More than Just Curb Appeal- Landscaping can add value during the sale of a Marydell Hope Valley home

Homeowners across the country are finding there's more to a well-landscaped yard than that simple bit of curb appeal. After all, well-manicured hedges and strategically placed trees often add to a home's resale value and reduce utility costs for the family that moves in.

Just ask Nancy Henderson, who discovered that by planting two maple trees in the front yard of her former Martinsville, Va. home, she could cut down on her air conditioning and electricity bills. When Henderson sold her house seven years ago, she said the trees became one of the home's selling points.

"People were very anxious to know how the trees helped with our air conditioning and electricity bills," Henderson says. "And we were able to show potential buyers on paper how the trees decreased our bill costs over time. The couple that wound up buying the house didn't try to knock the price down as much as other couples did because the man was into gardening and understood the advantage of having this natural cooling."  Paige Bowers  http://www.homestore.com/HomeGarden/Gardening/Features/Lawns/LandscapeValue.asp?poe=homestore

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