Accordion shutters in Homestead at a fair price — the boring success story

We're a single-income family in Homestead and have wanted shutters since we bought the house in 2018. Got three quotes; two were over $12,000 and one was a $24,000 "impact windows or nothing" pitch. The quote we accepted was from a smaller Homestead-based installer who'd done a neighbor's house. The sales meeting was honestly the worst part — lots of "this price is only good today" pressure that we ignored. Once we signed (at the originally quoted price, after some back-and-forth), the experience was smooth. Permit took four weeks through Miami-Dade unincorporated, install was two days, final inspection passed first time. Our insurance dropped about $640 a year after the wind mitigation form went in. For families south of Kendall Drive without infinite budget, this is the realistic answer.