Video: Window Frames and Home Resale Value

PLEASANTON — Host, Sarah Rutan: When choosing new window and door frames, an important yet often neglected consideration is how your choice can affect your home’s resale value. Today we’re in Pleasanton with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Eric Warm of Quality Windows & Doors to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Eric Warm: There’s more to purchasing a window and door than just price and color. If you have a value of a home that is quite expensive, then you probably should look into a fiberglass or a wood window. If you live in a track home, then vinyl windows are a preference. If you live in a custom home, and you put vinyl windows in here, and your neighbor puts a fiberglass or wood window in there, the value of their home increases and yours decreases. So, what does that mean? It’s the thickness of the frame.

My suggestion is if you have an aluminum patio door that you’re replacing, and your value of your home is in the $800,000.00 or less range, you can typically put a vinyl patio door and be fine. Or if you have a rental, that you just want to replace the windows, because they still do a tremendous difference for energy efficiency, but once you get over that value of the home and you put vinyl windows in, it becomes a deterrent for the resale of your home.

Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local top-rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.