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Homes in Pine Hills
Pine Hills is a city of houses: of its 24,609 homes, 70% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 24% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 46% of homes standing today; 12% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1980. 55% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Apopka, 9 miles away, 11% of homes were built before 1980, so Pine Hills's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Pine Hills's homes are older than those in 50% 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.
Replacement windows
46% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 70% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Out-of-square openings
With 49% 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.
A whole house in Pine Hills
The most common home in Pine Hills has three bedrooms: 49% of homes. 24% have four bedrooms or more, and 8% have one or none. The median home has 5.7 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 1.8% of the median home value here, $253,300 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
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 windowsYoung children at home
7.4% of people in Pine Hills are under five, more than in 95% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 76% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
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.
Pine Hills weather and your shutters
At Orlando W, FL (7 mi away), July averages a high of 92.6°F and January a low of 48.7°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 129 days a year reach 90°F, 2 nights fall to freezing and 56.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in November.
That's more 90°F days than in 95% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 58 min on the longest day to 10 h 19 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, Orlando W, FL (temperature) and Orlando 4.8 Nnw, FL (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71.3°F | 48.7°F | 3 in |
| Feb | 75°F | 50.6°F | 2.3 in |
| Mar | 78.7°F | 54.7°F | 4.4 in |
| Apr | 83.5°F | 58.9°F | 2.9 in |
| May | 88.9°F | 66°F | 3.9 in |
| Jun | 91.9°F | 71°F | 8.4 in |
| Jul | 92.6°F | 73°F | 8.1 in |
| Aug | 92.4°F | 73.1°F | 8.3 in |
| Sep | 91°F | 71.8°F | 7.8 in |
| Oct | 85°F | 65.3°F | 3.4 in |
| Nov | 78.8°F | 56.8°F | 1.9 in |
| Dec | 73.4°F | 51.7°F | 2.5 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 56.9 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.
Months of hard sun
With 129 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Pine Hills
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.
More about shutters in Pine Hills
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Pine Hills’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Pine Hills
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Pine Hills can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
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.