Everest double glazing. Any good?

Furts

Alisha2008 wrote: »

The 3 installers suggested by that website and nowhere near me!!!

Did you really expect the website to be any good? Remember savvy consumers do not go blindly down the website route and expect satisfaction.

robinwales

We had about half our house redone last year. The quote from Everest started at £12,500. A quote from the firm we eventually used (small local company) started at £6,500 and stayed there. I eventually got Everest down to £7,400 after much 'discussion'. You have to negotiate. They are generally acknowledged to be a good product, and even the company we went with said that, which was rather generous of them. The samples I looked at seemed to be of very good quality. If you have cash to splash and intend staying in your house it might be worth the extra. God! I'm starting to sound like a salesman...

Furts

robinwales wrote: »

We had about half our house redone last year. The quote from Everest started at £12,500. A quote from the firm we eventually used (small local company) started at £6,500 and stayed there. I eventually got Everest down to £7,400 after much 'discussion'. You have to negotiate. They are generally acknowledged to be a good product, and even the company we went with said that, which was rather generous of them. The samples I looked at seemed to be of very good quality. If you have cash to splash and intend staying in your house it might be worth the extra. God! I'm starting to sound like a salesman...

The samples get meticulously inspected, hand finished, polished and prepared. They do not represent what will be fitted in a home. They are the candy to attract you to buy.

The reality is if a consumer seeks any everyday, reputable, window manufacturer then the product will fulfill the functions it has to. Samples are just irrelevent nonsense to most consumers, and their purpose is to drag out the sales persons spin and presentation.

All round making windows is low tech, unskilled work. They are simply pieces of hollow plastic profile, with much of this recycled melted down pvc. Everest do not want to shout this too loudly because it runs counter to their marketing

robinwales

Furts wrote: »

All round making windows is low tech, unskilled work. They are simply pieces of hollow plastic profile, with much of this recycled melted down pvc. Everest do not want to shout this too loudly because it runs counter to their marketing

I think you are correct there. I was surprised how cheap the eventual quotes were. We only had about 60% of the house done, but we have large windows. It was cheaper than I thought it would be.