A CENTURY 21 Fine Homes & Estates

Vol. II, Issue 10

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Manufacturers Offer Products For an Extra Toasty Home

By Kate Goodloe and Ellen Gamerman
Provided by RealEstateJournal.com

Muhamed “Mo” Zejcirovic doesn’t exactly need heated floors in his kitchen, dining room, living room, family room and all three bathrooms, given that he lives in Laguna Hills, CA.  But he considers the $8,000 spent on radiant heating — including a heated bathroom mirror and three heated towel racks — “100% necessary.”  He’s tired, the electrician says, of shuffling across his fancy marble floors in his ratty slippers because the stone was too cold for bare feet.

Earlier this fall, Mr. Zejcirovic was talking to a contractor who had installed towel warmers in a home nearby when a light bulb went off.  Why stop at towels, he thought, when he could heat the rest of the home?  Now, he says, the floors are a toasty 82 degrees.  One casualty of the new fixtures: his slippers.  “I threw them out,” he says.  “My wife’s very happy about that.”

It started with floors and towel racks.  Then driveways got the hot treatment.  Now, everything from windows to recliners is starting to sizzle.  New shower walls that look unremarkable on the outside are hiding special plastic tubing that can ratchet up the heat — even as the hot water’s already making the room steamy.  Contractors say they’re installing heated kitchen countertops to keep hands warm while cutting vegetables.  There are hot mattress pads with dual controls (he can sleep at 80 degrees, while she turns up the dial to 100), heated slippers and even heated door mats (they weigh 24 pounds but melt snow on contact).

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