patio roof presentation

8/16/2012

OUTDOOR

LIVING

TRENDS

2013

“Use of outside living areas growing in priority, complexity”

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/story/2012-06-08/renewal-it-starts-at-home-yard-improvement-wendy-koch/55654320/1

"We are seeing the spaces move from being utilitarian or even simpler spaces into

becoming more and more elaborate as they become more like the indoors”

http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13108301

“In the last few years, outdoor living spaces have become the new ‘great room’ in terms of

must-have items for home owners”

On July 23, 2012, in Home Trends, by Melissa Tracey

http://kleberandassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/KAOutdoorLivingWhitePaperUpdate.pdf

Pergola vs. Covered Structure

• A Covered Structure requires little or no maintenance

• Pergolas eventually require staining and/or painting

• Pergolas require replacement of damaged wood

• Pergolas warp, twist, bend, and rot

Sunroom

+

Screening

=

Screened Porch

+Walls

=

Room Addition

-Walls

=

Covered Patio Roof?

Relocated next to a pool, and it becomes……

Pool House

FIRSTS

Shed1-car detached garageShed with PorchFlag PolePool HouseBasketball CourtHome-AdditionSunroomScreened In-Porch