Does having a water feature as part of your landscaping or a swimming pool is it helping or hurting your ability to sell your Metro Vancouver home for sale?

If you have a pond or a swimming pool in your yard and your home is for sale it is of the utmost importance that you keep them in pristine condition. This is not just to impress potential home buyers but to potentially minimize any negative feelings they may have about such features.

Many home buyers will look at a swimming pool or landscaped pond as something that will require effort, money and is a feature they will just not enjoy or use.

In which case I suggest you can hire a company that specializes in landscape construction, ponds and pool such as ValleySide to turn your pond into a beautiful part of your yard that will entice buyers.

If you are considering adding a water feature to your home and you anticipate selling your home in the coming years you may want to weigh the pros versus cons of such a decision.

Here are a few questions to ask yourself if considering a swimming pool:

• How will your home stack up to others in the area once you have added a pool?
• What type of pool is best suited for your property?
• Will the current Real market allow you to make back all of the money you have invested when it comes time to sell?
• Are you adding a pool for the benefit of your family or for the financial benefit of added resale value?

Ponds are a feature that also require significant upkeep to prevent it turning into a 'swamp'. That being said they are often easy to eliminate when it comes time to sell. For a small price they can be removed and the previous void filled and covered with sod.

It may not be necessary to do his in advance of showings. However your Realtor may want to make it clear that you are willing to remove the pond if it does not appeal to the buyers.

You'd be surprised how a buyer can let one dislike impact their opinion of an entire home for sale.