Improve Your Home/'s Value by Remodeling Outdoor Areas: Decks, Kitchens, Fireplaces, Fountains, Gazebos, Pools, Sculptures and Hardscape Elements

Want to add to your home and increase your home's resale value on the real estate market? If there are no other projects for you to do inside your home, there are plenty of things you can do outside. Several projects create extra living and entertainment space outside, and anything that adds more living space increases a home's value.

Outdoor Kitchen

Once upon a time all kitchens were located outside to avoid making the entire house hot during summer months. Gradually, as homes were able to keep things cool inside, the kitchen in the house was the only one needed. Now a lot of homeowners are creating outside kitchens again, recognizing the energy efficiency savings of doing so, and the ability to entertain large groups for parties or family gatherings outdoors. Your home would gain several thousands of dollars in fair market value for adding an outdoor kitchen.

Fireplace Patio

A fireplace patio, particularly a covered one, allows you to enjoy the outdoor air in comfort but with a fireplace for chillier evenings. You can make the fireplace as grand or as simple as you like to match the style of patio furniture that is turned to face and surround it. There are open fire pit or chiminea patios as well, for times when you want a campfire feeling without the camping trip.

Hardscaping

Hardscaping adds walkways and concrete features to your yard. It reduces the amount of lawn one has to manage, which can be really appealing to homebuyers. You can also create smaller garden spaces everywhere and have walkways take you around these smaller gardens, which makes the whole yard really beautiful.

A Deck

People love decks. It's like having a living room outside where everyone can sit on summer evenings and enjoy a cocktail and a meal with friends. It acts as an extension of the indoor living space from the area where the deck is attached.

Want to add to your home and increase your home's resale value on the real estate market? If there are no other projects for you to do inside your home, there are plenty of things you can do outside. Several projects create extra living and entertainment space outside, and anything that adds more living space increases a home's value.