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Homes in Kendale Lakes
Kendale Lakes has an unusually large share of townhouses and other attached houses: 24% of its 19,914 homes, beside 43% detached houses and 32% apartments.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 50% of homes standing today; 4% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1980. Owners live in 71% of homes.
In nearby The Hammocks, 4 miles away, 13% of homes were built before 1980, so Kendale Lakes's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Kendale Lakes's homes are older than those in 52% 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.
Townhouses
24% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on townhouses usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Replacement windows
50% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Out-of-square openings
With 51% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 71% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
A whole house in Kendale Lakes
The most common home in Kendale Lakes has three bedrooms: 49% of homes. 13% have four bedrooms or more, and 7% have one or none. The median home has 4.9 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 1.1% of the median home value here, $404,500 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are smaller than in 83% of the 881 US cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
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 windowsKendale Lakes weather and your shutters
At Miami Nwsfo, FL (4 mi away), August averages a high of 91.3°F and January a low of 58.5°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 93 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 65.7 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in March.
That's more 90°F days than in 78% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 45 min on the longest day to 10 h 32 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 88° above the horizon in June and 41° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Miami Nwsfo, FL (temperature) and Sunset 2.4 SW, FL (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 76.5°F | 58.5°F | 2.1 in |
| Feb | 78.4°F | 60.6°F | 2.1 in |
| Mar | 80.9°F | 63.2°F | 1.7 in |
| Apr | 84.5°F | 67.4°F | 2.7 in |
| May | 87.4°F | 71.4°F | 5.7 in |
| Jun | 89.7°F | 75°F | 11 in |
| Jul | 91.1°F | 76°F | 7.8 in |
| Aug | 91.3°F | 76.2°F | 9.9 in |
| Sep | 89.8°F | 75.8°F | 9 in |
| Oct | 86.7°F | 72.5°F | 7.7 in |
| Nov | 81.6°F | 66.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Dec | 78.3°F | 62°F | 2.6 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 65.7 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.
Summer sun
On the 93 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.
Fitting them in Kendale Lakes
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 Kendale Lakes
- The Hammocks 4 mi
- Westchester 4 mi
- Kendall 4 mi
- Fountainebleau 6 mi
- Doral 8 mi
- Hialeah 13 mi
More about shutters in Kendale Lakes
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Kendale Lakes’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Kendale Lakes
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Price your windows
Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.