6 May 1, 2015 Spring Home Improvement LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
C
urb
A
ppeal:
smiling for the picture?
Is your home
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any is the time that we hear
someone say a house lacks curb
appeal, or, that it has great curb appeal.
But what does that really mean? What is
curb appeal?
Simply put, it is the first impression that
people get of your home from the street
or as they pull in your driveway. When a
home is on the market, this is especially
important, because what they see from
the street will either invite them to look
further, or repel them to a point that they
dread seeing what is inside.
Mitch Birky and Matt Eich of Bella
Landscaping conducted a workshop
during the annual Russel Allen Garden
Day in Lincoln earlier this year. They
spoke on curb appeal and offered the
following information:
• Positive curb appeal will increase the
market value of a home by 17 percent
or more. It will likewise decrease the
value of the home if curb appeal leaves a
negative impression.
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