went through this in the last 2 years in 2 stages ~~~ my building is in a historical district and i was using facade grant money

contractor quoted @ $350 per window installed for middle grade (home depot/lowes) vinyl, double pane, uv, double hung, 35"x70" for 25 windows = $8750

the 25 year old woman in charge of approving such improvements voted those down along with the next 2 samples from a real window company ~~~ after 3 months of this BS finally was told they HAD to be made of wood but could have aluminum or vinyl cladding

finally got her approval for windows at $800 a pop installed, thusly only got 10 = $8000 ~~~ the 10 covered the 2nd floor living quarters, stage 2 covered the other 6 windows on the 2nd floor = $4800 with half of that out of my pocket ~~~ must admit that these windows are really nice quality and work well and unbelievable as to the amount of heat they reduced in the summer with a western exposure

don't remember the name of these, but not a national advertised one, definitely the quality is there and all custom made ~~~ installation for each stage was done in a single day by 2 workers, and no complaints

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1989 300ce smoke silver / brazil, in a constant state of flux ~~~