{"id":24,"date":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","slug":"florida-buyers-seek-energy-resilient-homes-experience-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/florida-buyers-seek-energy-resilient-homes-experience-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Buyers Seek Energy-Resilient Homes | Experience Matters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jan-heitmann-1230409\/buyers-energy-resilient-remotion-videos-6f0b\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In Florida, one community kept drawing buyers after resilient design helped homes stay powered through a major hurricane, showing how durability can strengthen demand.<br \/>\nUtility cost worries and outage concerns have increased interest in homes that can keep functioning when the grid goes down, adding a practical selling point.<br \/>\nThe appeal reaches beyond energy savings, as buyers value greater self-sufficiency during severe weather and other disruptions that can interrupt daily life.<br \/>\nUpfront installation costs remained a barrier, but state and local incentives could help offset some expenses for owners considering energy-independent home features.<br \/>\nBuilders and insurers began responding to demand for stronger homes, while experts saw resiliency as a major driver of long-term home value.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Florida, one community kept drawing buyers after resilient design helped homes stay powered through a major hurricane, showing how durability can strengthen demand. Utility cost worries and outage concerns have increased interest in homes that can keep functioning when the grid goes down, adding a practical selling point. The appeal reaches beyond energy savings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotondawestrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}