2024 Trends

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Episode Transcript

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Asked the experts joint in studio thismorning by the one and only Josh Gawitz
of Legacy Exteriors. Josh, howyou doing this week? Man, I'm
doing good. Ah man, ohman. It's good to see you.
And we've got uh, we've gota fun conversation. As always ahead we're
gonna be talking about about some cooldesign trends, exterior home design trends in
the coming year. It's always agreat time chat with the folks at Legacy

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Exteriors. You can learn more first, of course online Legacy Dash Exteriors dot
com. That's Legacy Dash Exteriors dotcom. Telp number six O eight two
two one three thousand. That's twotwo one three thousand. I have not
been outdoors since about four o'clock thismorning. Looking out the window, it
looks nice, but looking at you, Josh, looks like we're in the
fall. The chilly day out thereapparently. Yeah, it seems like it's

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always starts off a little cold,but then uh, like yesterday it warmed
up and it was pretty nice withthis with this type of weather we have
right now, I know your cruiseyou guys, they are out working gangbusters,
aren't they Yeah, and with thestorm that hit what was it a
couple weeks ago. Yeah, weare definitely starting to do the inspections on

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some of those homes and properties andthey are getting improved. So there is
definitely hail damage in you know,that select area in the path you're saying,
east side out then towards kind ofworked its way out towards sun Prairie
Marshall area. Yes, yeah,there is a kind of a thin line
that ran, you know, kindof east side over by maybe that Milwaukee

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Street area, and then kind ofjetted out towards some Prairie Marshall. Parts
of Middleton actually got hit as well, But a lot of our inspections lately
have been some Prairie Marshall and theeast Side with those inspections too. As
we're talking, I know a lotof folks talking this morning with Josh Kawitz
at LEGA six years a lot offolks as you're listening, you may live

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in those areas and may not havenoticed anything. It is important though,
even if you didn't, you knowthat in those storms hit while a lot
of us were at work. It'simportant to have whether it's legacy, exteri
or other just to check your checkto make sure that there is a damage
because I think of things like roofsspecifically as a homeowner, it's very difficult
to tell if there's something has occurreduntil it's far too late. Yeah.

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Absolutely, I mean that's what we'redoing right now, and that's what we've
been doing the last few weeks.So we're just now starting to first process
is you know, if you livein that area, you don't give someone
like us a call. We sendsomebody out and then they inspect your whole
property. So they start, youknow, with the soft metals, so

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like the gutters down spout soft andfacia, stuff like that, and then
they'll go to the siding and thenthey hop on the roof and see if
there's any damage up there. Andthen they'll they'll take all these findings pictures
and bring them to your attention andtell you whether it's worth you know,
having that filing that claim or not. And then if it is, then

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we set up a time with theadjuster. Meet the adjuster out there as
well, show him, go overwith him all of our findings and then
we mark everything out and then hopefullyit's enough for new sighting gutters, downspouts
and roof does it help? ButI know, you know, as we
go through life. One of thethings also that I think we value most

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is time and is it easier towork with a single contractors as you were
talking about having all of those youknow, whether it's siding and roofs,
that stuff, these are all thingsthat legacy exteriors can can handle and handles
very well on a daily basis.I've got a guess for a homeowner,
that's got to be a great benefitof You don't have to call a separate
person for the siding, you don'thave to call a separate separate company for

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the roof, you don't have tocall us. You guys can do that
all for him. I think ofas I don't know, and maybe it's
with age or just realization, islike they that make processes move smoother less
headache for me are our huge benefit. Josh, I gotta tell you yeah,
because the insurance process and this typeof construction is is is not you

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know, it can be a longprocess or not an easy process. So
you want a contractor that one speaksthe insurance language. You definitely don't want
to go and try to go atthis alone. I would definitely have that
contractor to represent you and be yourvoice in uh, not only the the
negotiations on what's damage and what's notdamage, but also the pricing of of

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of what it is. Who's goingto know current pricing better than your your
local contractor or an out of statepossibly adjuster. So you definitely want somebody
working for you on that front.And then also, yeah, like you
said, we we do everything exteriorof the home, So just from a

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a scheduling standpoint, it makes sense. It works really nice, it's a
great thing. It's if you're inthat area, you haven't had your house
inspected, or if you've been talkingwith some folks, make sure one of
your calls is to Legacy Exteriors.Say hey to Nikki this morning, she'd
love to talk to you. SixOA two two one three thousand. That's
two two one three thousand. Youdon't want to learn of damage once it's

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too late, after that opportunity tohave your insurance what you pay for get
that covered. You want to makesure that it's done now before it can
cause any future damage as well.Yeah, tell off a number at Legacy
Exteriors six OA two two one threethousand. That's two two one three thousand,
and Josh, I know you andI both huge readers of Southern Living
magazine. Yeah, subscribers for manymany years. One of the cool things

