take into consideration when touring homes for sale. While kitchens and bathrooms can be renovated, the exterior of your home makes the biggest first impression.

If you’re considering a home remodeling project, the following tips may help:

Trim Your Trees and Shrubs

It’s time to address the summer overgrowth of your landscaping. Prune dead branches on trees, cut back plants and perennials, and clean up fallen debris. This helps ensure disease and pest infestation don’t spread, as well as making your yard look tidy.

Clean Your Gutters

This is the time of year when more things fall into your gutters, causing buildup and blockage. Hire someone or carefully clean your gutters out to make sure they’re swept free of leaves before wintertime arrives. A frozen gutter can wreak havoc on your home if left unaddressed.

Add Natural Stone

The beauty and durability of natural stone is well known. It’s also versatile. You can add stone to the front exterior of your home, lay it along walkways, create retaining walls, or add stone steps. An expert stonemason can create a project using any style, size, and color of stone you desire. 

Assess Your Front Entrance

Are your pavers cracking? Is the entrance to your home easy to access? Are your front steps level? Consider ways you could enhance the front entrance of your home, such as adding a portico or a new door. Home décor websites are full of inspiration for ways to style your front entrance.  

Consider LED Lighting

Strategically placed LED lighting is one of the most effective and efficient ways to elevate the look of your home. It highlights angles of your property, making it stand out from your neighbors. Lighting also increases safety and security for guests at night.