Survey looks at homeowner attitudes on home exterior
BY HIT
Monday, October 08, 2012
Curb appeal is important to homeowners — and the style of home and how it looks on the property are the most attention-grabbing features of the home.
According to the 2011 DaVinci Roofscapes’ Homeowners Exterior Preferences Study, most homeowners (88 percent) see the exterior of their home as a whole picture rather than the sum of all its different exterior features.
The comprehensive national study, conducted online by Harris Interactive, focused on homeowner attitudes to their overall homes, their roofs, windows, siding, doors, trim and garage doors.
Severe weather damage is the prime motivator to homeowners who expect to replace exterior features on their home. A key finding notes that color availability from manufacturers on different exterior features plays a role in what brand a homeowner will purchase when they are ready to purchase replacement products. The colors that homeowners’ gravitate to are influenced by their own sense of style and how the colors they choose blend with their home’s surroundings.
Here are some of the unique findings in the study.
Roof
• The majority of roofs are primarily black, gray or brown.
• Among those expecting to replace their roof in the future, severe weather is the leading reason (65 percent) why homeowners will be prompted to replace their roof.
• Durability and longevity have the most influence over a homeowner when selecting a replacement roof.
Siding
• Muted colors of beige/tan (37 percent) dominate the majority of homeowners’ exterior siding.
• 55 percent of homeowners will be prompted to replace their siding if it becomes damaged from severe weather among those expecting to replace their siding.
Garage door
• 45 percent of homeowners have white garage doors.
• Steel and wood are the most popular types of garage doors.
• The majority of homeowners (44 percent) who expect to replace their garage door in the future believe that severe weather damage will be the primary motivator for replacing a garage door.
Entry door
• One in four homeowners opt for a punch of color to adorn their main entry door.
• Natural wood tones and brown are the most common main entry door primary colors.
• 42 percent of homeowners expecting to replace their entry door in the future would replace their main entry door if it became damaged from severe weather; 33 percent would replace it to gain a different style or look.
Windows
• The most popular window types are wood and vinyl.
• More than one third of homeowners expect to replace their windows within five or more years.
• Many homeowners who expect to replace their windows will be prompted to replace their windows for something more energy efficient (48 percent) or if they become damaged from severe weather (47 percent).
“Quite clearly these results show us that homeowners have their eye on the sky as well as on their homes,” said Ray Rosewall, CEO and president of DaVinci Roofscapes. “Severe weather that results in damage to exterior products was cited as the primary reason for potential product replacement in the majority of product categories surveyed.
“People worry about changing weather patterns related to everything from tornadoes to wild fires to hail storms. This concern for severe weather motivates them to do in-depth research when selecting replacement products that can withstand damaging winds, rain and storms. Those building products — such as polymer roofing tiles — made to resist impact, water infiltration, fire and severe conditions will certainly gain in popularity in the marketplace in the coming decades.”
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Severe weather is the leading reason why homeowners will be prompted to replace their roof.
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