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Show Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, May 4, Landscaping Adds Value To Any Home 1 983 What do you like most about having a nice looking yard? The question was asked of homeowners all across the U.S. and Canada in a recent survey conducted for the American Association of Nurserymen and the first response was fairly predictable. We like to have the beauty around our home, the homeowners said. We derive pride and satisfaction from the good ap- pearance of our yard." Ninety-onpercent of the homeowners surveyed gave that kind of rationale as their primary reason for the financial investment and care they give to their yards. That came as no surprise to the researchers. All of us have always known the major reason for creating handsome, green and growing surroundings is simply for the beauty they provide. After that dominant response there were some interesting surprises. For example, while some of the persons surveyed expressed . e mild misgivings about the effort involved in preparing and maintaining a nice looking yard, fdr more told the interviewers they enjoy the outdoor exercise related to landscape care. After working all day indoors, some say, I just like to work outdoors in the yard and get sweaty and dirty. M5M GARDEN ROOFING SHINGLES SHEETROCK Protect your home from damaging leaks and save! The most economical wall covering. , If CEDAR FENCING ... Quality picket fencing at affordable prices! Fire-rate- d Class "A". Resists curling Repels water. But the dominant second motivation disclosed in the study (closely following the beauty and pride incentives) was perhaps even more surprising. A nice looking yard, property. 2 Using 2 square top pickets 1x6x6' square top pickets In short, most believe their exfor living plants in penditures homeowners 1x4x6' Using homeowners told the interviewers, enhances the value of my value. Are those homeowners right? To find out, the American Association of Nurserymen turned to other information sources. One survey which substantiated the initial findings had been conducted by O.M. Scott and Sons, the lawns and garden people. In their survey real es- tate people indicated that Add a room lumber prices. uy 10 rolls of famous Owens-Comin- g Pink Flborglas Insulation. 2x6 Otter 188 10' ends May 31 49-8- linear toot. 1x6x6' square top pickets 4x4x8 2x4x8' Rail 461 17!L Post square top pickets 71 Linear foot price based on 8 section which includes: Post, two rails and 24-- 1 x 4 or 16-- x 6 pickets. 1983 Savings vaty Find out whv in me Setter s act Shftei on u vo'ues Htghfli U values mean greater insulating powe' 3W x 15'R11)' Sq. Ft. 88.12 REDWOOD DECKS DECK PACKAGES add a deck1 Add an outdoor room Ah a 12' e and shrubs would add about 6.4 percent to the value of a home. At about the same time that research was taking place, a scientist with the U.S. Forest Service was conducting a different kind of study. Dr. Brian R. Payne selected 50 sets of photographs showing three to five pictures of houses that were architecturally similar, but different in the degree of surrounding vegetation. After preparing identical architectural descriptions for the houses in each set, Dr. Payne presented the sets to realtors in the same geographic area and asked them to estimate the selling price of each property. What Payne discovered and documented in a Northeastern Forest Experiment Station report was that trees and other environmental plants in the yard may enhance the value of a property by as much as 20 percent, with an average increase of five to ten percent. Next, the American Association of Nurserymen turned to the real estate profession. 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Another realtor commented that most buyers want to feel a home theyre considering has been loved and a nice looking yard helps to reinforce that impression. Many real estate specialists recommend that prospective sellers invest in the addition of a few blooming plants for the landscape, simply to enhance that initial view. One realtor told the interviewers, Very often a $50 investment in the yard can mean the difference between an immediate sale or a rejection. Census figures indicate the average U.S. household moves once every five years. If that is true, the nominal expenditure required to create and maintain a well-kelandscape is very home-for-sal- ' likely a wise investment in saleability of the home. it HUMBER 3D U&myBoco Layton LAYTON Sic:! IIOUS Weekdays Saturday f 00 00 Hills Moll P.M. p.m. C3CIN STOX! II0UXS Iv v Layton. 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