Balcony glazing has a significant positive impact on the property value

Balcony glazing can increase the value of a property for several reasons: 

Increased living space: Balcony glazing can turn an unused balcony area into a versatile and inspiring living space providing more room for life
Improved functionality: Balcony glazing can make a property more functional by allowing  year-round use of the balcony area, regardless of weather conditions. 
Enhanced aesthetics: Balcony glazing can add a modern, sleek look to a property, enhancing its curb appeal and making it more attractive to potential buyers or tenants.
Energy efficiency: Balcony glazing can help reduce energy costs by providing an extra layer of insulation, which can keep the indoor temperature more stable and reduce the need for heating or cooling.

These benefits can increase the value of the property and make it more attractive to potential buyers or renters, resulting in a higher selling price or rental rate.

How much owners or buyers of apartments are willing to pay for the added value?

The advantages of balcony glazing mentioned above have of course become clear to us over the years, but we wanted to get more facts on how much owners or buyers of apartments are willing to pay for the added value brought in by a glazed balcony as opposed to an open balcony. To find this out, we completed a survey with a well acknowledged Finnish market research company Taloustutkimus Oy. 

The results were quite impressive, this is what we found out:

In Central Europe 80% of the homeowners think that balcony glazing increases the value of the apartment by more than 5%. And on average 15% of the respondents believe that the increase in price is more than 20%. 

In Germany 81% of the respondents expect that the value of the apartment will increase 5% or more. 10% of them assume the value to be 20% higher with balcony glazing. 

In Switzerland the numbers show even higher increase in the apartment value; 88% of the respondents believe the value will be at least 5% higher, 18% of them believe it will increase more than 20%.

In the Netherlands it turned out that 73% of all respondents were willing to pay at least €6000 extra for the additional feature of frameless sliding and folding balcony glazing system on their standard size (7m2) balcony, (€6000 is equivalent to 1,5 m2 of average price of actual living space.) 

The research data clearly indicates that there is a lot of hidden business potential on the balconies of residential developments of today. It seems obvious that creating better homes with Lumon balcony glazing does mean better value for apartments and more profitable business for the developer.