Of course, any contractor can install mature sod and plants, then walk away from the property with a picture perfect landscape. But, how will those grounds look in a month? Or a year?

Your customer is going to invest hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars in a beautiful landscape. An irrigation system will be the insurance plan to make sure that their investment thrives.

Remind the homeowner that real estate appraisers judge a home's landscape on its appearance, condition and maintenance. They also compare that home to other homes in the neighborhood and look at the functional use of the landscape items incorporated into the plan, including the irrigation system.

A professionally installed and maintained system can be an asset to the property, while a poorly designed and installed system can actually be a liability. Something for a homeowner to think about when they want to cut a corner today that might come back and haunt them in the future.