How to sell a house on a busy road
valkyrie4791
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advice on hedge, fence, or wall between yard and busy road
Comments (14)Thank you Shawn and Suzi for the tips on Thuja Green Giants and how to get shrubbery cheap. I *have* considered arborvitae, which probably would go best with the current look of the house, and are fast-growing. bmh4796, I looked up English Laurel, and it's handsome and a fast grower, but aren't the leaves toxic? Maybe I could plant a line of arborvitae and then add some more colorful or interesting plants at their bases? Anyway, because I had them and didn't know what else to do with them, I put some 4 inch lilacs in the ground already, and a 2 day cold snap promptly blackened their leaves. Undaunted, I stuck a white Beauty of Moscow on the corner next to the twin trees, hopefully far enough behind the hydrant to not run into trouble. I don't know what I'm doing here... hope it doesn't look too weird. The more I consider, it seems like I need to come up with an overall plan for the house instead of just buying plants I like and poking them in here and there. I suppose the tiny lilacs will stay there until I find a sale on Thuja, or save up enough for a stone wall. I'm afraid that whole area is probably solid rock underneath. There are a couple of large (2 foot long) outcroppings of stone that look like they extend underground. Wish I could show you but I still can't find my camera!...See MoreNew Front Landscape for 1850s House on Busy Road
Comments (8)lazygardens: I have measured that distance. The driver is 15 feet back from the edge of the pavement when trying to merge into traffic, so can't have anything tall in that first 15 feet. There are three large trees (2 Sycamores that are 30-40 feet and a mature Horsechestnut) set back 25 feet from the road. So that leaves just ten feet that could have taller planting on the way to the trees. I understand your idea of gradually increasing heights from perennials to shrubs to low growing trees to the big trees, I just don't think there is room to implement it. I have seen people try to fill in a line of shrubs between existing tall trees and that always seems to look wrong, so the more naturalistic idea does make more sense. Yardvaark: Yes, I did fail to profess my love of the house! It is lovely and I would hope whatever we end up doing adds to that. I would certainly agree that the existing plantings don't show off the house and the yews are certainly not doing it any favors, but haven't had the budget previously to deal with this. Old houses and upkeep, you know! Remember that photos always focus your eye on what is close up in a way that you don't do in real life, so the house is more visible that it appears above. So I think you are saying that you don't think it's right to try to make the front private at all? I do feel that these old places are sort of in the public domain. On the other hand, for fourteen years I've been able to go grab the paper in the morning without getting dressed. Now that the lilac hedge that did run the length of the house is gone, I'm finding that lack of privacy irritating. So what would you do to complement the house in your ideal world?...See MoreReally rough estimate for road extension? (+ Q on selling a lot)
Comments (6)Private roads (roads without names) are not going to count as your 200 ft. Does this property butt up to this other dirt road? You can't just link up to another persons driveway when the driveway is contained in their property. Maybe if you can upload a Google map or the property map? You really need to go talk to somebody in the zoning office with a list of every possible question you can think of. You also need to know if you do divide smaller parcels like that, if you keep the same zoning. We are residential age, can divide down to 3 acres , but doing so more than once (all the rest is a minimum of 20 acres) , changes our zoning to residential...which is Not what we want! Gravel for a driveway the length you are talking is going to be pricey, you can get an estimate for that by calling a gravel and rock supplier. You really need to call for some estimates on bulldozing 650 ft of trees. You also need to find put how much it will cost to get electricity there. Contact the electric company for that area, give them the site info, and they can give you a good idea. If there is natural gas, find that out too, but you will probably be on propane. Then you need to find out how much it will cost to get either a water line or a well to the property. Another consideration is funding the land...as dar as I know, it is very hard to get land with any less than 50% down....See MorePrivacy screen busy road
Comments (14)ok my bed is done. 2 yds of loam to build it up. Putting green giant immediately to left of bush. What to put btwn green giant and tree on left. It will be partial shade, prefer something conifer and full, that I can't kill!...See Morevalkyrie4791
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