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Window help needed, Anglian very expensive

28 replies

Vernatts123 · 19/01/2023 22:00

Hi,

1930s semi on a main road.

We are looking to replace two old PVC double glazing bay windows (5 casement windows each) - lots of heat loss, let’s in too much noise to the point I struggle to sleep and the lounge is noisy.

Ideally timber and triple glazed or at least double with some additional sound reduction.

Anglian quoted at £14,000 which seems ridiculous.

Has anyone had similar work done recently at a reasonable price that I can benchmark against?

Thanks

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AnOldCynic · 19/01/2023 22:03

I wouldn't use a big name like that. Any family run timber window manufacturer's nearby?

Prettypaisleyslippers · 19/01/2023 22:04

Anglian always start high, tell them that they are being ridiculous, get on their quotes. Checkatrade is good

JustDrama · 19/01/2023 22:05

And if anyone starts high then phones the manager and knocks half off can do one. Cheeky feckers.

weathervane1 · 19/01/2023 22:10

Twelve years ago, Anglian quoted £32k to glaze an orangery that we had built. Their final quote was less than £8k and they thought we should be happy with the reduced price. We were not happy. Why? Simply because their starting point proved how much profit they were prepared to make on the deal and the whole thing felt tacky.

subtoprem · 19/01/2023 22:10

I'd never use a national company like that. Ask on your local fb/next door for local company recommendations/check online reviews.

IvanaB · 19/01/2023 22:15

We got a quote from Everest a couple of weeks ago for 6 replacement uPVC windows and a new back door. It was £14.5K for triple glazing and £10.5K for double glazing.

LoveMyLawn · 19/01/2023 22:17

Use a company that make their own windows, one that has been around for a while and local to you. Don't use national brands like Anglian. Any company that wants you to haggle down a price by thousands is a shit company and willing to screw over anyone not brave enough to say this is too high.

My SIL got stung with Safestyle UK with the whole I really like you let me ring my manager and see if I can get this quote down. She still paid way too much for her windows and doors all because she didn't do enough research.

We had upvc windows, found an online supply only company, then shopped locally for a company. When they quoted us it wasn't much more than the supply only quote from the online company meaning we knew we were getting a good deal. No middle man, they made them in a factory next to their showroom.

Screwedupworld · 19/01/2023 23:15

Try a local company. A friend has just had her whole downstairs done 2 standard windows and two single story bays for 4.5k - I think 3/4 windows in each. They made the windows/frames in house and they look amazing.

TheNoonBell · 20/01/2023 07:14

You can haggle, DP managed to get nearly 40% off the initial quote from Anglian when we had our windows done. Was a difficult negotiation with numerous calls back to the office.

myusernamewastakenbyme · 23/02/2023 19:37

I wouldn't touch Anglian, Safestyle, Zenith etc with a bargepole...surely everyone knows that are utter shysters....years ago a relative took a job with Zenith Windows...he lasted a week or two....he was told repeatedly to target older people...wear them down etc...it was so unethical he walked out.

BlueMongoose · 23/02/2023 23:04

myusernamewastakenbyme · 23/02/2023 19:37

I wouldn't touch Anglian, Safestyle, Zenith etc with a bargepole...surely everyone knows that are utter shysters....years ago a relative took a job with Zenith Windows...he lasted a week or two....he was told repeatedly to target older people...wear them down etc...it was so unethical he walked out.

Absolutely. I've heard the same.

RidingMyBike · 24/02/2023 15:37

That's an insane price. We've just had a similar quote - same price but for all the windows in the house and two doors including 2 x 5 windows bays and 1 x 3 window bay.

This is via a local builder who orders them from a local company. He doesn't so FENSA certificates but we've already got building control coming to check other things so it isn't a big deal to get them to sign the windows off too.

snoodrops · 24/02/2023 17:19

You'll always get crazy quotes for a national company like that- like PPs have suggested I'd start calling around local companies, prices should be much more sensible.

Wimpeyspread · 24/02/2023 17:22

Don’t know where you are, but I had various windows replaced in a Victorian terrace in Bristol for a fraction of that, by a local firm who did excellent work - ask around locally

MissAtomicBomb1 · 24/02/2023 17:51

We had a quote from them a few years back and it was insane compared to the local firms who quoted. They were relentlessly pushy afterwards too.
Find a recommendation from a local firm.

Dolares · 24/02/2023 19:09

We've just had our windows done by a local company. Ignore the big firms who give you all the sales chat. Find a good family run glazing and joinery company near you.

Danceswithweasels · 24/02/2023 19:42

I had double glazing installed 6 weeks ago, semi detached, 9 Windows £4138 , established local company, granted upvc not wooden but £14k for 2 sounds absolutely ridiculous.

