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Making an offer on a old house
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A property I am doing right now has lovely 9 foot high original sash windows - they are single glazed obviously. Real works of art.
No way in a million years would these be ripped out and replaced with double glazing - it would be vandalism, not improvement.
The local council is very protective of older properties in my area and give conservation area status. This does keep the character of the area nicely.
As you say, the work around is secondary glazing.
Yep, ours is in a Conservation Area. It also has an Article 4 direction. So does the similarly aged (early 1850s) house next door, but sadly that has ghastly white upvc which I had hoped was going to get replaced as part of the current extension/improvement works, but instead the local authority have approved matching windows in the new extension
Mortgage-free for fourteen years!
Over £40,000 mis-sold PPI reclaimed0
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