Nick my first primary was a condo in Spring Garden section of Philadelphia.

Thanks for your replies, I will try to answer them all.Listed for almost 30 daysRent: 2500Comps: 2800Loft/1bdrmDeposit: 1 months rent (like other units) with a pet deposit if applicable3 inquiries/showings so far- none interested Unit- Hardwood floors, dishwasher, wine chiller, all new stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer in unit, private balconybldg-24 hour doorman,fitness center, common garden patio, garage, storagebtw (this is in downtown Brooklyn)I hope to continue to gain some insightful information from this site.

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You go down to the big box store and in the garden department, they will have big rolls of different grades of black plastic ground cover.Buy something with UV protection and lay that on the ground and cover with the rock you want, or with bark chips.Plain rock is pretty ugly, so you might want to add a few small beds of drought tolerant plants or cactus.Rock isn't cheap and it's hard work to get it spread without destroying your plastic ground cover.

Do any of you guys attend the event at Brew Garden in Middleburg heights   the last Thursday of the month?

The lamest stuff like $1,000 in a nice flower garden and some bushes/shrubbery/small trees, and mulch and bricks and stonework could alter people's opinions a LOT.

I'd love to pick up a few more properties to the west of this development, south of Jackson, north of Garden.

There is no existing garden, terrace or flower bed, but there are a couple of existing bushes I've kept.

I think that's called moss rock.

I treated the walls and ceilings (with a garden sprayer) with a bleach/water combination as well as tea tree oil, then primed with the best primer I could find, then painted the whole place.