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Florida Live-In Flip - Impact Windows vs Accordion Shutters
I'm doing a live-in flip on the space coast of Florida. The house has existing accordion shutters on tracks. While they are older and the lock buttons stick trying to close them (I know this thanks to Irma), they all work fine and operate how they should. Two of the shutters are the old roll down type with the big round housing on top of the window. Of course these happen to be in the front of the house.
Now, the windows are old and need to be replaced, so I'm flopping between just going big and doing all impact windows and removing shutters, or leaving shutters and putting in regular replacement windows. The reason for my indecision is aesthetics. This is a 350-450k area (completely rehabbed). I'm worried buyers will be turned off by the accordion shutters, but from an insurance point of view, the house is completely protected from wind and wind-borne debris. I could also just do impact windows on the front of the house (11/21 windows in the house) and regular for the rest.
If you were buying a house in Florida, would you turn away because the house had slightly-less-than aesthetically pleasing shutters? This is my opinion, which I know is clouding my judgment. *I* would like to have impact windows vs shutters, but I know that may not be the majority.