Queenie
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Reged: 09/08/2007
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Hi, we are thinking about buying a victorian end of terrace house. The only problem is all the original sash windows have been ripped out by the present owners and replaced with nasty plastic ones. I was first of all wondering what kind of cost we might be looking at to replace them with glazed sash windows and if ultimately it would bring the value of the house up? The house has a bay window at the front which I imagine would be fairly expensive. Has anyone had any experience of doing this?
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amyoliver
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Reged: 19/06/2007
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Hi Queenie
We did this in our victorian house. The quotes I received varied wildly, from £15k for the front of the house (bay upstairs and down, and small window above front door) to £15 k for the whole house (15 windows - eg 3 windows in each bay) - So I would suggest getting in lots of quotes. Happy to reccommend my guy if you are anywhere near SW London?
I think it depends on where you live as to increasing the value of your home. Around here, people do expect original or new wooden sashes when buying a period home, and so I do believe that we will have recouped the money we spent. However, I did it because the plastic really offended me, and it looked like someone had taken the eyes out of the house, if that makes sense. We have had masses of compliments from neighbours since doing it. I would say go for it if you can afford it, and if not, start saving (we saved for 4 years to be able to afford to do it.)
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Queenie
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Hi Amy, thanks for the advice. We have a budget of around 15k to make the whole house the way we want it. I'm thinking about maybe doing the windows at the front of the house and saving for the rest. Or if the rest of the work that needs doing comes to alot, putting up with them for a while. I'm planning to have white slatted shutters on both stories at the front of the house so that might help disguise the plastic a little. The house is in St Albans on a road which seems to be half plastic and half sash. I would imagine that the market would prefer sash but I will chedk with the estate agent. It is possible we will have to upgrade the house in a few years due to 2 small kids getting bigger so I don't want to make expensive changes that won't recoup the cost.
Lots of quotes seem like a good way to start - it would be great if I could get the details of the people who did yours.
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amyoliver
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I used Curtis Windows - 0208 646 6888
The only thing I would beware of if you are planning on shutters is that the dimensions of the window frames may change when they put in your new windows, so I would do the windows before you buy the shutters.
Good luck with your new home! St Albans is lovely, lucky you!!
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Queenie
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Reged: 09/08/2007
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Thanks for the number and thanks for warning me about the dimensions - could have been a very expensive mistake!
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