It's a difficult housing market out there at the moment; buyers can pick and choose what they buy or rent and probably haggle for a good price as well.
If you are selling or trying to let a property, take note; sixty-seven percent of potential buyers recently surveyed, say they would be put off buying or renting a potential property if it had an unattractive or untidy garden.
Forty-eight percent say that they would expect to get at least £50 a month knocked off of the monthly rental charge if the garden was untidy and forty-five percent of potential buyers would expect at least £5,000 knocked off of the sale price if it didn't meet standards.
It seems that the first impression from a renter or buyer will hugely influence their decision - the worst ten unsightly offences being:
- 1. Junk in the garden such as old fridges, mattresses and toys (71 per cent)
- 2. Animal faeces in lawns, patios and beds (63 per cent)
- 3. Overflowing rubbish bins (54 per cent)
- 4. Damaging plants in the walls of the house (53 per cent)
- 5. Ugly or falling down shed (52 per cent)
- 6. Dilapidated, splintered or rotting decking (50 per cent)
- 7. Lots of weeds (47 per cent)
- 8. Uneven or grubby patio (46 per cent)
- 9. Wild overgrown lawns (42 per cent)
- 10. Monstrous unruly trees (41 per cent)
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