Be Well: HGTV's John Gidding Talks Home Care and Elevating Property Value

<div class="block">John Gidding, HGTV&#39;s &#39;Curb Appeal&#39; host, has a few tips about homecare that could boost market appeal and ultimately increase dollar amount offers when it goes on sale.</div>

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I wanna take you to this next house because we're talking about overgrown vegetation. It looks like they need a little pruning here. What can you tell us about this? It would make such a difference, just a little bit of controlling of all this plant and this, this green life because you know what that does, it makes it imply that there's other maintenance issues in the house. If you haven't pruned, if you haven't controlled your landscape, who knows what else you haven't controlled? So I say, you know, when you've got a lot of big green front, definitely bring them down, control the local little bit so that the rest of the house looks elevated as well. Now for the hedges, is there a height that matters? Should it be like, you know, chest height so people can look into your yard or over your hands, rest over the eye height of your neighbor? Mm. Ok. So they don't have to see in all the time, but it's still very nice. Now, this is a problem a lot of people have in their yards, patches of grass that are missing, whether it's a burn spot, a dry spot. What do we do about this? This is actually a great opportunity for homeowners to start to incorporating in a smaller scale, some native plants. Right. Pick an area where the grass isn't doing too well. For whatever reason, maybe there's too much shade here. Maybe the soil type isn't great and then put in a few natives, see how well they do. You'll be surprised how well they do. They're made for this environment. They're made for this climate. So chances are what used to be a little patch of dead grass is gonna be a verdant plot of native plant. Now, what if we want to plant grass seeds? I have so much trouble with planting grass seeds because I'm like the birds to eat it. Then you have hay everywhere and you have to get the hay out. It's just a nuisance. But is there a better way to plant grass seed? Well, this is why I'm saying look for something alternative. If you have to go with grass, maybe go with a clover. It's so similar to grass and it stays nice. And though I already see some clover here. So you're halfway to a clover yard as it is. But if not, you're gonna find an alternative ground cover that's gonna look even better and do better. All right, it's time to improve our curb. All right. Thanks John. Thanks.