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Landscaping Your Huntsville Or Madison Alabama Home Not Just For Looks

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Real Estate Agent with Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL

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Landscaping Your Huntsville Or Madison Alabama Home Not Just For Looks

 

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Improving the landscape around your Huntsville or Madison Alabama home is not just about good looks. Home value can also increase with fine-tuned and maintained landscaping. Before hiring a landscape designer to reconstruct your home, it's helpful to compile a list of questions. You may share images of design styles and verify license and insurance, as well. The right landscaping combines local elements and weather conditions, as well as energy efficiency.

Your outdoor landscaping can also serve as a sound or visual barrier. Many options are available from furniture placement to the planting of tall shrubs along a home's border.

According to Better Homes and Gardens, the Top Trends for Your Home in 2013 Include:

  • Fragrance Producing Gardens
  • Variation in Color of Flowers & Greenery
  • Bulb Gardens
  • Vegetable & Fruit Combination Gardens
  • Grocery Gardens
  • Old Fashioned Looks
  • Paver Designs Incorporated in Gardens
  • Garden Seating
  • Herb Gardens
  • Butterfly Gardens
  • Hanging Plant Gardens
  • Texture Gardens

A couple of local and popular Huntsville landscaping companies or suppliers are:

Across the Pond &

Huntsville Hardscapes

Whether you are in a new home and just beginning your gardening plans or are in the home you've had for years, many of these gardening ideas may appeal to you.  As you consider your home and the landscape style that will surround it, consulting with a professional landscaper may give you additional perspective and save you from a expensive mistake.  Please call me for recommendations, should you need a referral.

 

Nick T Pappas 

If you need a knowledgeable real estate professional in Madison or Huntsville Alabama area, why don't you let me Google that for you! I also know outstanding agents in all states and Canada should you need help relocating to a new area.

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Comments(20)

Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Nick-well done, a turn-key blog. You mentioned what should be considered, gave some examples of what's popular then finished with a few good recommendations. 

May 01, 2013 07:25 AM
Dan Tabit
Keller Williams Bellevue - Sammamish, WA

Hi Nick,

Curb appeal! You can't get them through the front door if they walk away from the outside. 

May 01, 2013 07:32 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Nick the landscaping was very well done, but that would be a gorgeous house even without landscaping.  I could see myself living in that Nick :)

May 01, 2013 09:16 AM
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Good afternoon Nick and good information on the fact that Landscaping Your Huntsville Or Madison Alabama Home is Not Just For Looks.  Personally we utilize our outdoor space as part of our living area entertaining and enjoying private time in our little oasis.

May 01, 2013 09:43 AM
Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON
Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!
Yes Nick more and more people are living outdoors and expanding their living space by dressing up their yards. You have a great list of ideas on how to add charm and elegance to the outdoor space!
May 01, 2013 11:59 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Nick, outdoor space of the home is equally important as the interior. You've provided some valuable tips for sellers as well as homeowners to add curb appeal to their home.

May 01, 2013 02:19 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Any one driving up to this Huntsville or Madison Alabama home will immediately fall in love with it because of the curb appeal.

May 01, 2013 09:17 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Good or bad landscaping, or even no landscaping, will make a difference on how quickly your home sells, or NOT. That good curb appeal that comes from tasteful landscaping will make a big difference when you decide to sell your home.

May 01, 2013 11:20 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Nick, you have hit the nail on the head - curb appeal starts the love affair with a home, and landscaping can make or break whether buyers even get into a home.

May 02, 2013 12:25 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

I have to agree with George...that is one beyooootiful house.  Great post about landscaping too!

May 02, 2013 06:15 AM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Curb appeal is so important, Nick, and I'm not sure that most folks realize that. (sellers). It's our job to explain and you did a great job here.

May 02, 2013 06:22 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Nick, Spring is the time of year everyone is doing some kind of landscaping.  We are having to redo some landscaping since the Derecho storm last June .

 

May 02, 2013 07:48 AM
Kwee Huset
Kwee Huset Realty - Venice, FL
Venice Florida Homes For Sale

Hi Nick, I agreed with Gabe Sanders's comment #7. Very impressive and difficult to resist. 

May 02, 2013 01:53 PM
Laura Giannotta
Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore - Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Your Realtor Down the Shore!

Great landscaping can make the difference in a buyers attitude before they even enter a home in Alabama or at the Jersey Shore!  Even if you're not selling your home, it's nice to come home to a blooming yard!

May 02, 2013 09:35 PM
Karen Kruschka
RE/MAX Executives - Woodbridge, VA
- "My Experience Isn't Expensive - It's PRICELESS"

Nick  Landscaping really is the first improvement or mess you see when you approach a home - it is critical to generating interest

May 06, 2013 03:22 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks for the reminder Nick, I need to get out and mow my lawn.  We had snow a week ago and now the grass is 6 inches tall.

May 16, 2013 10:18 PM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Nick Landscaping is critical in some areas to the beauty of the home and the neighborhood.

Jun 01, 2013 11:42 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Nick what a great post and I love this home, unlike Bob no one in Los Angeles mow their own lawn:) They have people that do it for them!!

Jun 04, 2013 03:16 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Nick,

What you say is absolutely true!

Jun 07, 2013 12:14 AM
Juli Vosmik
Dominion Fine Properties - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale/Cave Creek, AZ real estate 480-710-0739

Nick, well written.  As we all know, first impressions DO count in home selling.  Attention to the outside details as well as the inside will pay off.  

Jun 10, 2013 06:06 AM