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Sell Your Home Fast With These Autumn Gardening Tips
Now that summer is behind, the majority of homeowners will think that it is time to say goodbye to their garden until the spring. While there is still a lot that can be done in your garden at this time of year, the weather and dropping temperature ensures that a lot of people are no longer interested time in cultivating their land or ensuring that the outside of their property looks attractive.
This doesn’t have to be the case though and if you are looking to sell your home in the near future, it is important to ensure the outside of your property is as stylish as possible. Your garden area can have a big impact on the first impression a potential buyer forms of your property, which is why you want to make this area look as appealing as possible. If you are looking to sell your home fast, these autumn gardening tips will be of interest.
First of all, and this probably isn’t a tip that needs reinforced too much but it is vital that you clean and tidy the garden area. In the autumn, this is complicated by the volume of falling leaves and debris that can gather due to wind and rain. However, you want to make a positive impression so make sure that you spend time tidying the garden area and making it as clean as you can. Compare your home to other houses in Weymouth for sale and pay attention to the garden spaces in the agent pictures. Many people tend to forget to look carefully and in detail at these photos but it is a great place to get some inspirational ideas that will make your house, bungalow or garden flate worth more money and sell quicker too.
Mow your lawn
Another issue that you need to focus on improving is your lawn. At the end of summer, if your garden has been used a lot, your lawn may look worn or bare in certain places. This means you need to take steps to bring it back to its best and a good tip is to aerate the lawn. You can do this with the use of a garden fork, which you should use to dig holes into your lawn at regular intervals. The holes should be around 10cm or so deep, and taking this step helps drainage as well as allowing air to circulate on the soil.
Improve your borders
One tip you should follow is to make your garden look as big as possible and an optical illusion you can carry out to achieve this is to create strong borders between different areas. When you have clearly marked areas, people will think that there is more going on in your garden than there necessarily is, and this can create a sense of space.
Add some flowers
Autumn is a great time of year to remove the annual flowers that looked great in spring and summer, and if you are being eco-minded, you can place these into a compost heap which can be used to further improve the garden. The plants and flowers that you place into the ground at this point will depend on when you are looking to sell your property.
If you are keen to sell the property in winter, you will find that evergreen plants are the best option to spruce up the garden area. Options like Daphne, Sarcococca, Camellias and Fatsia will add some colour while being able to thrive in challenging weather conditions. If you are not planning on selling your home until spring, you should be able to opt for winter bedding plants like wallflowers or pansies.
No matter the time of year, if you can showcase life and vitality in your garden, it creates a fantastic first impression when looking to sell your home.
Add some accessories
The way your garden looks isn’t just down to what you plant or grow, you can add accessories to improve the appearance of the garden area. Something simple as a window box gives you the chance to grow something that doesn’t require a lot of time or effort.
It is also of benefit to place a hanging basket or some form of plant life around your front door. The front door should be a welcoming location and adding a plant or sign of life can help to make the property seem more welcoming.
While you may not love the idea of spending a lot of time in your garden in autumn, if you are selling your home soon, there are strong reasons why you should devote the time to this sort of work. Following these autumn garden tips will help you to sell your home at a faster rate.
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