Yikes! Hurricane Impact Windows...they cost an arm and a leg...

[Kerry Baird]

Our price for 19 hurricane rated impact windows and 5 French doors, came in at a 27% discount from the Bid Room at HD.  

This beach-side rehab is one house away from the inter-coastal waterway of Florida, and a handful of blocks from the ocean, in a high-end neighborhood.  It sits on a double lot.  We bought it for the price of the land, and are rehabbing it.  Price $620,000, appraised at $646000 as is; $716900 once developed.  Comps are in the $880s, with a fine finish, a pool and on a single lot. 

Please chime in.  Both of these prices are for impact rated windows, given this house is in a hurricane zone. 

A.  Andersen: $64,505 (at $23000 discount).  Mahogany wood trim matches the interior mahogany wainscoting and wood floors.  Install extra.

B.  Florida specific brand white PVC windows: double-hung, and fiberglass doors, including taxes and permit.  $26,496.

This house is a conundrum to me because it is in a prime location, on an outstanding lot.  And it has a farmhouse finish.  Will expensive windows matter?