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in all honesty, one of thereally cool things about it is they do
a really nice job of encapsulating differentdesign styles, different trends as well.
And they recently published their Exterior HomeTrends in twenty twenty four edition, and
some of this stuff all stuff isactually very very cool. And one of
the first points that they make isis folks are really having an appreciation for

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traditional style. What are we talkingabout there? And how does that apply
locally? So I think what therewere there? A lot of this stuff
is not I wouldn't say new,right, but I think, uh,
what they're talking about here is isjust the the making sure what what you're

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choosing is not a trend. Maybeyou know, it's a long lasting formula.
So and we have been seeing thata lot lately. So like,
you know, the traditional farmhouse lookbored and batton, you know, that
is coming back heavy and I andI personally do love that look. So

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I think making uh, instead oflike maybe following the trends, it's more
going with that timeless house, thattimeless look. It's look good in any
era, any trend. Does ithelp now with that is I think for
a lot of folks, why wemoved away from that is simply the old
materials just didn't hold up like theyshould, is it. I've got to

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guess now people are saying, youknow what, we love that look,
we love that style, and wealso love the fact that that there's now
materials and techniques available to not onlyhave that style, but have that style
that's actually going to going to lastfor generations. Yeah. I think,
uh, like anything else, youknow, styles come back and they repeat

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themselves. And whether it's you know, fashion or you know, I don't
think exterior trends is any different.And and I think you know that that
farmhouse looks or that Cresman style looks, we went away from it for a
little bit, but now it's back, and it's heavily back, not only
on the outside of the home,but on the inside of the home,

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you know, with the exposed beamsand things are people are really trying to
bring the architecture back into homes.And uh, and I and if you
if you think back on it,it's never really went out a trend.
People just really weren't doing it,but you looked at it as timeless.
Something that's so like certain colors Iwould say are timeless and others are are

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more trendy. Is and I likethe look. But I see a lot
of very dark colors. Is thatkind of that's more I don't traditionally remember
seeing a lot of that. I'mstarting. I don't see a ton of
it now, but I like,now it's the point where like you drive
around, I remember the first timeI saw that, Well, I call
my Now it's like, okay,I see a few car, cars few
houses that way that are driving tothe car. Yeah. So I would

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say, like the khaki color house, you know, they're going to remind
you of the early two thousands.And I would say, you know,
right now, dark grays is reallyhot, trend blues as well, you
know, but there's certain colors thatI just find timeless. White timeless,

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Yeah, I think blue, youknow, depending on the blue, I
think that's timeless. Even red timeless. So it's going to look good no
matter what trend is going on.And I think that's what they're predicting here
is just going to be a trendfor twenty twenty four is maybe get away

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from the dark grays and start goingmaybe more white. And one of the
things in this article is about mixingmaterials. Yes, and I think that
that's definitely been a trend for awhile now. But I think when you
when you mix the materials with thestaying traditional style, it works so well.

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You know, because traditional style wasabout mixing materials. You would see
a tons of bored and bat andmixed with lap. You'd have little standing
seam metal roofs for your entry wayand your main house was at fault.
So that that's nothing new, thatthat actually is a timeless look. Do

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some of that harkened back to andI think of the hearken hearken, it'll
apply very much to it. Okay, I think to back at we think
of you know people that back inthe day, these were craftsmen. These
were people that really did fantastic work. And I know when we talk with
you want to talk about your crews, hearkening to your your team at Legacy

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Exteriors, these are craftsmen. Theseare people that are able to pull that
off to do those things is likefor a lot of I think for a
lot of a lot of people inthe in the external exterior remodeling world,
they want to stick with what theyknow, which is one particular product,
one particular style, one particular design. Whereas if you're a craftsman, if
you're somebody skilled and trained in thesethese variety of different materials. Again going

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back to hearkening back to the olddays, these craftsmen really made these beautiful
traditional houses. You guys are ableto do that, which is something that
that I think of others just notable to do that because they don't have
that skill, they don't have thetrending, they don't have those craftsmen doing
that type of work which you haveat legacy exteriors. Yeah, and I
get why companies do that, sureright, stick stick in one thing and

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just do that day in and dayout. I could just never do that.
I get that would bore me todeath. Yeah, I know that
you Yeah, yeah, So ifanybody that knows me, it's very hard
for me to stay sitting and doingthe same color vinyl house every day.
I would it would be a nightmare. That's a great thing about working with

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Josh the team at Legacy Exteriors.Make your house personal, make it to
you, make it to your design, and of course they've got this the
craftsman, the tools and of coursethe products for your home. Pick a
phone, give a call to daysix away two two one three thousand.
That's two two one three thousand forLegacy Exteriors online, Legacy dash Exteriors dot
com. That's Legacy Dashing. Theother one they point out is the customized

