New Homes & Lifestyles

Glassy Entrance

By Abby Boburka

Take a fresh glance at your home’s appearance from the street. The entryway is an appetizer to your home. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so small, inexpensive changes will go a long way toward improving your home’s curb appeal. An upgraded entrance to your home can help sell your house, save your family money, and increase your security and privacy, while still being eco-friendly.

National market research indicated that an enhanced entryway can add as much as 6.6 percent to a home’s perceived value. “There is about a 16-month supply of homes on the Phoenix market right now, so presentation is everything,” says Phoenix Realtor Janet Burns of the Trisha Bonnell Group.

Decorative door glass provides a superior appearance for the entryway and can grab a buyer’s attention. Homeowners and perspective home buyers across the country have realized the benefits of decorative door glass, making plain six-panel doors a thing of the past. The entryway becomes a reflection of the interior style and design of your home. It can be the bait for reeling in the buyer and securing the sale of your home.

The exterior style and finish of the home distinctively expresses the owner’s personality. At EntryPoint Doors in Chandler, Ariz., customers can choose from more than 50 decorative door glass products to correspond with their individual style. Options start at $399 while the dramatic transformation can be installed and completed in one hour. “People are surprised to learn that for such a small investment, they can increase the value of their home and enlighten the home’s appearance,” says Sandra DeValk, who owns Chandler’s EnryPoint Doors with her husband, Dale.


Green Principles
While decorative door glass can maximize natural light in the home it can also control heat gain. The newest trends and products encompass and present a basic “green” principle to customers. Low-e door glass and motorized door-glass blinds shrink solar-heat gain up to 77 percent, reducing heat loss up to 28 percent. The other valued benefit of door-glass blinds is they never need to be dusted. This lightens your housekeeping burden and also helps to improve indoor air quality and reduce exposure to allergens.

One concern homeowners may have when choosing the right decorative door glass is safety and performance. Decorative door-glass panels are sandwiched between two tempered panels of safety glass in an air-tight, water-tight assembly. Another concern is privacy. Textures and designs can be carefully selected to determine the opacity of the glass. Current designs range from transparent to opaque in a variety of design styles such as Old World, classic, contemporary and modern.

INFO LINK
EntryPoint Doors
480.722.1331
www.entrypointglass.com