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Homes in Redmond
Apartments outnumber houses in Redmond: 55% of its 35,104 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 36% and townhouses and other attached houses 8%.
Much of Redmond is new: 40% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 26% before 1980. The median home dates from 1993. Most homes are rented: owners live in only 43%.
Of the 26 Washington cities we have census figures for, Redmond has the second-highest share of apartments. In nearby Kirkland, 4 miles away, 44% of homes were built before 1980, so Redmond's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Redmond's homes are newer than those in 79% 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.
Apartments and condos
55% 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.
Shallow openings
40% 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
74% 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.
Renting?
57% of homes are rented. Shutters screw into the window frame or casing, so ask your landlord before you install; taking them down later leaves only screw holes to fill.
A whole house in Redmond
The most common home in Redmond has two bedrooms: 27% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 31% have one or none. The median home has 4.2 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among apartments in buildings of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $900 to $2,000. For scale, that's about 0.1% of the median home value here, $1,167,800 (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 home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$900 to $2,000
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
38% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in any other 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.
Redmond weather and your shutters
At Seattle Sand PT Wsfo, WA (7 mi away), August averages a high of 77°F and February a low of 37°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 2 days a year reach 90°F, 25 nights fall to freezing and 43.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around December and least in July.
Daylight runs from 16 h on the longest day to 8 h 25 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 66° above the horizon in June and 19° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Seattle Sand PT Wsfo, WA (temperature) and Bellevue 1.8 W, WA (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47.4°F | 37.2°F | 5.5 in |
| Feb | 49.8°F | 37°F | 4.4 in |
| Mar | 53.9°F | 39.2°F | 4.1 in |
| Apr | 58.8°F | 42.8°F | 3.6 in |
| May | 65.3°F | 48.3°F | 2.2 in |
| Jun | 70.2°F | 52.7°F | 1.9 in |
| Jul | 76.5°F | 56.5°F | 0.9 in |
| Aug | 77°F | 57.1°F | 1.2 in |
| Sep | 71.3°F | 53.2°F | 2.1 in |
| Oct | 60.5°F | 46.7°F | 4.4 in |
| Nov | 51.9°F | 40.9°F | 6.6 in |
| Dec | 46.5°F | 37°F | 7 in |
Fitting them in Redmond
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 Redmond
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Redmond’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Redmond
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Redmond 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.