Buying a New Home?

Are you ready to purchase a new home? If so, there is one major thing you need to take into consideration. Are you going to purchase window coverings through the builder? or are you going to wait until after closing to purchase them? (WARNING: DO NOT BUY BIG BOX STORE BLINDS)
The advantages of buying blinds from the builder is that you can roll the cost into the mortgage and they are installed (usually) before closing on the home. One disadvantage is that builder blinds are typically low quality and installed by the handy man or punch out guy. OK, I know…hanging blinds is not rocket science, but, believe it or not, I have seen many poor installation jobs done by these guys. And the other disadvantage is you will end up paying 3 times more. First of all, the builder has to make some money so they mark them up anywhere from 30% to 100%. Secondly, if you are financing a home for 30 years you will end up paying a lot more for the blinds if you roll them into the mortgage.
For example, you would like 2″ Faux wood blinds in your home. The builder provide 2″ faux wood blinds with 3 colors to choose from, white, white, and off-white. You have 35 windows and they charge $3000 (calculated at 50% builder mark up). Over the course of the loan you will pay approximately $5400. Our 100% custom made 2″ fauxwood blinds for 35 windows is $2000! That is a big savings and you will undoubtedly get a much better product and installation!
If you call Superior Shutters & Blinds the advantage is we will measure, we show you our many colors and options for our wood or fauxwood blinds as well as plantation shutters, roller shades, honeycomb shades, woven wood shades, roman shades, and sheer shades. Basically we handle everything from start to finish. We can even install on the day of closing if need be. The disadvantages? NONE!
If you are ready to buy a new home please give us a call to discuss your options ahead of time. Many of our customer call 2 months before the closing date to get an idea on the prices for plantation shutters vs. 2″ faux wood blinds or 2″ faux wood blinds vs. honeycomb shades. Don’t hesitate to call…it’s never to early or to late! If you do wait to late, no problem…we can get our custom made blinds in 3 days!