Perspective buyer? How did I miss that. Arrgggghhhh! Prospective. prospective.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, after sleeping on it for a night, and getting yelled at by Gordon > Ramsey in a dream, here are my thoughts. > > 21 year old window is rotted out? that shouldn't be. have you looked > at/fixed whatever issue is causing that amount of water on that > window? Are all of your windows in a similar fix? > > is the exterior surface painted now? if so, you aren't drastically > changing the esthetics. so that is a wash either way > > more important than the external material is the efficiency, both for > heating and cooling. what are the efficiencies at what costs for wood > and clad? > > if it truly is a double cost (or more for matching efficiency), and > you are not PLANNING on selling the house in the next 2 years, go with > the clad. not cheap ones, but cheaper than wood. And document your > decision, and keep the numbers and brochures to show a perspective > buyer. And offer to have the more expensive window installed at sale > time, with the cost added to the cost of the house (that way, if it is > a deal breaker for a buyer, at least they can put the wood upgrade on > their purchase price mortgage). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
