WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO
Even though landscaping pertains to the ground cover and plants around your home's outdoor area, your home's exterior paint plays a significant role in the entire look of the place. Skimping on the paint on the exterior of your home is a great way to chase buyers away. Getting a new paint job well before you plan on putting your home on the market is the best thing you’ll ever do. This way, the paint does not look so fresh and new, but like you’ve been keeping up with it for years. Fall is the best time for repainting homes, repairing siding, and retouching chipped paint because your landscape will have the best light around that time of year in most of the country. Most homeowners who are selling usually assume that they should only have to pay attention to soft landscaping, meaning the lawn and the garden, but that is incorrect. “Hardscaping” refers to the driveway, rocks, sidewalks, and paved areas around the home. Make sure to power wash your driveway throughout the fall and into the winter months to ensure that it gets a good clean all year and that you won’t have to bring in professionals to give it a good clean for you. Additionally, just because it’s fall doesn’t mean you can skimp on pool maintenance. As previously stated, pool maintenance is essential when showing off your pool. No buyer wants to see a dirty pool full of leaves, twigs, and dead bugs. How are they supposed to envision themselves and their family and friends enjoying a hot summer day in the pool if it’s full of disgusting debris? Your pool must also have a chemical level that is fully balanced during the fall, with any debris cleaned out weekly. Just because the leaves in fall look pretty does not mean you should ignore raking them up. Excess fallen leaves are known to hide walkways and sidewalks and can be dangerous. For example, should the leaves get wet, a pedestrian could slip and
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