Window shutters as a smart investment
Investing in a home is generally considered smart if it represents a long-term, functional and worry-free solution. However, the home is defined as an essential part of our life, so accordingly, the decisions made regarding it must adequately contribute to its smart expansion and improvement. The owner of the home will always look to implement solutions that will allow him to use the home and all its elements elegantly and with efficiency on a daily basis for many years.
In our previous articles we explained the reasons why you need window shutters and of course those reasons also apply in this specific aspect of increasing the value of the home. If you haven’t, we highly recommend that you read that article.
However, in this article we will specifically look at window shutters and their investment impact on home value. In other words, if you are planning to sell your home, will shutters on windows increase the value of your home, thus making it easier to market your property?
5 ways window shutters increase the value of any home
If you are planning to sell your home in the future, or are already in the process of it, then you are probably thinking about its market value, the quality of life it brings, the design and uniqueness it represents, as well as the multi-functionality that can make life inside the facility easier for a potential client. Of course, the location of the object itself plays a key role, but within this article we will deal with those elements that you actually can implement or modify.
It will be difficult to change the location of the building itself, but that’s why any unique and custom-made element on the building can contribute to a higher value on the market. Here we are talking about, for example, unique furniture, landscaping and kitchen appliances.
However, the installation of shutters is a simple and intelligent investment solution, given that it is custome-made to measure for all windows in the building, and it brings with it irreplaceable multi-functionality.
You will often read about ideas like building a swimming pool to help sell your house. True, a pool can be a bonus when selling the property, but the pool itself is not a profitable investment. In other words, it will be easier to sell the building in some cases, but it will not contribute to earnings and income, as it will be an investment loss because it cannot be sold for its full value.
Accordingly, let’s see the reasons why window shutters increase the value of the home!
Outstanding aesthetics of the building
When you are selling a facility, its first impression will play a big role. The arrangement of its environment as well as the exterior of the building itself is very important, and shutters on the windows help to raise the overall visual and aesthetic impression of the building.
Whether it’s traditional or modern architecture, various models of shutters can contribute to better aesthetics and a warmer atmosphere of the building, thus creating a positive first impression on a potential buyer. Especially in terms of modern architecture, which has run away from ornaments and decorations on houses, shutters bring color, textures and shapes that will refresh any building.
Shutters on windows nowadays come in various colors and imitations, and you will achieve the greatest feeling of luxury and elegance through aluminium shutters, which, due to the nature of the material, enable the greatest shutter design.
An additional and very important selling point here is also the fact that the potential buyer does not have to invest anything in the exterior of his future object. If the shutters are well made and installed to measure, their color and functionality will give the impression of a better finished product. Thus, the customer will have an easier time on deciding to make a purchase, since he will not have to make additional investments.
With shutters, you can achieve that inevitably important wow-effect during the presentation of your building, thereby guaranteeing a higher market value.
Better security and protection of the facility
Depending on the location of the object itself, its security and privacy will play a big role for a large number of potential buyers. Is there a fence around the property? Is there already an alarm video surveillance system? Clients will certainly be interested in security, and shutters on the windows can also help in that case.
Shutters represent a security upgrade to every window and opening of your building. They increase privacy inside the facility and make it impossible to track your movements or assess the value of the contents inside the premises. A potential thief, due to a lack of information, will have a harder time deciding on a crime since he cannot carefully plan his movements around your facility.
Shutters through various models and slat systems allow the user to bring in light and air, while still maintaining privacy. In addition to specific shutter models with anti-burglary characteristics, each shutter model represents an additional layer of protection in case of any form of burglary due to its robustness and protection against direct impact on the window.
In other words, the noise that would be generated when trying to forcefully open the shutter to allow breaking through the window is in itself the reason why a potential thief will not want to decide to break through this protective layer of your building.
In addition to anti-burglary protection, an important selling point is the long-term protection of the windows. Window shutters also represent a protective layer of the windows on which they are externally installed. They protect windows from weather conditions, dirt, as well as any kind of damage. Investments that protect the value of the building thus enrich its market value.
Energy efficiency of the facility
Energy efficiency has become a growing selling point when buying and selling buildings. If your building has high energy efficiency, you will not only easier sell it, but also increase the value of the home. A potential buyer will always positively accept the fact that because of your smart investments in the facility, he will have lower monthly costs in the future.
In this case, shutters on the windows help again because they enable additional insulation of the building, as well as correction of heat and cold, i.e. temperature values inside it during all seasons.
They achieve all this without losing the flow of air and light inside the building. It has also been proven that the correct amount of light inside the building contributes to better health and quality of life, so shutters, due to their intelligent light control, can always improve the mood and energy inside the rooms.
It is good to know that it is important to convey to the potential buyer the life inside the building. High-quality air and light flow will make it easier for the buyer to imagine a pleasant and comfortable life inside his future home.
An additional selling point for energy- and environmentally conscious customers is the fact that aluminium shutters, that is, aluminium itself, can be almost completely recycled, and in this case contributes to reduced environmental damage.
Simple maintenance
A potential buyer wants to have to worry as little as possible about his new home. The pace and dynamics of modern life do not allow a lot of free time for continuous maintenance of the facility and solving problems related to it.
In other words, if shutters on the windows enhance the aesthetics, protect the object and make it safer, and achieve better energy efficiency of the object, will the buyer have to constantly take care of the shutters and maintain them daily?
Fortunately, you have a positive selling point here as well: shutters, especially aluminium shutters, require minimal maintenance and will look like new for years.
You can read more about the maintenance and cleaning of aluminium shutters in our article where we provide you with 10 unique and easy-to-implement tips for maintaining shutters on your property.
Long-term investment
When buying his future house, a potential buyer wants to have almost no problems related to it. If the aesthetics of the building is fascinating, its security and protection are incredible, a good energy efficiency rating has been achieved, and it does not require a lot of additional investment, either through money or time, the buyer is usually left with one concluding and important question: will this investment be profitable in the long term?
Shutters on the windows are again a positive selling point in this regard because they represent a long-term investment that will not let you down and also ensure the longevity of the windows themselves and all other openings in the building.
Modern aluminium shutters were created to remain stable for years despite all possible weather conditions and thus enable their multifunctional use on the building. Indeed, shutters on windows are always a good choice on a property that will increase the value of any home and thus facilitate its sale on the market.
Shutters on the windows are a unique long-term investment solution
EUX shutters as a unique investment solution
EUX aluminium shutters, with their various models and designs, satisfy all the mentioned selling points when selling an object on the market. Increase the value of each building through EUX shutters and explain to your clients the benefits they achieve through their implementation: better security and protection of the home, better energy efficiency, beautiful visual aesthetics of the building, long-term investment and its simple maintenance.
We invite you to study our quality of work and products and to find the right EUX shutter model that will perfectly suit your building!
