Aug 22 2010
Adding Value with Solar Landscape Lights
Many times homeowners who have their homes on the market find that they need to do some home improvements to help sell the home. Adding value with solar landscape lights is an ideal way to show potential homeowners the home is Earth friendly and beautiful at night at the same time. Solar landscape lights are an easy to do project that creates instant curb appeal and can be the factor that sells the house.
Curb appeal is important when selling a home and adding landscape lighting is one way to make sure that the home stands out to potential buyers. Any homeowner can install landscape lights that are solar powered with nothing more than some elbow grease and a Saturday afternoon.
First, a trip to the home improvement store will reveal many different types of solar landscape lighting options. The easiest to install are the stake lights that are used to light up pathways and driveways. The lights that are purchased should complement the house, not overpower it. Selling a house is not the time to install fairies and gnomes, stick to traditional and simple.
One the lights have been purchased, the pathway should be clearly delineated. Hopefully there are pathway stones, if not, they should be considered a necessary part of the home improvement project and added. Install the stake lighting by pushing the stakes into the ground in evenly spaced intervals. Follow the pathway from the beginning of the driveway to the front porch area. If there is room, the solar stake lights can be installed on both sides of the pathway markers, alternating sides as the path is followed.
This simple yet effective lighting project will make the house more appealing to potential buyers. They will see that not only is the path safe to navigate, the yard has a nice appeal to it when darkness arrives and visitors come to the house. Using the solar version also lets potential buyers know they have outside light without increasing their power bill. The best part is that even if the house does not sell the outdoor lighting will be in place and beautiful for the current homeowners to enjoy.
-Sharon Chapman
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