An exceptional open-air ambience – modern garden design – Ralf Schmitz – Exceptional Homes

Easy luxury: Effortless garden maintenance

Excellent garden design is also particularly noticeable when the green spaces are low-maintenance. The quicker and easier they are to care for, the more time there will ultimately be to enjoy the garden.

While owners of townhouses and the residents of some ground floor apartments are the sole owners of their green areas, the outdoor areas of an apartment building usually become the common property of the household community. In this case, no party has a special right of use, but no one bears sole responsibility for garden maintenance either. In order to ensure that the newly established household community can relax and enjoy both the attractive front of the building and the green refuge behind it, it is of utmost importance to RALF SCHMITZ to ensure that the use and maintenance of the garden is well organised when the keys are handed over.

“As part of the service package that we give to newly established household communities, we develop community rules that regulate the rights and obligations of the parties, which also include the communal outdoor areas. We also conclude contracts with reliable service companies – including for garden maintenance,” explains Dr Axel Schmitz. “Of course, the owners’ association can adjust both the communal rules and the service provider contracts at any time after internal consultation, but everything is taken care of in the first year so that the owners can first gently settle in and also come together as a community before getting involved in the organisational aspects of everyday life.”

Furthermore, RALF SCHMITZ’s project planning also anticipates all the required steps for maintenance and incorporates them into the garden design. Not only the paths around the house, but also the green spaces themselves make it easy for owners and service providers alike to show them from their best side with minimal effort.

“Even an exquisite garden can quickly become a nuisance if you don’t know how to remove the greenery after pruning or how to protect the garden furniture from rain,” says Jan Lorenz. “If the owners have to build a garden shed later on, it’s a clear sign that the process of designing the garden was limited to the appearance of the green spaces and did not include the maintenance of them in any way. In a really well-designed garden, everything has its place from the outset, from the ornamental pond to the lawn mower.”

Therefore, the project developers at RALF SCHMITZ are always in communication with the landscape gardeners and with the buyers; after all, it is their individual wishes and demands that have to be translated not only into exclusive residential units, but also into a unique, modern garden design. This results in green spaces that not only become an elegant calling card for the property, but also a private, open-air refuge. For an extraordinary living ambience, inside and out.