Spring is in the air and it’s a great excellent time to remodel your home with custom windows and doors.
Custom windows and doors are a great place to start when you’re looking to spruce up your house a bit or save a little cash ever month on your utility bills.
The aesthetic appeal of your home can be easily improved with new windows and doors. Not to mention the security and energy saving benefits that come with a small adjustment like new windows and doors.
Upgrades like custom windows and doors can do a great job increasing your home’s value without taking too much out of your own pocket or inconveniencing your family’s daily life too much.
How Custom Windows and Doors Increase Your Home Value
Whether you’re looking to sell now or later, custom windows and doors can greatly increase the value of your home and now is a great time to do it.
It’s important to carefully choose which remodeling projects you want to take on. It’s expensive, time-consuming, and often inconvenient.
While it might be tempting to jump into a whole new kitchen and bathroom remodel or to revamp your basement or attic, keep in mind these are some hefty projects.
Custom Windows
There are a few signs you need new custom windows, watch out for these.
If it seems difficult to heat or cool your house and keep the warm or cold air in and it’s expensive to even try. It might be time to upgrade your windows.
Are your windows experiencing some visible damage like cracks and warping? This is definitely not appealing to potential home buyers. If there’s visible damage on your windows, upgrading is a must.
Check the locks on your windows. Do they still work? Are they strong? Or if you don’t have locks on your windows at all, this is not only affecting the seals and letting air in or out when you don’t want it to, it’s also a safety hazard.
Potential home buyers don’t want to move into a house that’s not secure, and they usually don’t want to replace the windows in their new home as soon as they move in.
By putting custom windows in your home that are safe, secure, and long-lasting you will be massively increase the value of your home.
Greater Comfort
Older windows tend to develop drafts. Moreover, they tend to have gaps around the edges of at least one pane. This cuts down on the insulative capacity of the airspace within the panes. This tends to result in some rooms being colder or hotter than others. Balancing all of the rooms in your building can be downright difficult when you have unplanned air flow. When you have new custom windows installed in your building or home, they insulate the space better and allow for greater comfort. Particularly if you are considering having custom windows installed in your home, custom windows are worthwhile simply for their additional level of comfort.
Green Energy Credits
In some cases, achieving a certain level of energy efficiency can result in receiving energy credits. These can lead to a discount on your property or business taxes. In some municipalities, you may even be able to receive a credit on your personal income taxes as a result of getting custom windows installed. Taxes and rebates may not be the only reason to get new custom windows, but they can be a great additional motivating factor.
The Doors
How’s your front door looking? Is it warped, cracked or peeling? Do pests always seem to find their way into your home? Or does it feel a bit drafty around your entryways?
New doors are always being made in the latest styles and with the latest technology to be as strong and safe as possible.
Something as simple as a new front door can increase your curb appeal dramatically. In turn, increasing your home value.
Modern doors look nicer and last longer. They’re also made out of stronger material and would be harder to break into.
A custom door will help seal up your home to lock in the heat in the winter and the cool in the summer, decreasing your energy bills. And it’ll keep pests outside, where they belong!
Energy Savings
In the average household heating and cooling alone accounts for 54% of your utility bills. And 25% of your warm or cool air escapes through older windows and doors.
New home buyers are aware of this and they look for things like worn out doors and windows. Buyers will usually want them replaced before making an offer anyways.
Modern windows are insulated and usually come with an energy rating so you’ll know exactly how much insulation and energy saving power to expect from your new windows.
Cost vs. Value
You might be wondering how much this improvement will cost versus how much it’s actually going to increase the value of your home.
For many home improvement projects like a kitchen and bath renewal, it can cost you a lot more than it’s actually going to increase the value of your home.
A new front door is said to add 96.5% of the amount you spent to the value of your home. Replacing old windows offers a similar return on your investment.
Custom windows by Stouffville Glass have a proven history for installation and design. We maintain a high level of service by supplying windows as well as providing a full range of customer support from consultation to installation. Contact us today!
