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A video from http://thehomeseller.tv. Many thanks to Helen from http://www.muddywelliesgardens.co.uk/ First impressions count! Your front garden is likely to be the first thing that a prospective buyer will see. Make sure that the first impression is a positive one with Muddy Wellies top ten handy garden tips. A well presented interesting garden will add value to your property, a little work and investment now could mean that you achieve a quicker sale and the best possible price for your house. 1. Remove rubbish: Don't uses your garden as a dump for all the stuff that you don't want in your house, rusty radiators and soggy sofas are not an attractive start to the house viewing experience. 2. Keep pathways and patios clean and clear: prospective buyers don't want to be stepping over weeds and ducking under shrubs when trying to view your garden. If you have slippery pathways clean or power hose them down to avoid potential accidents. 3. Keep lawns well maintained: Don't leave the grass until it looks like a meadow and then panic and mow it right down so that it then looks yellow and half dead. Try and keep the grass cut regularly once a fortnight throughout the growing season. Use a half moon edger to create defined lawn edges for a professional finish. 4. Maximise on space: Overgrown hedges, lawns and shrubs can make a good sized garden feel tiny and cramped. Keep hedges trimmed and shrubs pruned where appropriate. 5. Show off the best features in your garden: Many properties in Cornwall enjoy countryside or sea views, make sure that you design your garden to show off your view or make the most of that sunny spot in your garden with a relaxing seating area. 6. Weed: When weeding make sure that you dig up the roots where possible as perennial weeds will be back with a vengeance if you leave their roots in. Once you have cleared the ground, keep it weed free by hoeing regularly, and applying a thick layer of mulch. 7. Ground cover: If you want to keep your garden healthy then the worst thing you can do is to leave large areas of bare soil. Once you have weeded invest in some plants to fill the area and some quality mulch such as green waste compost or mushroom compost. Mulch is best applied when the ground is moist after rain. Make sure you keep new plants well watered until they are established. 8. Maintenance: Tatty fences and wobbly paving slabs should be fixed and painted. Clear drains and gutters, ensure any climbing plants are not growing in your gutters or under the tiles. A well maintained garden will help assure buyers that the property has been cared for. 9. Light: In some cases badly positioned or overgrown trees and plants can block allot of light from a house making it feel smaller and darker. Work done in the garden can change the feel of the house as well as the garden. 10. Pets: If you have dogs or cats make sure that you pick up their poo, there is nothing more off putting that stepping in one! Where possible try and ensure that your dog doesn't wee on the lawn as the Nitrogen in the wee will make the lawn look patchy.