In terms of trends in outdoor landscaping there’s no feature that’s more popular nowadays (except maybe a decked area) than outdoor kitchens. In recent years we’ve been contracted to help design and install dozens in Thornhill, Richmond Hill and Woodbridge, and that trend doesn’t look like it will stop any time soon. While they might seem like a recent phenomenon to us, they’ve actually been around for thousands of years; food was always prepared outside. It’s when food preparation was moved inside that the real change was made. Nevertheless, going back to our roots and dining outdoors has been a revelation and it’s a great way to make use of the outdoor space attached to your home. If you’re still not sure about whether it’s an investment that you want to make, keep reading to discover some of the main reasons to make 2014 the year that you have an outdoor kitchen installed at your property.
The Reasons Why You Should Have an Outdoor Kitchen Designed & Installed at Your Property
Just as with any other serious investment (an outdoor kitchen isn’t the cheapest landscaping design change that you could make), you do have to carefully consider all angles, including whether you actually need one, whether you can afford it and whether you have the space for one, before “pulling the trigger” and committing to the project. Providing you answer in the affirmative to all of the conditions that we just mentioned, there’s certainly enough reasons to make you want to say “yes please.” Some of these include:
- Enjoy Your Outdoor Space – Do you have a landscape design that you worked extremely hard to implement? If so, it would almost be considered a crime if you didn’t get to enjoy the fruits of that labour on a regular basis. An outdoor kitchen will get you outside and enjoying that space much more often than you would if you had to prepare food inside all year round. Not only that, but food preparation becomes much less of a chore and something to actually saviour each day, as you feel the sun’s warm rays gently touch your face and the breeze through your hair as you prepare dinner for your loved ones. Sounds great, right?
- Great For Entertaining – If you frequently host get-togethers among your friends, you’ve probably experienced that all-too-familiar scenario of everyone eventually meeting and standing around the kitchen inside even though the “party” started outside and it’s the middle of summer. This is because you run out of food, drinks, napkins and before you know it everyone is inside offering help to make more. An outdoor kitchen cuts out the need to keep going inside when the supplies on the table run low.
- Increases Your Home’s Market Value – The benefits of having an outdoor kitchen at your property aren’t purely practical either. Home seekers across Thornhill, Richmond Hill and Woodbridge actually look for features like an outdoor kitchen when they attend house viewings and it’s something that makes your home more desirable and; therefore, increases the market value of your property. Return on investment is an important consideration when making any addition to your home and an outdoor kitchen certainly gives a good one.
- Cut Down on Your AC Bill – If you’re anything like the millions of other homeowners that live in and around Toronto, you most probably crank up the AC when the temperature warms up outdoors, otherwise it can get pretty hot and sticky inside, especially when preparing food. You wouldn’t have that problem with an C though as you’ll be outdoors in the fresh air, meaning you don’t need to have your AC turned on all day.
The team at DonRos Landscape Construction is experienced at designing and installing outdoor kitchens that are tailored to our clients’ needs and if you are interested in having one installed at your property, we would be more than happy to carry out a free onsite consultation at your home.