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No, thankfully. Timing helped. I spoke to them at the end of December, so I'm assuming end of month+end of quarter+end of year means I got ALL the discounts. Plus Jan sale. No idea what the RRP would have added up to but when it was starting off it was eye watering. Local firms will undoubtedly be cheaper for RRP, but I wanted the big company with an easily identifiable arse to kick. The sales guy also quoted on the cautious side so that the surveyor ended up actually reducing the cost (well, not adding anywhere near what the sales guy insinuated might be needed for scaffold), which I was happy with.
I also spoke to Anglian, but the sales guy was a cunt so they lost me straight away.
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Everest. We are getting uPVC sash windows. The frames are thicker, yes, but the surveyor has assured us that the profile will only be a few mm different to the existing TOTAL DOGSHIT single glazed alu windows. With all the other maintenance that comes with this house (built 1902), we didn't want to add anything else. Plus, warms and quiet. Heating this gaff is not easy, so anything to also offset that. Everest also do what they call a constant line of sight, so the frames are the same thickness on all panes, whether they open or not, so it's not so visually jarring (another thing I don't like about PVC, it's really obvious which ones open and which don't by looking at the thickness of the frame). We are getting 11 windows replaced, most nearly 2m tall, for about £14k. Wooden sash (from Everest, so would have likely been cheaper elsewhere) was £24k.