Posts Tagged with "landscaping"

Landscaping in An Inexpensive Way (4)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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It’s taken me 22 years and three houses to design a front yard I can live with, but if you are lucky enough to hit on a perfect plan, it might take you only a year or two. If you have cash to spare, I suggest you hire a landscape architect, give them a laundry [...]

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Landscaping in An Inexpensive Way (3)

Friday, October 28, 2011

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I would then need to decide whether I should simply extend the existing landscaping to the addition or I should tear everything out and start over. No matter what I do, I need to ensure that the landscaping ties in the addition to the original house, a critical point, I believe, for a couple of [...]

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Landscaping in An Inexpensive Way (2)

Monday, October 24, 2011

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What they discover is that you can’t decide to put a house on the market next month and think that you can re-create the Garden of Eden by the time prospective buyers drive by. Miracle-Gro® just doesn’t work that fast. And, as Cher’s character Loretta Camarari said in the movie Moonstruck, “This is modern times. [...]

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Landscaping in An Inexpensive Way

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Landscaping is a relatively inexpensive way to add value to your house. The landscape expert was correct, although a bit overzealous. According to the National Association of Realtors (http://www.realtors.org), about 50 percent of all house sales are based on first impressions from the curb. While a lot of that has to do with the physical [...]

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