That is a top-five homeowner victory.

Let’s be honest: We spend a lot of time curating the inside of our homes. We fret over the right shade of eggshell white for the living room. We obsess over the water pressure in the rain shower.

But outside? We neglect the unsung hero of the property:

You know the one I’m talking about. It’s that grimy, forgotten concrete gully by the back door, or the channel drain in the driveway that you only notice when you’re ankle-deep in a puddle trying to take out the recycling.