White shutters do they add value?

dragonsoup

I'm thinking of all that extra dusting! If I bought a house with them they'd be ripped out immediately so I wouldn't pay a premium for them.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

fashionvictim wrote: »

Who's husband ? My OH is not my husband,

That's good, it's not too late. You don't want to spend your life with someone who thinks those things would add value to a house.

Riggyman

Won't make any difference to the value of your property. Any prospective buyers may love them or loath them. Can't imagine they'd be difficult to remove though?

TeaLeaf

I had these on a a rental property, and they were useful because (a) the windows were single glazed and draughty, and (b) there was no front garden to buffer the windows from the street and its prying eyes and potential burglars. It was a necessity, not something I'd ever pay extra for on an aesthetic level.

BlueIsTheColour

I live on a small new build development and several houses have these. Personally I don't think the windows are large enough to carry them off and I think they make it too dark inside. As has been said, no value added since they are such a devisive thing. I'd definitely be wanting them out but then I'd be thinking about all the making good etc that would need doing so it'd put me off.

But it's your house, so if you like them & want them, who cares?

ibizafan_2

My son lives on a London street of Victorian terrace houses. Many of the ones that have been " done up" seem to have plantation shutters. I think they look really nice, but as I haven't lived in a house with them, I don't know how much light they filter out. I have wooden venetians in my bedrooms and they are a nightmare for dust, but I prefer them to the dreaded nets and vertical blinds.

AdrianC

ibizafan wrote: »

...but as I haven't lived in a house with them, I don't know how much light they filter out.

This says it all to me.

denialanderror

We have these on all the windows and the double door into the back garden of the house I live in and would add my agreement to those above that say in a new build house with small windows they do block out a lot of light.


The advantage however is that the houses on the development are quite close together and I do think they are a good solution to improving privacy and reducing the sense of being overlooked when inside the house so I would consider them an advantage if I were buying a place...


HTH

hazyjo

Also wanted to add... I LOVE them in a lounge on a bay window, but I don't particularly like them in bedrooms, kitchens or other rooms. I much prefer curtains in bedrooms.


Jx

Lunar_Eclipse

I love them and of course they can add value to a house, in the same way as wooden floor can.

They are expensive though.