Creating a Beautiful Yard - cont'd

Part III - Budget: What are you willing to pay for landscaping?












1 Is the house an interim starter home or permanent?

2 What are the values of the neighborhood homes and surrounding area?

3 What long term plans for your immediate surrounding community are there? Will a greenbelt be preserved, are there plans for a shopping mall or entertainment complex?

4 How much of the work are you going to do yourself verses hiring?

5 What is the value of your home? Generally a 10% of value of home can go to the landscaping to get the money out of the house upon resale. But, please keep in mind that landscaping is also an emotional decision, so you should consider the pleasure of a nice yard in your budget analysis.

6 How can you finance, can you stage out the design, and can you implement a creative strategy to accomplish what you want?

7 Most important, what are you comfortable spending to achieve the yard that you will use?