ActiveRain Member WINS Extreme Landscape Makeover Contest
Please join me in congratulating ActiveRain member Martha Kolko of Keller Williams Realty in New Jersey. She was the finalist and winner selected for the SavATree.com Extreme Landscape Makeover Contest held back in July of 2009. The ActiveRain community played a large role in supporting and providing entries for this contest. On behalf of SavATree, and the entire team here at ActiveRain, we want to thank all of you who participated and entered your clients homes. The response from our members was awesome, thank you.
Over 50 properties were submitted for consideration. They selected Ms. Kolko's client's property because they believed it would benefit the most from their services. The trees and shrubs were significantly overgrown and the lawn was overtaken by weeds. Together with Tom O'Shea of Tom O'Shea Landscape Design and Paul Calicchio of Landscape Supply, they transformed the overgrown and unruly landscape into a beautiful buyer-attracting property.
Here's What They Did:
- Conducted an assessment of the trees, shrubs and lawn to diagnose and treat disease, insect infestation and any other health and safety concerns.
- Removed trees and shrubs that were not salvageable due to disease, overgrowth or improper care. New shrubs and colorful plants were added.
- Pruned to create an attractive, more balanced, landscape that complements both the look of the outside of the home as well as the view of the front yard from the living room window. This will allow more sunlight to enter the home.
- Expended the size of the flower garden and added a second to add color and beauty.
- Gave three applications of fertilizer over the course of three months to thicken the lawn, rid it of weeds and restore its vigor.
Here's A Before and After Slideshow of Martha's clients Home:
Both the homeowner and Martha where thrilled with the results. "You only get one chance to make a first impression! When selling a house, curb appeal is one of the most important factors ― no doubt [SavATree's] services improved the curb appeal of this home", explained Ms. Kolko. The home is set to go on the market soon. A very special thanks goes out to SavATree for letting our Real Estate Community and members be involved in their contest.
CONGRATULATIONS To Martha and to her Client, we wish them both all the best in the sale of this home!
SavATree.com, offers tree, shrub and lawn care services throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Congratulations Martha! I can actually see the beauty of your home now!
Wow, that is way to cool. Martha and her clients are very lucky people! That is such a dramatic difference.
OK, my front yard would be massivly improved if it looked like her "before" picture...
Congrats to Martha for winning the contest. An amazing transformation...SavATree did a great job and I am sure the owners were very, very happy!
OK, that is too cool and we should be proud to have her as a member of our ranks and we are!
My goodness! You couldn't even see through that porch in the beginning. Now the home owners can actually sit on their porch and enjoy a view of something other than overgrown trees and bushes. I noticed the growth up the side of the house, and heading toward the roof in the before pictures as well. I'm sure it was great to get rid of that!
They really did an excellent job on this house. I can see why it won. Congratulations! =)
How great is that. Congratulations to Martha. It is a big change and a beautiful landscaping job. Yes curb appeal is a biggie. If you can't get potential buyers out of the car, then you can't sell the house! lol
Wow, how exciting to read this.
Go Barb, go activerain bloggers.
That is pretty cool Brad. It is good to hear one of the members was the winner!
Congrats on winning! I am sure the AR community helped with "votes" ... I had a friend who tried to get FB friends to vote for her on this contest but the power of AR is Amazing!
Wow, they used some large plants in that landscape makeover. Looks great!
Congratulations Martha and to your clients - nicely done!
We're very excited for Martha and her client to have been selected as the "Winner" for the Makeover contest!
Having one of our very own AR members be chosen is a great honor and something everyone can be proud of. There is nothing but opportunities out there when you're active and participating on the network and within the AR community.
Well done Martha and special thanks to SavATree for involving the AR community with this contest. :-)
Howdy and afternoon to ya Brad
Martha Congrats to you and your client, it sure does look mighty fine.
Have a good one
Dale
What a great makeover. My yard isn't overgrown, but it's undergrown... I need a makeover badly!
Wow, what a transformation. Congratulations to Martha for winning. I somehow must have missed this contest last year. But it sounds like it must have been a great success.
Martha.....the maker of happy......
If ActiveRain says you did good.....YOU DID GOOD!
Highest to all involved......
WOW! That's awesome. Congratulation Martha!
Great job Martha and lots of fun, too.