Whether you’re trying to attract local in-person attention, or take your community online, one thing is for certain – curb appeal matters. Consider curb appeal your shot at making a great first impression, and we all know how important first impressions really are. No matter the season or the weather in your particular area, impressive curb appeal is possible in every season. Whether it’s a lazy hot summer day or an icy winter evening, you can always make your community shine. At OccupancySolutions.com, we want to take a look at curb appeal for all seasons of the year, and provide a few pointers on how you can make your community look its best all year round.

Let’s start with spring, the season of renewal. During springtime, the grey chill of winter starts to melt away, and that’s the message you should be focusing on in terms of your springtime community curb appeal. Bright colors and a fresh atmosphere is really appreciated during the spring, making this the best time to do your community planting, repainting, and cosmetic renovations. Fresh paint on doors and doorframes, seasonal flowers in a variety of colors, and new door numbers make welcome additions to springtime curb-appeal goals.

After the spring comes summer, and during the summer there is a certain local in-person buzz as people are out and about enjoying the warm weather. One of the biggest concerns for curb appeal in the summer is landscaping, particularly if you’re in a hotter and drier climate, so keeping your communal areas lush and inviting is important. Communities with patches of dry dead grass and suffering plants look like communities that don’t prioritize upkeep, so you’ll want to keep lawns watered and manicured and any flowers looked after.

The fall presents a lot of really great curb appeal opportunities, but cleanup can be messy. If you have a lot of foliage trees around your community, make sure to keep up on maintenance and raking, and don’t allow the leaves to take over. Planting fall flowers in beautiful seasonal colors can also help to bring in seasonally-friendly attention, as well as using pumpkins or leaf décor.

During the winter, the weather tends to get colder, the skies more gray, and in-person activity may ebb, but that doesn’t mean ignoring the importance of curb appeal. In winter, make sure any snow or ice is taken care of promptly to create welcoming pathways around the community, and focus on non-holiday decorating. Since days get shorter in the winter, it also pays to focus on good outdoor lighting to keep your community inviting.

Curb appeal should always be a priority in attracting prospective residents, and there are always ways to maximize your impact. To learn more about seasonal curb appeal, simply contact us at OccupancySolutions.com today.