Owning your own home

Clement Brown fabricate all the John Lewis shutters.
We went direct to them. Pretty basic stuff, but did the job.

https://clementbrowne.co.uk/

Just had them in for a quote for shutters on our place.

The goals being:

• Light and heat reduction in the hottest weather
  
• Draft reduction and insulation benefit in the winter (single-glaze sash)
  
• Privacy in the kitchen as it looks directly onto a neighbours living room
  
  

Our flat (high ceilings, tall windows):

• Living Room = 3 window bay window + 1 window
  
• Kitchen = 2 windows
  
• Bedroom = 1 window
  
• Bathroom = 1 window
  
• Bike room = 1 window
  
  

Quotes are approx:

• Living + Kitchen = £3.5k for 6 windows (avg £583 per window)
  
• Living + Kitchen + Bed = £4.1k for 7 windows (avg £585 per window)
  
• Whole flat = £5k for 9 windows (avg £555 per window)
  
  

This is for full height shutters, hinged vertically in the middle, hidden mechanism, white, 76mm slats, split level control half height (aligned with sash overlap), stainless steel hinge + PVC in the bathroom for water proofing.

Having checked the cost of doing it cheaper from a few other places... it's not bad. London Shutter Co for Living + Kitchen + Bed came out around £2,850 inc VAT (avg £407 per window). But TBH I wasn't as convinced with them - materials, communication, etc... just felt off.

The hope here is that if I go with Clemente Brown then they know their own stuff and it should go flawlessly and the quality of the shutters and the install should mean it's just done and peace of mind.

Is it worth the premium? @amey how are yours?