Summer Home Improvements
Life slows down, weather becomes warmer, and fresh inspiration sparks – making summer the perfect time for home renovations. Take advantage of the season by bringing style into your home while minimizing costs and raising your home’s value.
Revitalize your home this summer by undertaking these valuable home improvement projects to spend less and save more.
Automate Your Home
Smart home technology is accessible from mobile devices anywhere in the world through a remotely controllable network. Many home appliances such as thermostats, lights, window treatments, alarm systems, and more can be “smart”.
Automated appliances hold the ability to program and schedule commands such as when to turn on/off, open, or close. Additionally, smart technology offers remote monitoring and access so homeowners can close blinds, turn off lights, and stay in the know while away.
While these features are great, smart home automation can save you money. First, smart home technologies can detect destruction and break-ins and alert homeowners about potential hazards. This detection helps mitigate damages early by instantly bringing awareness to the problems at hand.
Home automation also offers cost savings through energy and water conservation. Homeowners can program lighting, cooling, and water schedules based on cost-saving circumstances.
Lastly, automating your home may even qualify you for insurance discounts of up to 10 percent.
Install Energy Efficient Appliances
In the heat of the summer, air conditioning works to cool down homes – but at great cost. However, energy-efficient appliances such as blinds, curtains, and other window treatments help the house stay cool and lowers energy costs.
Research shows that windows are responsible for up to 50% of a home’s heating and cooling energy loss. According to The Department of Energy, homeowners can reduce heat gain by up to 77 percent with energy-efficient appliances.
Highly reflective blinds, when completely closed, can reduce heat gain by up to 45 percent. Motorization of blinds can also increase energy efficiency through timers with sensors to minimize heat gain.
Roller and Roman shades made with multiple layers of material can provide insulation and guard from the sun. Additionally, cellular shades function like horizontal blinds and offer the energy efficiency of window shades.
Medium-colored drapes made of closed or open weave fabrics can reduce heat gain by up to 33 percent. Laying curtains and drapery can also help guard from the sun and improve insulation.
Other energy-efficient window treatments to consider include hardwood shutters, window film, floor-to-ceiling drapes, and more. As you can see, the opportunities are endless!
Enhance Privacy and Safety
Every year, there are over one million home invasions that take place with each break-in costing an average of $2,000. As a result, home security is a primary concern for homeowners.
Homes with safety and security measures in place are less likely to be invaded, which can help lower insurance costs. In addition, security systems protect valuable belongings within homes and safeguard them from the financial loss of burglary.
Revitalizing your home does not need to be expensive! At Budget Blinds of North County San Diego, we believe in affordable home improvements. We offer automated window treatments, energy-efficient window treatments, high-security door and window screens, and more!
Let Budget Blinds help you begin your summer of cost-saving home improvements. We will work with you to find solutions for your unique needs within your budget. Fill out our online form to request a free in-home or virtual consultation.