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re: Cost of Blinds on a New House
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:02 am to Rust Cohle
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:02 am to Rust Cohle
JCPenney is the most expensive window treatment provider out there. Their quote was 3x my lowest bid from a local provider. It's well known by interior designers that JCPenney is outrageous. FWIW - they were 3X higher than my lowest local bid on the bamboo shades, plantation shutters and wooden blinds each so it's not like one item drove their price up.
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:03 am to CidCock
i went to lowes
They send someone out to measure. I think it cost me 1500.00 total to do 16-18 windows which one was a huge bay window
They send someone out to measure. I think it cost me 1500.00 total to do 16-18 windows which one was a huge bay window
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:04 am to Rust Cohle
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But come on 20 grand?
JCPenney's 1st quote for us was $25,000. I laughed in her face and showed her the door. Didn't even tell my husband their quote.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:17 am to LSUvegasbombed
I don't understand hiring this out. Taking a few measurements and hanging them yourself is very easy. Anyone can do it, and it takes very little time. You should be able to measure, buy, hang an entire house in less than a day.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:18 am to BeerMoney
Depends.
A real company will come measure your windows and install blinds that look great.
A discount company will sell you blinds that kinda fit and look like shite.
I've done both, and I'll never buy cheap blinds again.
A real company will come measure your windows and install blinds that look great.
A discount company will sell you blinds that kinda fit and look like shite.
I've done both, and I'll never buy cheap blinds again.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:20 am to CidCock
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Try blinds.com, they have wood blinds also
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super easy to deal with.
Just did this for my daughters home. They will guide you through the process and it's really easy.
They look nice as well.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:27 am to ruzil
O wow! I got curtains from jc penny, not blinds. They weren't custom, but look good. They were a little more than target.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:55 am to BeerMoney
We paid north of 4K for our house. We have a lot of big windows so we had some special orders. Unbelievable how expensive they are.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:02 am to OhFace55
2 bay windows - plantation shutters quoted 2k
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:04 am to SATNIGHTS
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2 bay windows - plantation shutters quoted 2k
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:04 am to BeerMoney
sometimes you get what you pay for with blinds, check and see if there's any warranties against sagging and warping.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:05 am to DownSouthDave
Plantation shutters are very expensive when getting them measured, ordered, cut and installed by someone else. I just get faux wood because I'm not rich.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:16 am to BeerMoney
HomeDepot is a lot cheaper than blinds.com for faux wood blinds! 
Posted on 1/13/15 at 9:52 am to BeerMoney
I ordered through justblinds.com. Prices weren't bad and they came in quickly.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 10:16 am to tigersnipen
We got the faux wood ones and they were really easy to install. I honestly don't know why someone doesn't partner with them and install them. It took two of us less than an hour to do our 3 bedroom house. You could make some serious money and would only get faster and better at it the more you did it.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 10:42 am to BeerMoney
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:27 am to BeerMoney
Tried quoting prices off just blinds and blinds.com that are similar. Wife coming at me like a spider monkey over the phone. Really wants this blind woman to come up in our home and install these blinds. Looks like my wallet loses.
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