Double Glazing Budget

mparter

I'm looking to get the current chocolate brown effect double-glazied windows and doors replaced with plain white ones. I'm looking to replace the following;

1 x Front door (with small frosted window)
1 x Back door (mostly frosted glass)
1 x Patio Door (replace with French Door)
1 x Living Room window (approx 6ft x 3ft)
1 x Kitchen Window (approx 4ft x 2.5 ft)
2 x Bedroom Windows (approx 3ft x 5ft)
1 x Bedroom Window (approx 2.5ft x 4 ft)
1 x Small frosted toilet window (approx 1ft x 2ft)
1 x Small frosted bathroom window (approx 1.5ft x 2ft)

I've never bought double-glazing before so does anyone think this is do-able on a £4k budget?

speedy_gonzales

mparter wrote:

I'm looking to get the current chocolate brown effect double-glazied windows and doors replaced with plain white ones. I'm looking to replace the following;

1 x Front door (with small frosted window)
1 x Back door (mostly frosted glass)
1 x Patio Door (replace with French Door)
1 x Living Room window (approx 6ft x 3ft)
1 x Kitchen Window (approx 4ft x 2.5 ft)
2 x Bedroom Windows (approx 3ft x 5ft)
1 x Bedroom Window (approx 2.5ft x 4 ft)
1 x Small frosted toilet window (approx 1ft x 2ft)
1 x Small frosted bathroom window (approx 1.5ft x 2ft)

I've never bought double-glazing before so does anyone think this is do-able on a £4k budget?

I will try and help here with my 2 life experiences of buying double glazing

The first house I have was a mid terrace and required 5 windows and 2 doors with the dimensions of the windows similar to yours stated above. I had a budget of £1500.

I called in SafeStyle who measured up and quoted £2900. I said no so he recalculated and tried again at £2200. I said no and he recalculated with a final offer of £1700 to sign now. I told the guy that I could not afford it, it was above my budget (did not at any point state what my budget was) and if he packed up his stuff and put the example window back in his car i would phone my father to see if he could lend me £200. I then went and called my dad for a chat for 5 minutes and then let the guy back in the house.
I said counld not borrow any money and the best offer I could make them was £1500. he said no and i said bye. He then said he would call his boss and see what they could do blah, blah blah. Eventually he said if I sign now he would do it for £1500.

Now i do not know if that was reasonable, a bargain or overpriced but it was what i could afford and the house looked better and stayed warmer.

the next house I had I called in a local guy whose first thing he said to me was that he was not there to barter like th e national companies and he would give me a price and that was that. No Pressure, no phone calls to bosses etc.
He measured up and quoted £4500 for 8 windows, front dorr, back door and pair of patio doors (1 window was a four pane bay). He separately quoted £750 for a fancy arched window in the porch. I offered him £5000 for the lot and we agreed a deal.

Here are examples of 2 different ends of the specrum. If you go with the first you must stick to your guns and stick to your budget otherwise they will pressurise you into anything. After the initial quote remember that everytime he takes his calculator out and reprices he is actually working out his commission and how much to reduce it by to get the sale.

One other option is to have a brouchure from a rival firm lying about as if you have already had a quote.

Remember: with a national company halve the initial quote in your mind and this is what you should be aiming for.

hope this helps

dieseldog

Did our bungalow in august

bed 1 4x3
patio doors 8x6
bed2 5x4
bathroom 3x3
toilet 1x2
door with side panel of 12inches
kitchen 6x3
bow 5 window 10x4.5
bed 3 6x3

all in white with K glass £2710 +£500 for fitting

kitchen and bow have top and bottom openers all the rest are top openers only

the only other extra was £25 measuring
hope this helps

mparter

speedy_gonzales wrote:

I will try and help here with my 2 life experiences of buying double glazing

The first house I have was a mid terrace and required 5 windows and 2 doors with the dimensions of the windows similar to yours stated above. I had a budget of £1500.

I called in SafeStyle who measured up and quoted £2900. I said no so he recalculated and tried again at £2200. I said no and he recalculated with a final offer of £1700 to sign now. I told the guy that I could not afford it, it was above my budget (did not at any point state what my budget was) and if he packed up his stuff and put the example window back in his car i would phone my father to see if he could lend me £200. I then went and called my dad for a chat for 5 minutes and then let the guy back in the house.
I said counld not borrow any money and the best offer I could make them was £1500. he said no and i said bye. He then said he would call his boss and see what they could do blah, blah blah. Eventually he said if I sign now he would do it for £1500.

Now i do not know if that was reasonable, a bargain or overpriced but it was what i could afford and the house looked better and stayed warmer.

the next house I had I called in a local guy whose first thing he said to me was that he was not there to barter like th e national companies and he would give me a price and that was that. No Pressure, no phone calls to bosses etc.
He measured up and quoted £4500 for 8 windows, front dorr, back door and pair of patio doors (1 window was a four pane bay). He separately quoted £750 for a fancy arched window in the porch. I offered him £5000 for the lot and we agreed a deal.

Here are examples of 2 different ends of the specrum. If you go with the first you must stick to your guns and stick to your budget otherwise they will pressurise you into anything. After the initial quote remember that everytime he takes his calculator out and reprices he is actually working out his commission and how much to reduce it by to get the sale.

One other option is to have a brouchure from a rival firm lying about as if you have already had a quote.

Remember: with a national company halve the initial quote in your mind and this is what you should be aiming for.

hope this helps

Thanks for all that. I'm not intending to go with a national company. I may be able to get windows at trade prices through a mate, so it may be be just a matter of finding someone to fit them for a reasonable cost.

The only other extra cost is the fact that there's currently a patio door at the front of the living room. I want to remove this, brick it back up and put in a "normal" size window. Any ideas how much it would cost to do this?