Window safety in rented floor?

[schroedingersdodo]

We may move to a new flat on a 2nd floor, and we have 2 very active boys, so I'm worried about the windows.

They are PVC double glazed ones, and I'd like to know what to do to make them safe, considering it's a rented flat.

These things look great, but the flat has 6 windows, so it will cost a fortune, won't it?

These restrictors look good but are they really safe? And I'm not sure if I am allowed to screw these things on the window frame (will I get in trouble with the landlord?)?

Please, does anyone have experience with that?

rented floor???? I meant 'rented flat' of course!

many plastic windows have a hinge design that prevents them being fully opened. When you want to open them for cleaning there is a secret release that an adult can operate with their strong thumb.

have you tried opening the window yet?

if there are casements plus a transom window, you might keep the casements locked.

Often the handles have locks in them ,or locking handles can be fitted, or an anti-burglar lock, but that is not so easy as on a wooden window.

A window opening restrictor need not be expensive.

Don't screw anything into the frame without written permission from the landlord or you'll be liable for new windows when you move out.

nocake that's what I've thought. How likely it is that the landlord will let us screw something to the windows? (obviously we plan to leave the safety thingies in the flat when we move out - can it help rent it to someone else?).

PigletJohn I haven't opened the window - have just been to the flat once and we are planning to make an offer tomorrow.

The windows have keys so they can be locked - but I really don't want to go through summer with locked shut windows...

I don't know where you are looking or whether your budget would stretch to it but if your boys are very boisterous, might it be better to get a garden flat?

Lala it's very hard to get a garden flat the way I want on my budget - and anyway, in most houses the rooms are on the first floor, so I would still need some safety device on bedroom windows.

As a landlord I would be open to a conversation about fitting restrictors but I would want to approve them, to make sure they were appropriate, and I would fit them or get a professional in. I wouldn't trust my tenants to fit them.

Have the conversation. The worst that can happen is he/she says no.

nocake good to know that. We have made an offer for the rent, and mentioned safety devices on it, so we'll know soon what the landlord thinks of that.

I really don't understand how people can be so blase about safety to the point of having children in a flat and no window safety...