I live in a typical two-up, two-down late Victorian terrace in London and am hoping to change the window in the bathroom at the back of the house.
The current window frame is a 1980s metal (aluminium?) job, with a wooden frame surround (not in great condition due to water damage) and patterned double-glazed glass which has blown. Also, despite being quite large, the window only opens a fraction at the top - meaning ventilation into the bathroom is poor.
There's one adjoining room to the bathroom, which is the spare bedroom, and this also has an aluminium window which although fairly old, works fine and will be staying put. The front of the house still retains the original wooden windows, which we love.
I had a quote to install a new PvC window in the bathroom recently which came in at just under £1k, but was told that the horizontal bit of plastic halfway up the window, which separates the two panes of glass (IYSWIM!) will be thicker than the equivalent part in the spare room window - meaning the two adjacent windows on the first floor won't look identical when looking up at the house from the back garden.
Given that information, I'm now unsure whether to proceed - would slightly mismatching windows be a deal breaker for you?
I'm also wondering whether PvC is just an ugly option anyway and whether I should go for aluminium instead, although the house is nothing fancy and isn't exactly grade-II-listed or anything! Most of the neighbours have PvC windows front and back, so it's quite normal round here. We're also on quite a tight budget and I've heard aluminium is more costly.
Please help me decide as I'm going round in circles here! 