How much can a garden increase the value of your property?

lostinrates

RockPaperScissors wrote: »

hahaha nameless idiots maybe, but more wise than I am regardless!

It's actually work as opposed to a course. Need to put together some content around how much a nice garden can affect the value of your home. May just end up being more of an opinion piece though.

Checking out some house listings is a great idea though! I'll have a wee trawl around and see what I can dig up :beer:

Oh, well, could your opinion include that garden designers and landscapers are charging too much for what they deliver in worth? Might have some impact on costs



Prices for landscapers are horrific, and it am pretty sure for design purposes, rather than sorting out functional issues of access, are not recoup able costs on sale prices, even if you get a pretty garden.

£200k someone said to me with a straight face. :eek:

RockPaperScissors

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh, well, could your opinion include that garden designers and landscapers are charging too much for what they deliver in worth? Might have some impact on costs



Prices for landscapers are horrific, and it am pretty sure for design purposes, rather than sorting out functional issues of access, are not recoup able costs on sale prices, even if you get a pretty garden.

£200k someone said to me with a straight face. :eek:

200k??!?!?!?

200?

Good god. I'd have my mortgage paid off and a lovely retirement pot!

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

£200k someone said to me with a straight face.

I'm in the wrong game!

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

I'm in the wrong game!

Although your complexion might suffer outside toiling?

( fwiw, we're not going ahead with that, we'll use our digger man for some heavier duty digging as needs me, and DH and I with barrows, DH with heavier duty other stuff, and some one on the village is pricing a fence for us, and laying some paving cos DH wants to do it but I just don't think he has time.

I can paint and plant, I LIKE planting, wouldn't want to give that job away!

onlyroz

We spent £20k landscaping our garden last year, but I doubt very much it added value to the house. However, it has made the property much nicer for us to live in and so it's worth it for us.

I think having a tidy garden improves the impression of a property, and might be a clincher when it comes to negotiating a sale, but is unlikely to increase the actual value.

wymondham

I think gardens come down the list - maybe if someone was looking between two houses and the garden on one was nicer that could help???

michaels

I'm thinking of developing a property and to maximise the profit I am thinking as well as the island in the kitchen and the bi-fold doors the small garden will add value with some decking/gravel/pots/painted fence to look 'designer' to go along with the house feel.

onlyroz

Well we replaced this:




With this:

Metranil_Vavin

The agent that came round to value our place today said a garden adds £25k onto the value of a property round here (SE London)

vivatifosi

Google is your friend...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/7906602/Phil-Spencers-top-20-ways-to-add-value-to-your-home.html
(add decking and pave over the front to add off street parking - Phil Spencer, 2010)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/7906602/Phil-Spencers-top-20-ways-to-add-value-to-your-home.html
Get the garden balance right: don't make it too small by adding an extension. Moneywise, 2014

http://www.tescoliving.com/smart-living/money-saver/2013/november/10-ways-to-increase-the-value-of-your-home
Spruce up your garden and keep it tidy, Tesco Living, 2013.

http://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/top_ten_home_improvements-p1.html
Consider your buyers when making over the rear garden. Add parking to front. Our property.

http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/advice/existing-homes/renovating/ways-to-add-value
Makeover the garden so that it is tidy. Homebuilding and Renovating.

There are plenty more where they came from.