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Homes in Four Corners
Four Corners's 37,575 homes are a mix: 49% detached houses, 38% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 7% townhouses and other attached houses.
Much of Four Corners is new: 64% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 4% before 1980. The median home dates from 2005. 52% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Horizon West, 8 miles away, 23% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Four Corners's homes are newer than those in 98% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Shallow openings
64% of homes were built in 2000 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Rounded drywall corners
96% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Manufactured homes
7% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Apartments and condos
38% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
A whole house in Four Corners
The most common home in Four Corners has three bedrooms: 35% of homes. Large houses are common too: 30% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 5.3 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 1.3% of the median home value here, $351,800 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 76% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsWorking from home
19% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 70% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Ages (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
Four Corners weather and your shutters
At Clermont 9 S, FL (10 mi away), July averages a high of 93.6°F and January a low of 49°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 113 days a year reach 90°F, 3 nights fall to freezing and 51.4 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in November.
That's more 90°F days than in 90% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 57 min on the longest day to 10 h 20 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 85° above the horizon in June and 38° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Clermont 9 S, FL (temperature) and Bay Lake 4.1 Wsw, FL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 72.4°F | 49°F | 2.3 in |
| Feb | 75.3°F | 51.5°F | 2.4 in |
| Mar | 79.4°F | 55.5°F | 2.9 in |
| Apr | 85°F | 61°F | 2.4 in |
| May | 89.8°F | 66.7°F | 4 in |
| Jun | 92.2°F | 72.3°F | 8.8 in |
| Jul | 93.6°F | 74°F | 7.6 in |
| Aug | 93.2°F | 74.4°F | 7.1 in |
| Sep | 91.1°F | 73.2°F | 6.2 in |
| Oct | 86.1°F | 66.9°F | 3 in |
| Nov | 79.4°F | 58.2°F | 2 in |
| Dec | 74.5°F | 52.6°F | 2.7 in |
Summer sun
On the 113 days a year above 90°F, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Humid summers
Hot days and 51.4 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Four Corners
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Four Corners
- Horizon West 8 mi
- Kissimmee 14 mi
- Poinciana 18 mi
- Pine Hills 21 mi
- Winter Haven 21 mi
- Orlando 22 mi
More about shutters in Four Corners
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