So while I am comfortable in doing things on the cheap, how well does my front landscaping fare in increasing the value of my PPOR to help me unlock some equity down the track?
About 150m2 front yard, which my landscaper is going to transform for $3800 (materials only, free labour) since I helped him with a renovation.
Will include new turf, nice reticulation and garden beds, and just compacted limestone roadbase to the LHS at hopefully this will one day be the driveway for a battleaxe block.
Question is, will this just be something I will do for my own pride in having a nice garden, or does it generally get good returns by having new reticulated fronts? Its not exactly just a cheap new lawn and new plants job, about 300mm of the front is coming out for this. I want it to reduce the weeds and have something nice to spend the weekends maintaining, but just curious as to how good the returns are on front landscaping.
Not touching the back, as 400m2 is too expensive and still have plans for future subdivision.
About 150m2 front yard, which my landscaper is going to transform for $3800 (materials only, free labour) since I helped him with a renovation.
Will include new turf, nice reticulation and garden beds, and just compacted limestone roadbase to the LHS at hopefully this will one day be the driveway for a battleaxe block.
Question is, will this just be something I will do for my own pride in having a nice garden, or does it generally get good returns by having new reticulated fronts? Its not exactly just a cheap new lawn and new plants job, about 300mm of the front is coming out for this. I want it to reduce the weeds and have something nice to spend the weekends maintaining, but just curious as to how good the returns are on front landscaping.
Not touching the back, as 400m2 is too expensive and still have plans for future subdivision.