If you are considering remodeling your home in Malibu-CA or Calabasas-CA, don’t forget about your outdoor living space. The exterior of your home contains valuable outdoor space and making certain changes or additions can help add value and appeal to your real estate invest
ment.
Improvements to the exterior of your home can involve something as simple as new patio furniture and a fire pit, adding a patio or deck, installing a new barbeque or installing an outdoor pizza oven. An attractive and usable outdoor area appeals to family living as well as entertaining.
Landscaping additions can involve making an area more green by the addition of low maintenance plants that use less moisture. Landscape architects are more and more adept at making more sustainable environments.
Other appealing elements can include fountains, swimming pools, solar lights, tennis courts and the like. Realize that much of what you put into the space that surrounds your home will enhance its value and catch the eye of a potential buyer. Often an investment to the outside living space gives a better return than interior improvements to your home. Some creative use outdoors may include an outdoor screening area – where friends and family can view a movie screening under the open stars — recommended for areas where there is plenty of privacy and allowable space in Malibu, CA or Calabasas, CA.
Click here to read a recent article in the Boston Globe about the best way to spend your money on landscaping.
If you are interested in purchasing a property or selling a property in Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Calabasas or the surrounding Beverly Hills/southern California area then please contact Judy Kunisaki for professional real estate advice in the Westside Los Angeles area, on 310-317-8396 her online contact form on her website.
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