Landscape Design: How to Finance Your Outdoor Project

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• How to Finance Your Outdoor Project

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• Investing in a unique landscape design that
  transforms your outdoor space comes with a cost
• Not everyone have the cash available, many
  financing sources exist to bring project to life
• Financing landscape projects can make good sense,
  with interest rates hover at historical lows, it
  is a cheaper alternative to using cash

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• Its All in the Numbers
• Experts like Money Magazine and Homestore.com
  estimate landscape design has potential to return
  100 to 200 percent when you sell your home
• Wall Street Journal says it increases home value
  by average of 7.5 percent. This feature makes
  home sell quicker with time on market reduced by
  five to six weeks

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• Its All in the Numbers
• Value of home increases by extending livable
  space
• Using creative landscape design can create
  separate outdoor spaces for much less compared to
  interior remodeling and room additions

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• Additional Savings
• Landscape design can have significant effect on
  reducing heat from sun beating down on your home
  and keeping out unwanted noise
• Think about landscape design in strategic sense
  as well as aesthetic

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• Additional Savings
• You can have picturesque space as well as many
  purposes such as
• Increasing homes value
• Reducing energy cost by keeping home cooling
• Minimize wear and tear on air conditioning and
  heating equipment
• Drowning out unwanted noise
• Expanding livable space and creating new
  functional areas

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• Why Lenders Approve Landscaping Loans
• They allow home buyers to include cost of
  landscaping in their new mortgages
• Landscaping projects are approved by home equity
  loans and cash-out refinances. This is due to the
  upsides to the projects, lenders view them as
  lower risk

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• Why Lenders Approve Landscaping Loans
• When comparing costs, homeowners find financing
  outdoor projects more affordable and attractive.
  Projects can cost at 47/month
• Creating a backyard retreat similar to a vacation
  spot for less than the cost of gym memberships is
  a design decision easier to make

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• About the Author
• Jim Lucas is Vice President of Design at Creative
  Environments, the largest and most respected
  landscape and pool design company in Arizona
  since 1950. For more information about Landscape
  Design, visit http//www.CreativeEnvironments.com/
  .