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Increasing the Value of your Jordan Lake Home by Enhancing your Landscaping

Are you looking for a Landscape, Lawn/Tree professional? The Gallup Organization found that good references and reputation, satisfaction guaranteed, and free estimates were the top three reasons when choosing a Landscape professional. See the full results of the Gallup survey.

Most homeowners in Jordan Lake and elsewhere landscape their property purely for aesthetic reasons. Yet providing your Chatham County NC home with a little shade has another and perhaps more consequential advantage: Landscaping may significantly reduce your energy bills. A strategically placed tree, for example, could save as much as 25 percent of a household's energy bill for heating and cooling, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC).

Attractive landscaping can increase the real estate market value of your Jordan Lake home.  Improving landscaping from "average" to "excellent" could increase the market value of your home by 10-12%.  In a recent study of over 200 home sales, those homes judged by a landscape professional to have "good" landscaping sold for 4-5% more than "average" landscaped homes. "Excellent" landscaped homes sold for 6-7% more than "good" landscaped homes.   The Better the Landscaping, The Higher the Home Value

A yard and garden upgrade is becoming as important to Americans as other popular home improvements, such as kitchen and bath renovations. In 1995, an estimated 20 million households used the services of landscape professionals, spending $14.2 billion to improve the area around their homes. However, dreams of a lovely landscape can turn ugly if you don't find a competent landscape professional. So, like the search for an architect or builder, the search for a good landscape professional requires some homework. Tips for finding a good landscape professional.

Plants and Landscaping can be beneficial to a home in many ways.  Landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home’s real estate value.  Landscaping can reduce air conditioning costs by up to 50 percent.  Trees can also reduce bothersome noise up to 50 percent.  To see the other values of plants and landscaping to help reduce the energy cost and increase the value of your Durham home, click here.

: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Landscaping can also help block and absorb the sun's energy to help decrease heat buildup in your home by providing shade and evaporative cooling. Shading and evaporative cooling from trees can reduce the air temperature around your home. Studies conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found summer daytime air temperatures to be 3° to 6°F cooler in tree-shaded neighborhoods than in treeless areas. http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/energy_savers/landscaping.html

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: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Landscaping is a natural and beautiful way to keep your Durham home more comfortable and reduce your energy bills. A primary source of heat buildup is sunlight absorbed by your home's roof, walls, and windows. Dark-colored home exteriors absorb 70% to 90% of the radiant energy from the sun that strikes the home's surfaces. Some of this absorbed energy is then transferred into your home by way of conduction, resulting in heat gain inside the house. In contrast, light-colored surfaces effectively reflect most of the heat away from your home. Landscaping can also help block and absorb the sun's energy to help decrease heat buildup in your home by providing shade and evaporative cooling.

 

: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Landscaping can also help block and absorb the sun's energy to help decrease heat buildup in your home by providing shade and evaporative cooling. Shading and evaporative cooling from trees can reduce the air temperature around your home. Studies conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found summer daytime air temperatures to be 3° to 6°F cooler in tree-shaded neighborhoods than in treeless areas. http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/energy_savers/landscaping.html

 

: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Landscaping is a natural and beautiful way to keep your home more comfortable and reduce your energy bills. A primary source of heat buildup is sunlight absorbed by your home's roof, walls, and windows. Dark-colored home exteriors absorb 70% to 90% of the radiant energy from the sun that strikes the home's surfaces. Some of this absorbed energy is then transferred into your home by way of conduction, resulting in heat gain inside the house. In contrast, light-colored surfaces effectively reflect most of the heat away from your home. 

 

You might ask yourself, “why do I want to spend so much time landscaping my yard when I don’t even spend time in it?”  Well the Gardening Guru has some advice for you on the values of landscaping.  Three points they mention are that it can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home’s value, it brings a high recovery value compared to the other aspects of the home, and it can reduce air conditioning costs by up to 50 percent!   Vicky Olive has compiled a number of references to help guide your Landscaping decisions.  You can refer to that information resource at www.vickyolive.com.

 

Plants and Landscaping can be beneficial to a home in many ways.  Landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home’s real estate value.  Landscaping can reduce air conditioning costs by up to 50 percent.  Trees can also reduce bothersome noise up to 50 percent.  To see the other values of plants and landscaping to help reduce the energy cost and increase the value of your Durham home, click here.

 

: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Attractive landscaping can increase the real estate market value of your home.  Improving landscaping from "average" to "excellent" could increase the market value of your home by 10-12%.  In a recent study of over 200 home sales, those homes judged by a landscape professional to have "good" landscaping sold for 4-5% more than "average" landscaped homes. "Excellent" landscaped homes sold for 6-7% more than "good" landscaped homes.   The Better the Landscaping, The Higher the Home Value

Most homeowners landscape their property purely for aesthetic reasons. Yet providing your home with a little shade has another and perhaps more consequential advantage: Landscaping may significantly reduce your energy bills. A strategically placed tree, for example, could save as much as 25 percent of a household's energy bill for heating and cooling, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC).


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