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lookitsluke
Replacing all the windows in a house...

Currently not a ton of places fully up and running, or giving clear quotes. I have zero experience but am trying to budget out various bits of work so any anecdotal guidance would be amazing -
- Very roughly, what would a fair range be for ~10x 'new windows please' (4x Large, 2x Medium, 4x small) be?
- What work do I need to factor in? i.e do window sills need to be in place and in good nick before or would a good company doing installation factor this in?
- What surprised you / most people / often goes wrong that I'm unaware of?

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Squash in reply to @lookitsluke

We took out sash windows and put in 'normal' hinged UPVC (In southeast for reference). From memory it was ~£800 per window (lounge bay windows) and ~£600 for a rear door. Smaller windows about 60 * 100cm were ~£400.

Our sills & casings were in good shape so it would have been more if they had needed to replace those as well, but they checked when they came to give the quote.

Might vary from different installers, but they were a bit rough and left a few dings in the casings so we had to sand it down, make good with polyfiller and paint. All doable but would have been much easier to sand flat an empty casing instead of around the window so I'd happily have paid a bit more for a company who would also make good the painting/after work.

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Vesalius in reply to @Squash

We took out sash windows and put in 'normal' hinged UPVC (In southeast for reference)

Whyyyyyyyyyy
Pictures please! I would like to be proved wrong in my assumption that this is not a good thing to do

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