Home Renovations and Maintenance in Hermanus

Home Renovations and Maintenance in Hermanus – Simple Ideas to Improve the look of the front of your house

It’s summer and that means more visitors and outside entertaining so it’s a good time to ensure
that your house or holiday home looks at it’s best. To maximise the curb appeal here are some
simple home maintenance ideas:

• Paint the front door – a new splash of colour can do wonders for your home
• Add some distinctive lighting to frame your front door 
• Find and add some distinctive house numbers
• Replace the front door hardware with a modern door knocker and handles
• Consider adding window boxes to the first floor windows on the front of your house and fill with 
• flowering summer plants or add some hanging baskets
• Clean the exterior of your windows – it is amazing what sparkle a clean window can bring to your 
• home
• Renovate the walkway to your front door – simple gravel or shingle is an inexpensive alternative 
• Add a planter at the front door and fill it with evergreen shrubs for year round colour
• Update your garage doors with a coat of fresh paint to match the front door
• Replace your doormat for a great welcome
• Ensure that the front of your house has well maintained shrubs and a selection of summer 
• flowering plants 
• Don’t forget to keep up with routine maintenance – remember to keep your hedges trimmed, your 
• garden beds weeded and your lawn watered and regularly mowed

Home Renovations and Maintenance in Hermanus – contact Donnelly Home Maintenance for all
your Holiday Home Maintenance work in Hermanus and the Overberg area