A well-landscaped home has a significant price advantage over a home with no landscaping. According to HomeGuiides.com, “this advantage ranges from 5.5 percent to 12.7 percent depending on the type of landscaping and the home’s original value. That translates into an extra $16,500 to $38,100 in value on a $300,000 home.”

There’s more to landscaping than sticking some flowers and a couple shrubs in the ground, however. The number-one thing that Warwick NY homebuyers are looking for in landscaping is a manicured design. Close behind is plant size and maturity. A lesser factor, but one still worth considering, is the diversity of plant life within the landscaping design.

The biggest landscaping mistake that homeowners make is not having a coherent plan. Often they decide to put a tree in, and then a few years later add some flower beds, then maybe put in some shrubs and another tree. The result is that the property looks disorganized, and that turns buyers off. Come up with a plan before you do any landscaping and speak to a professional. Even if you don’t have – or won’t spend – the money to hire a landscape designer, at least draw up a master plan for your yard and stick to it.