New Windows What sort of price, hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands?

[clumsymum]

Our house (a 30 year old ordinary detatched box) is part double-glazed, front windows only.

The windows at the back need doing, and of course I'm going to get quotes. But have never done it before, so don't have a clue what mgnitude of money we're talking about.

I need 3 or 4 windows and a new french window (door type, not sliding).

Don't want to faint when the first quote comes in.

Do not ring any of the double glazing sales guys

Ring around some reputable local builders.
The difference in price/hard sell and quality is unbeatable
also ask for internally beaded windows
Doors are quite expensive btw

Do you know anyone who's had theirs done recently? Ask about a bit.

We had ours done in March - by the same people who'd done my mum's and my uncles the month previously - the local council got them in to my uncles place as he was allowed a grant or something - they did front door, 6 windows and double extra strong full glass french door (which was the expensive bit) for £2800 inc. VAT. Mums was about the same and she's been quoted £4500 upwards by another local co.

WE had a ridiculous quote for a 3 bed semi of about £8,000. We laughed and ignored them and they rang back with another quote, still ridiculously high so we laughed again. They ended up ringing us back several times and we agreed to go ahead with the work at £3,500 (this included new front door, back door and patio door). This was Weatherseal - very pleased with the finished work, although they were very messy during the job, ie, leaving us with a back garden full of old window frames and broken glass for an entire weekend (our DDs were 3 at the time )

Right.

PumpkinEater, where are you? Not Nottingham by any chance.

I will depend a bit on the type of glass - and don't go for the cheapest - quality may be crap.

Check round local suppliers until you get a feel for what is available.

You are probably talking a few thousand.

I'm stunned that a government which purports to be interested in the environment charges people VAT on an energy-saving upgrade like double glazing.

we had wooden sash dg windows built for us and got quotes varying from £12.5k to £3k, paid about £4.5k in the end for whole front and half of back of house - 9 windows in all (bay counts as 3).

We had double glazing put in about 6 years ago

timber frame (i.e. not uPVC)

custom sizes-our windows are not "standard" and it came out at about £1000 per window.

Ive just recently had a quote for 1 front door and 7 windows for £3,000 - the front door by itself was £900 and thats a basic door, nothing fancy

Golds, that seems very reasonable. Was that a local firm or a national ( I think I can guess).

Part of my problem is I hate the house, and resent any money we spend on it. So don't want to spend much, just keep the property in reasonable repair for when we can sell up.

Where do you live? I know a very reasonable place in Crawley, West Sussex, but not much good to you if you're in Scotland...

Where do you live? I know a very reasonable place in Crawley, West Sussex, but not much good to you if you're in Scotland...