Garden is an important factor for any house. Having a beautiful and clean garden will increase your property’s value by approx 20%. Many people these days are using different ideas to decorate their garden to increase the price of the property in the market. Most people these days have swimming pools, swings, trampolines and other garden accessories which might be in an interest of the buyers.

During this economy period I think this is a brilliant idea. Another idea to do something with your garden is to increase the size of your conservatory to add more rooms in your property. Recently I had my conservatory rebuilt with one extra room and a toilet. Before it was a two bedroom house with 1 bathroom, 1 living room and 1 reception but now it is a three bedroom house with two bathrooms, one reception, one conservatory and one living room. This change cost me approx £2,500 but has increased the value of my property by 20% from what it was before even in this credit crunch.

This is just one example, recently my Uncle built a play ground in his back garden which includes five swings, two 12ft trampolines with safetynets and pads, 5 benches, a barbecue stand, few climbing toys for kids and a water fountain. Are you wondering how did he afford it? He has been a Doctor for over 40 years so this was nothing for him. His pension is more than my yearly salary, so just imagine how big his house is. I asked him why he built a playground, he replied: in few years he wants to sell this house and buy a small house for he and his wife but also mentioned if the house doesn’t sell he would like to open the back garden for his neighbourhood kids and also allow a nursery next to his house to use the play ground. What a really good idea. He can get his money he spent on it by renting it to a school or a nursery so he won’t really be loosing anything. May be I can add a 10ft trampoline in my garden and create a small playing area for my kids.