How much for timber framed windows for this fugly house?

[Kitsmummy]

Hello helpful people, I'm really keen on this house which is lovely inside but unfortunately very fugly from the outside? I'm wondering roughly how much it might cost to replace the leaded pvcu windows on the front with some simple timber framed ones? Not sash I guess as the windows are a bit short and dumpy, but something quite simple that I'd perhaps paint.

Obviously the porch and garage is absolutely beautiful and needs nothing doing to it

lovely house which will be mine

Congrats! I agree - ivy is bad bad... I've just had the ivy removed from ours. I did the bulk of the lower work, then someone else had to get the higher up stuff as the house was being painted. Besides, every place I've seen ivy it's just crawling with spiders. ewww

I work at a joinery company.

My guess is £200-£300 per window dependant on type of timber, thickness, and fastening required.
Including installation.

What a fabulous garden!

Ps, I don't think its nessecarily the material of window that let's it down aesthetically but the arrangement of the casement layout.

If they were split 50/50 in half across the window aperture it would balance the windows and look much more pleasing to the eye

Heh thanks everyone and I am mightily heartened by beaver's estimate of window costs :-). I would rather have timber as I'd like them painted rather than natural wood.

Can't believe you're all saying to keep the porch though! suspects you're all a lot more practical than me. I'll admit it would be very handy to keep the porch, especially as there is a lack of storage inside the house. I don't know how well anything would grow over it as it's north facing. I'll have a think about it, I don't want to spend a lot of money on windows and some porch modification only for it to still look a bit meh.

Here's a link to my house that i'm leaving (getting divorced), it's a fair bit grander than the new house and we'd done everything bar the kitchen

[http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45915898.html current house]]

correct link

Beaver-the £200 - £300 estimate would be for softwood windows I guess? What's the lifespan of softwood and is it a viable option or is it one that people regret? Thanks for the insiders info!

Your old house is lovely, I can see why it sold quickly. Sorry to hear you're getting divorced, I wonder if that was tafter being told to LTB on the relationships boards! There have been some shocking stories recently.

Best of luck in your new house, new life.

Kitsmummy Your old house is lovely, but think of all the fun you'll have making changes to suit you in the new house. I've separated from my (stbx)H last year and am now in the process of doing loads of DIY and wallpapering and such. I really love seeing the changes I've made in the house and how they make the house "mine" to enjoy. I find doing the work a bit cathartic tbh.

I think as far as the porch is concerned, is it possible to utilise it this year (this winter mainly) and focus on other areas of the house (windows and so on) and use that time to research what options you have regarding the porch, so you can fully address it next year? That spreads out the cost, gives you time to adjust to the new home, and gives you plenty of research time to figure out what you want to do. And if ever you need that "extra storage space" surely it's just after you've moved in, when you're trying to figure out where to put everything and decide if you need to downsize a little. That way there is a bit of room for the overflow IYSWIM.

So pleased you got that house OP- here's hoping your move goes well and that next summer you can have a house and garden warming party.
With luck you will be in before Christmas and you can have fun with the seasonal decs. It will look lovely!

Thanks so much everyone, who'd have thought the property board would be the go to place for moral support?!

Pinke, I've never posted on the relationships board, but had I of done I'm pretty sure I would have been told to LTB

And Alice, good points about the porch, maybe I will live with it before I get the sledgehammer out!