Landscaping projects have been known to increase the property values of houses in the Greater Toronto Area. These projects can include planting of trees, gardening, adding a deck, and addition of structures that improves the curb appeal of GTA homes. And when compared to gardening, one Toronto landscape designer has also mentioned that when it comes to landscaping, “curb appeal is the No. 1 place to invest”.

That is why many homeowners install interlocking stone for use around their property. While some maintenance is required, its durability and versatility are reasons for its popularity. These pavers can be used in many different areas from driveways to backyard patios to pool decks. Below are examples of how interlocking stones can be utilized. For different interlock front entrance and walkway designs, check out our article Interlocking Design Ideas For Your Front Entrance and Walkways.

Driveways

Driveway Extensions

Front Entrance

Side Walkway

Backyard Patio

Pool Decks

Landscaping (no matter where you live and where we serve – Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, and Milton) is important for a number of reasons that include:

1. Bringing vigor and energy to the space
2. Increasing value to your home
3. Less yard work

Landscaping Improves Curb Appeal

For some people, curb appeal landscaping is a good way to help get your home sold at a higher value.  Consider this, landscaping is like putting clothes on your body. You need to dress for the part. If you were going to a formal event, you wouldn’t put on your gym clothes. If you did, people would take one look at you and make negative judgments and you didn’t even get a chance to talk about what you are really like.

If the home is sitting on a property that doesn’t look perfect, you’re going to lose a lot of sales opportunities. More often than not, people will drive by a property before actually making an appointment to check out the inside. They want to get a feel for or imagine what the house looks like. If the landscaping turns them off, they’ll never make the initial call. Unless they are fixer uppers, nobody wants re-do the landscaping themselves. Don’t make them imagine what it would be like; clean it up for them.

Landscaping for Quality Living

For others, they want to enjoy the space that they are living. Now that stay-cations are certainly becoming a more popular form of “time-off”, having a good landscaped yard is important. Good landscaping design is important whether you want to do this for your backyard or your front yard landscaping or pool.

Planning is critical because it helps you do two things:

1. Know what you want – saves time and money
2. Communicate clearly to your suppliers and designer

If you’ve taken the time to sketch out (doesn’t have to be perfect) what you want, your vision of what your front yard or backyard will start to take shape and what you end up with is something that you really want as opposed to living with something you just don’t like.

A sketch also gives you the opportunity to communicate clearly to your designer/supplier. They can help you figure out whether concrete or interlocking is best material to use for your design, your material costs (interlock or concrete) and possibly provide invaluable advice on how to improve your plan on aesthetics or costs or durability or even all three.

Lastly, many people get landscaping done because they want something that is low maintenance because of their lifestyle or don’t necessarily have time and effort or both. Interlocking pavers as well as concrete both require much less work to upkeep when compared to asphalt.

If this is the case, using concrete and/or interlocking pavers strategically in your front yard or backyard can help you minimize the amount landscaping work that is required on an ongoing basis while still maintaining the curb appeal of your home.

Remember, when you are thinking about landscaping, do not be afraid to experiment with new ideas and have fun creating your own design. There are endless possibilities when it comes to landscaping.

Whether you already have a design idea or want landscaping experts to give you design options, reach out to us and we can help you design and construct the landscape you always wanted. Want to know what interlock pavers have to offer? Read the article “All You Need to Know About Interlock Pavers”.

There are many reasons why people want to fill in their existing pool. It may be because it is no longer utilized, high maintenance cost to up keep, becoming dangerous with new additions to the family or simply just a change in scenery. No matter what your reason is, the important thing is to find a reputable company to get the job done right. Here are the basic steps to backfilling a swimming pool. Note that the size, type and accessibility of the pool will be factors that determines the cost and exact procedures required for the project.