Where I live $80k is a significant portion of the cost of most houses. The price will be a significant barrier to entry for houses outside of hot real estate markets.
A roof that exceeds 10% of the purchase price is likely to push the house outside of the price range of buyers in the target market.
I know a friend of mine (who has a solar system, not quite the same) but basically got almost nothing for it. The aesthetics of a "Solar Roof" is better but I don't see it raising the value of the house by more than 10%.
I used their calculator using the estimates when I had my roof done last time, and it is just not economically feasible.
$60k roof vs. $6k roof.
Net of $12k savings over 30 years.
$60k over 30 years (adjusting for inflation in conservative investments) is easily going to hit $180k.
I dunno, I'm in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, and we have abundant sunshine and I think the price is still going to be a barrier.
But like others have said... there are plenty with a lot more money than I have which will jump at this. I'm ok with that. The more wealthy folks that install these and take their load off the grid, the better.
