One of the many reasons that Affordable Florida Homes Inc should be your home builder of choice is that we stand by the strength and solidity of every home we build.  A solid, steel reinforced, poured concrete Affordable Florida home will provide you with numerous benefits that you won’t find with other builders and building materials.    

Aside from obtaining the safety, durability and security that only solid concrete can provide, AFHI solid concrete homes are also able to withstand hurricane and tornado force winds, are resistant to heat, fire, water damage, wood rot and insect infestation. 

Your solid concrete Affordable Florida home will obtain maximum energy efficiency; you can do your part to help the environment and reduce the strain on rapidly depleting natural resources simply by purchasing one of our solid concrete homes.    

Like all Florida residents, we take hurricanes seriously

With very active hurricane seasons in 2004-2005, and yet another active season expected in 2006, it is not surprising that the majority of Florida residents and those seeking to re-locate to Florida have hurricanes at the forefront of their minds.  AFHI is a Florida-based company, and we feel that it is smart and responsible to be concerned about and prepared for hurricanes.  But this doesn’t mean sacrificing the Florida lifestyle in order to be safe from severe weather.  We have found a way to provide a safe, durable home that will withstand the challenges of the Atlantic hurricane season.   

It’s no coincidence that solid, steel reinforced concrete is the most widely used building material for safe rooms and disaster shelters.  This is why it is our material of choice when building our new homes.  The windows of our homes are designed for 140 mph winds, and we use larger roof truss straps than are required by Florida building code.  If you build or purchase an Affordable Florida home made with steel-reinforced concrete, you are purchasing a home that is capable of withstanding at least a Category 4 hurricane like Katrina or Rita.           

Why are we so confident in the strength of our Affordable Florida homes?  Recent tests conducted in simulated 250 mile per hour winds, with projectiles traveling at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, showed that solid concrete homes were able to withstand these conditions and remain structurally intact.   

Solid concrete prevents the rapid spread of fire

Solid, poured concrete homes are also resistant to heat and fire.  This type of concrete will not burn, soften or bend.  Solid, poured concrete walls are dense and joint free, which prevents the spread of fire.  Concrete offers a huge advantage over wood framed homes in the event of a fire, as fire is not able to spread as quickly through a concrete home.  This gives the concrete home owner valuable time to get themselves and their loved ones to safety should a fire break out.

Your Affordable Florida home will save you money on energy costs

Energy costs have spiked to unprecedented levels of late, and there is no relief in sight.    A solid concrete home uses thermal mass and light reflectivity to maximize energy efficiency.  By absorbing heat during the higher daytime temperatures and releasing the accumulated heat during the cooler evening hours, our solid concrete homes will be less expensive to cool in the summer and heat in the winter.  With less energy usage, you are not only saving yourself money on utility bills, you are helping the environment by placing less demand on already depleted natural resources. 

Our home owners don’t have to worry about high maintenance and repair costs

With a solid concrete, Affordable Florida home, our home owners never have to worry about wood rot.  This is often a very expensive repair for wood framed home owners.  Since concrete is an unappealing material to insects such as termites, concrete homes will not require expensive extermination treatments due to insect infestation.

Affordable Florida Homes: the beauty of strength

You don’t have to sacrifice beauty to obtain the benefits of solid concrete construction.  We offer an array of beautiful, spacious floor plans with your choice of decorating elements.  Our upgraded paint, fixture, appliance, flooring and lighting packages will provide you with the tools you need to shape your own environment as you choose the features for your home.  With so many beautiful and stylish options, our homeowners don’t have to sacrifice when it comes to design and décor.