One of the many things in our house that are superficially ok, but actually a bit shit and in need of some work / attention / huge amounts of money are the windows. We're in a Victorian terraced house, where all the sash windows have been replaced with UPVC double glazed ones.
One at the front is cracked (the owners touchingly put a window sticker over it, as if that might hide it), the one in my youngest girls' bedroom is a pin as it only opens at the bottom which is unsafe so stays shut, and the ones in our room are so draughty that the curtains sway in the wind.
We had a v smooth guy round from a windows company about a year ago who did the whole hard sell and gave us a cost for replacing every single window in the house.
Now the idea of this is appealing in a way. We don't plan to move, so the idea of every window being properly insulated, high quality, etc. is lovely. But I am always suspicous of sales pitches, and I wonder whether we should instead replace windows individually as and when.
Does anyone have any hints or ideas? I am not averse to UPVC as I don't fancy the maintenance of wood. So 'mock sash' style ones seem like a good idea, at the front of the house at least. But basically I am not very knowledgeable about windows at all, and I wondered if someone on here was, and was prepared to help me out.
Thank you!