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Selling house with unfinished backyard - need advice

Brian Cashman
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We are putting our first house on the market in a couple of weeks. Our house is only 2 years old in a newly developed neighborhood. The front yard is landscaped but the back yard is not. The back yard has no grass (lots of weeds) and has a steep incline. We had plans to spend around 10k for retaining walls and landscaping but then made the decision to sell. Besides picking up and weed eating (which we will do regardless), our question is how should we present it to sellers without affecting profitability?

A. Spend a couple hundred dollars on bark, lay that on the flat areas with a weed mat and plant wild flowers on the hill, making it more easy on the eyes.

B. Present it as a clean slate to the seller so they can develop it however they want and not have to haul out a ton of bark, obviously making the backyard less attractive.

We are in a very hot market and houses are typically going for 30-40k over asking.

Thank you for you input!