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outdoor living areas, which is youhighlighted that, huh? I darn right,
I did, because that is thestuff that I think for for everybody
in the family. You kind ofif you don't have a great living outdoor
space, you fantasize about folks thatI know that have worked with you have
Legacy Exteriors, whether they want witha four season sunroom or other type of
space, really taken the benefits andI can see why this is a very

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hot trend. Yeah. I mean, who doesn't want, you know,
more footage or square footage onto theirhouse anyway, and bringing in like a
outdoor kitchen or a life room ora sunroom or something along you know,
screen and porch is a great wayto, you know, add square footage

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onto that house or a living spaceonto that house. But it brings a
different feel. It's not just anotherroom. It's some of it too.
And and you know, I talkwith folks that are that are in like
outdoor furniture, I talk with themabout seems like the variety and quality has
gone up. I also see thatas we talk about obviously the structure that
you are able to create a legacyexteriors. I also see like some of

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these outdoor kitchens and cooking areas rivalingmost and people that are into this.
I'm gonna tell you something, theseoutdoor kitchens are better than a lot of
folks into our kitchens. I mean, it's amazing what's able to be done
in those in those spaces. Imean it's like I grill out a ton.
Yeah, And I love enjoying theoutdoors, probably because I hate winter

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so much and I and we livein Wisconsin, so we have to deal
with a few months of it,but that we're cooped inside. So anytime
we can get out and grill someburgers or steaks on the grill and your
kids are running around and you're havingpeople over, that is just a great
feeling. And so if you havethat nice outdoor kitchen and the nice part

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about you know, the line thatwe carry is we can combine all of
that stuff, so the outdoor kitchenand life room and all put that whole
package together. So I see thistrend staying on this list every year because
who doesn't want a nice outdoor spacethat can also become indoors as well,

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So you bring the outdoors in.Another thing I saw on here that we
that is up our alley and we'vedefinitely been seeing, is where it says
the more selective painting. So doesthat mean what? Well, what they're
talking about there is remember that trendof painting your exterior brick a solid color.
So they're basically saying, we're we'renot doing that anymore. Good.

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Okay, we're leaving the brick asit was intended, and you should pick
a sighting color that goes with thatbrick. But what But what they're also
saying is the boring front door isgone. That's where you play with the
color interest the exterior door is.And I've got to ask too about that

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is going back to back in theday when everybody kind of used there were
those you know, those folks thatwere just using one type of material and
there's still contracts out that to dothis stuff. Is I think of,
like, for example, the workthat you guys do at Legacy Exteriors is
the ability to to do I don'tknow if the term is acces. I
guess yeah. Accent areas those typeof things where you're saying, okay,

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maybe the whole house is generally we'vejust got you know, nice beautiful siding
on it, but we want todo a certain area. We want to
have an exposed brick or raw astone, those type of things. Having
that that ability and when you seethat, you go, oh my gosh,
that looks so amazing. Is Iguess maybe rather than painting everything saying,
you know what, we're gonna havecolor here, color there, but

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we're we're gonna have some natural materialsand other things. Is that kind of
what we're looking at their Josh,yeah, I think they're just want to
not cover up, and and Ilike, I like the idea of choosing
a color to that that goes withthat. And and another trend on here
is color on the trim. Yeah. And that's the other one too,

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that I was wondering what that exactlyis. Yeah, So instead of so
you pick your siding color and maybeyou pick an accent color with your sighting,
pick another color for your trim,and you can have multiple trim colors.
So let's say you have, youknow, a board that goes around
your windows. Let's let's have let'smake that a different color that, uh

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than your siding color, or thatyour soft and facial color. So just
kind of bringing more colors into thehome. And I think trim is a
great area to, uh to kindof play around with that. So like
some some homes are going to haveoutdoor or outside corner and then windows and
door trim, maybe that's a differentcolor. And then you have your soffet

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and facia, maybe that's a differentcolor than your trim, so and sterios.
The website Legacy Dash Exteriors, that'sLegacy Dash exteriors dot com. Some
pretty amazing things they are able todo for your home at Legacy Exteriors.
It's a great day to give thema call. Six away two two one
three thousand. That's two two onethree thousand. Before we go to break
here real quick. When you weretalking about these different whether it's the color

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on trim or or the paint,the the the kind of limiting the amount
that's selective painting. We talked aboutthese different things. It really brings in
the importance of designs having more options. And this goes back to it goes
back to I think why some mayshy away from giving all these options is
it does require more design, itdoes require more thought. It just because

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you know, just because you cando it, doesn't always mean it's all
going to work together or that youshould do it. I think one of
the cool things in working with LegacyExteriors is having the not design knowledge,
but also the availability to put thatup on a screen, spin the house
around. How are all these materialsand colors, How are they going to
fit together? Do you like this? Maybe go lighter, maybe go darker.
And you guys are able to doall of that at Legacy Exteriors.