TheOtherHotstepper · 24/02/2023 20:51

We paid £7K for the whole house + back door last year. We asked our neighbours who had done theirs and were they happy with them and they recommended a local company based about a mile away, who we didn't know existed.

Before we got to that point, we had a visit from a salesman representing one of the nationals. We had to very forcibly ask him to leave in the end. Three hours of his bollocks was quite enough and I was very glad DH was there, otherwise I would have felt threatened. His issue was that we asked for a written quote because we were planning to get three. Normal practice I would have thought, but he didn't like it at all, no siree!

Go local every time.

Roselilly36 · 24/02/2023 21:28

We had Anglian quote for replacing soffits, bargeboards & gutters. They quote was £18.5k, had the job done by another firm with a good reputation for £3.5. Would never consider Anglian based on that experience.

WillowBeeT · 24/02/2023 21:44

Vernatts123 · 19/01/2023 22:00

Hi,

1930s semi on a main road.

We are looking to replace two old PVC double glazing bay windows (5 casement windows each) - lots of heat loss, let’s in too much noise to the point I struggle to sleep and the lounge is noisy.

Ideally timber and triple glazed or at least double with some additional sound reduction.

Anglian quoted at £14,000 which seems ridiculous.

Has anyone had similar work done recently at a reasonable price that I can benchmark against?

Thanks

£14K for solid timber triple glazed is £1400 a piece for 10 units.
You are calling the ‘casement’ windows. Are they all openable or are some of them fixed lights? Fixed lights are cheaper than openable windows because openable windows have an outer frame, and inner frame, the ironmongary, and all the gasketry.

If that’s an installed price, it seems like a pretty fair price for solid timber triple glazing.

Don’t pay extra for argon filled cavities, it’s sold as better thermal performance and it works when tested, but the argon will not be in the cavity in the glass 2 years down the line. It will have bled out through the silicone seal.

In regard to sound attenuation, you’ll notice the difference with triple glazing, but you’ll also get a less light in your rooms because the frames are chunkier, and deeper, and the corners will look bigger where the windows meet as they facet around the curve.

Additional sound reduction as you refer to it, when done right is additional rubber flipper gaskets in the glazing channels that hamper sound trying to bypass the glass, and if you are buying aluminium clad timber windows, a little rubber pad between the aluminium fascia and the timber frame.

My gut instinct is that £14K ballpark for fitting two 5 panel casement windows is a fair price. You may be able to approach a glazier on your local Facebook page for your area and get a better deal, but you won’t have a known name who has a reputation to protect and won’t want to be talked about online.

If you can shave a couple of grand off that price, then maybe take the chance, but I’d stick to Anglian if you’re talking about less than a 10% price difference. But that’s just me.

WillowBeeT · 24/02/2023 21:50

Danceswithweasels · 24/02/2023 19:42

I had double glazing installed 6 weeks ago, semi detached, 9 Windows £4138 , established local company, granted upvc not wooden but £14k for 2 sounds absolutely ridiculous.

Two dormer windows comprising 5 windows in each. So 10 windows totals. And by the sounds of it, all fully openable windows to boot.

WillowBeeT · 24/02/2023 21:53

You can negotiate with these people BTW.
You’ve got their quote.
That’s just the invitation to dance.
It’s no different to the sticker price on a car in a showroom.

0nTheEdge · 18/04/2023 19:51

How did you get on Vernatts123? I've just had a quote which was more than double what I was expecting, even after a large discount. Our house desperately needs all windows replacing because the fairly new ones the previous owners has done have many problems with them. I'm wondering of they started knocking the price down further for you?

fetchacloth · 18/04/2023 20:05

I would use a local company rather than a national one. Try local adverts and Checkatrade for inspiration, even ask some of your neighbours who they used.
The national company's prices are based on huge commissions for their sales people, which is basically what you're paying for.

Doris86 · 02/04/2025 18:11

Anglian and the other big names all operate in the same way. Quote a completely ridiculous price , and then offer all sorts of ‘discounts’ but only if you sign on the dotted line today. Their final price still ends up being 2 or 3 times what you should be paying.

Find yourself a decent local company who doesn’t use any of these BS tactics.

I once got a quote from one of the big names. Couldn’t get the guy out of my house, he was there for hours. He basically told me he was having to sell his granny to give me the discount he was offering me.

I then got a local company round. He was there 20 minutes or so to measure up and then left. A quote arrived in the post 2 days later, which was a third of what the big company had quoted me. No pressure selling at all, it was left for me to get in touch if I wanted to go ahead.

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