Britons turn out a large potential house price bonus
60% of Britain's home owners could be undervaluing the potential benefit of a well-maintained garden that could add up to £30,000 for the average home, according to a national survey commissioned by Flymo Love Your Lawn Week.
Nick Leeming, our resident property expert says that simply having a garden will on average, increase the value of the property by up to 15%, and there is a huge green value bonus available to most home owners.
Vendors need to be aware that first impressions count when selling a property. Propertyfinder.com has found that 66% of house hunters are most attracted by well tended gardens.
Flymo's Daniel Noble comments:
The folks at Flymo have kindly given us two Flymo Visimo lawnmowers to give away to the most deserving lawns. Read more about the competition, or read about some lawns that need loving! There are a lot of people who should be motivated by Love Your Lawn Week!It's worrying that the vast majority of people simply don't appreciate that maintaining a neat lawn and garden makes property easier to sell as well as adding the potential for a 15% value bonus.
It is estimated that there are more than 770 square miles of garden lawn in the UK, a total combined area larger than the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Most of these are in inner city and urban areas where they perform a vital environmental role. Garden lawns are our rain forests, we neglect them at our own peril.
With average UK house prices now approaching £200,000 it's crazy to miss out on the opportunity to gather in a further £30,000 by keeping the outside of the property as neat and tidy as the inside. Love your Lawn Week is the perfect time to start out on a new programme that will bring rewards in a number of different ways.