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Yeah, you've been in our showroom. We have big screen TV, and
then when we go out to theproperty. Initially one of the first things
we do is take eight pictures ofthat house. And what that's doing is
obviously we're getting a visual for ourselvesso our installers know what they're going into,

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and our production manners know what we'regoing into. But those eight pictures
will turn into a three D imagingprocess, so and also produces every measurement
on that home. So it's it'sit's it's a pretty win win for everybody.
But so during that design process,we put the image of the home
on the big screen. Obviously,everything in our showroom is there and available,

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so people can see and get ideasfor themselves, not only us just
bringing ideas, but them just kindof saying, what would that look like
on my house? Oh, Bordand Batton, that's what Bord and Batton
looks like. Can we put thaton those peaks and see what that looks
like. So we're able to dothat on their very home and they can
see not only what the material isgoing to look like, but you know,
you pick a color and hopefully wecan get a house that you would

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be proud of on that screen beforewe ever have to order a thing.
It's pretty amazing stuff and today's agreat day to start that conversation. Of
course, have you been maybe dreamingabout updating having that house on the block
that everybody says, gosh, Ilove that envious of when the trigger treaters
come by next year. There areall the parents are jotting down going,
oh my gosh, I love whatthey did with their house. That could
be you all I get to dothis morning. Pick up phone, give
a call six O eight two twoone three thousand. That's two two one

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three thousand for Josh and the teamat Legacy Exteriors. They'd love to start
that conversation with you again. Theirnumber six O waight two two one three
thousand. We started out our conversationthis week talking about easier to maintain.
We're going to talk about that whythat's such a popular feature. I think
most of us are going, ohyeah, of course, we'll talk about
why that is. We'll do thatnext. As asked the experts with Josh
Gowits and Legacy Exteriors continues right here. I'm thirteen ten dol Wi u Iba

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Wiba asked the experts hanging out withJosh Gaho with some Legacy Exteriors website Legacy
dash Exteriors dot com tel for numbersix so A two two to one three
thousand, that's two two one threethousand. It's got a couple of minutes
here Josh, but real quick,easy to maintain features. I think it's
always probably always been a trend,but it's more doable now, isn't it.
Yeah, before we get to that, is it just me? Or

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was Ham's Arbor commercial like on adifferent volume setting? It was? It
was that loud that does those two? Yeah, well he could start doing
my commercials because it woke me up. Yeah, it'll get Yeah, I
gotta me going all right back toeasier to maintain features. Yeah. I
think this is a trend that's clearlynever gonna go away. Yeah, but

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yeah, anything maintenance free. Vinylobviously James Hardy, LP smart Side for
the sighting, all those are gonnabe maintenance free. I think when it
comes to your windows and doors,you know you obviously you got your Vinyl
windows. You know they're gonna bemaintenance free, but you also have you

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know, my personal favorite is thefiberglass option. Maintenance free. Any wood
option, you're gonna have maintenance alongthe way there, So you don't know,
those are not as popular as theyused to be because fiberglass is uh
one, it's it's just so beautiful. Yeah, but on their fiberglass like

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entry doors like the ones that wecarry that that looks exactly like real wood,
but you don't have to maintain it, and you've showed a samples and
it looks it's it's amazing the options, the colors, the different finishes that
you can do on those. Theother great thing too is wood. Would

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you know, would uh hopes itcould look that guy? Yeah, you
know what I mean, yes,because it's just gorgeous. But it maintains
that look forever it's and it canbe And you're right. Energy efficient is
is the stats are through the throughthe roof, and it's the most energy
efficient door on the market. Andthere's a lot of different styles and one

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for every budget. So like they'rethe Inbark series for bro Via is is
two and a half inches thick,So beefy door, right, but you
know that's that's not for everyone.And then so they stepped kind of down
from there, but there's there's stillthe energy efficiency of them. They have
so many features built into them toachieve the energy efficiency they have. So

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like the threshold is self leveling,you know, so it's not just that's
where my threshold is. And sometimesin the winter, maybe you know,
my house shrinks and I got thatbig gap not now at these doors.
That is awesome, awesome technology,great trends. And again speaking of things
that are load to no maintenance gutters, of course master shield gutters as well.

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Today is a day to call LegacyExtiers give Josh the team ring,
say hi to Nikki this morning.Six away two two one three thousand.
That's two two one three thousand.The website Legacy dashexteriors dot com. That's
Legacy dash exteriors dot com. Josh, it's always gat chatting. You enjoyed
this beautiful day, you too,Thanks for having me. News comes your
way next year at thirteen ten Wiba