site yard street environment the entire property around the house should look complete well maintained and ready for sale yard create a refined finished residential garden appropriate for a premium contemporary house use healthy realistic lawn mature but restrained trees elegant shrubs and ornamental grasses keep the landscape clean architectural and realistic avoid excessive flowers colorful flower beds or overly decorative landscaping the garden should feel professionally designed calm and easy to maintain create clear pedestrian circulation around the house use elegant modern exterior paving in light warm grey greige tones use large format paving slabs or refined contemporary pavers where appropriate ensure all paths entrance areas and terraces look fully completed and professionally constructed add subtle landscape edging and clean transitions between grass paving and planting areas the property should look finished inhabited and ready for immediate sale driveway parking the access to the house and parking areas should look complete and realistic use high quality paving or clean asphalt depending on the existing site layout keep surfaces level clean and professionally finished no unfinished soil construction traces mud or temporary surfaces streets improve the surrounding streets so they appear finished maintained and suitable for a completed residential development use clean realistic asphalt with subtle natural texture add properly finished curbs and sidewalks where appropriate the road should be in very good condition but not unrealistically perfect avoid cracks construction damage dirt unfinished shoulders or neglected infrastructure overall sales presentation the exterior environment should communicate that the property is fully completed premium well maintained and ready for a buyer the landscaping and public realm should support the architecture without visually dominating it create a believable high end residential setting suitable for professional real estate marketing
