If you’re like most San Diego homeowners, you carefully consider any and all home improvement projects you take on—especially those that will cost you a good sum of money to complete. You might have specific projects you’re weighing, such as updating your main bathroom or replacing the deck outside your back door. Or you might be wondering if it makes more sense to improve the look of your home or its functionality. Another consideration might be prioritizing home improvement projects that add value to your home—in other words, projects from which you will see a return on your investment when you sell your home one day. Recently, marthastewart.com put out an article that listed the top 11 home improvement projects that will increase the value of your property. Some of them are small …
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How Do Vinyl Replacement Windows and Doors Hold Up in San Diego?
Windows and doors with vinyl frames have been around for several decades now, and during that time, they’ve come a long way! The earliest versions of vinyl windows and doors were… not great. However, today, high-quality vinyl windows and doors offer everything San Diego homeowners are looking for—energy efficiency, durability, and affordability. They also look great in any style of home. If you’ve been researching new windows and doors for a while now, you may have also talked to companies that sell fiberglass windows. Some not-so-honest fiberglass window salespeople will tell you that vinyl windows are bad—that they will warp in hot temperatures and that white vinyl will turn yellow over time. This is just not true. What is true, is that some of the vinyl windows that were …
Anlin vs. Milgard Windows: Are These Two Brands Comparable?
As people who sell replacement windows in San Diego, we often get asked by people which brands are the best. This is not always a simple question to answer because different homes and different families have different needs and priorities. You may be looking for windows that will do the best job of keeping your home insulated from outside temperatures, while another family may be looking for windows that keep out noise. Still another homeowner may be looking for windows that come with an amazing warranty. If you’re like most people, you want all of these things—at least to some extent. You may not need windows that are the absolute best in all these categories, but you likely want your new windows to improve your home in several different ways if you’re going to make the …
Operation Resilient Response: An Organization Providing Help to Victims of Natural Disasters
Recently, BM Windows installed replacement windows in the home of Joshua Mickels, a retired United States Marine who is living in San Diego. As we got to know Mickels a little bit, he told us about a new initiative he was undertaking to help victims affected by national disasters: Operation Resilient Response (ORR). We were so impressed with what they are doing that we wanted to share it you! In short, ORR is an organization that brings together veterans and law enforcement officers and sends them to affected areas to provide help during the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Mickels grew up in Louisiana and knows the devastating effects natural disasters can have on a region. He had family members who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina, and his own home was damaged as well. …
The ROI of Replacement Windows in San Diego (Updated Numbers for 2024)
In this blog post, we want to talk about the return on investment (ROI) for replacement windows in San Diego. In other words: how much of the project’s cost you can expect to recoup when you eventually sell your home. Now, we fully realize that not every homeowner in San Diego is looking for a return on their investment when it comes to replacement windows. Some are looking to make their homes more energy efficient, or they are looking to improve their home’s curb appeal, and they don’t really care if they get any of their money back. Or they are planning to stay in their home for the foreseeable future and therefore aren’t thinking about ROI at all. But for those in San Diego who are concerned with ROI, we have some good news about replacement windows: it is one of the best home …
