How much replacement windows cost in Tonbridge: eight typical jobs

These are illustrative examples of typical jobs on Tonbridge-area houses, smallest first. They are not records of completed work. Each gives the house, what is fitted and the usual total range. What you actually pay is set by the installer's written quote once the openings have been measured.

All figures include supply, fitting, VAT, taking the old frames away and making good inside and out. Rotten sills, damaged brick arches and bay support are checked at the survey and priced then.

Illustrative example of a typical job

Two small casements at the back of a Bullen Corner-style cottage

A nineteenth-century brick cottage of the kind found around Bullen Corner and Snoll Hatch in East Peckham, with orange tile-hanging on the first floor and a lean-to at the back.

• Two small uPVC flush casements, about 600 by 900 mm, for the scullery and back lobby
• White frames, one opening sash each, ground floor only
• Old frames taken away and the reveals made good inside and out

Typically £1,550 to £2,150, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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Two front sashes, one up and one down, on a terrace in the Priory Road streets

A mid-Victorian red brick terraced cottage south of the river, in the grid of streets around Priory Road that was laid out when the railway came.

• Two white uPVC vertical sliding sashes, about 900 by 1800 mm: one in the front room and one in the bedroom above
• Sashes balanced to slide like the originals, with the bar pattern kept plain to match the street
• The upstairs sash is fitted from a mobile tower, which is included in the range

Typically £3,000 to £4,400, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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The front of a 1920s council-built cottage near Barden Park Road

One of the early public housing cottages in the Barden Park Road area, built in the 1920s in brick and render, with wooden casements and upper windows set in half dormers.

• Four uPVC flush casements, about 1000 by 1200 mm, two down and two in the half dormers, plus one small flush casement, about 600 by 900 mm, for the landing
• White frames to match the street, with the sashes sitting flush in the frame like the old timber ones
• Scaffold for the first-floor windows, about £500 of the total

Typically £5,650 to £9,400, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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A five-window brick and tile-hung cottage near Golden Green, in uPVC flush casement

A detached brick cottage with a tile-hung upper floor on the lane between Golden Green and Barnes Street, outside any conservation area.

• Five uPVC flush casements, about 1000 by 1200 mm, two down and three up
• Cream two-light casements, one opening sash and one fixed pane in each, copying the cottage's old layout
• Scaffold for the upper windows, about £500 of the total

Typically £6,000 to £10,250, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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A similar Golden Green cottage in painted timber flush casement

A brick cottage of the same type nearby, with a tile-hung upper floor and four windows on its main front, priced in timber to set beside the uPVC example above.

• Four timber flush casements, about 1000 by 1200 mm, factory painted cream
• Two-light casements, two down and two up, in the same pattern as the uPVC example
• Scaffold for the upper windows, about £500 of the total
• The first repaint falls due after roughly three years and then comes round regularly, and it is the owner's job: the installer fits the windows but does not offer a painting service

Typically £8,500 to £15,700, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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Four timber box sashes for a listed building in the old town

A listed brick-fronted house in the historic core near East Street and Church Street, where the windows have to stay in timber and listed building consent comes first.

• Four timber box sashes, about 900 by 1800 mm, with weights and pulleys
• Glazing bar pattern copied from the surviving originals
• Made only once the council has granted listed building consent

Timber box sash from £2,650 installed per window, so from £10,600 installed for four

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Six sashes on an Edwardian villa in the Springwell Road streets

A semi-detached villa of about 1910 in red brick with a tile-hung gable and a two-storey canted bay, in the streets around Springwell Road and Woodford Road.

• Six uPVC vertical sliding sashes, about 900 by 1800 mm, in a cream heritage colour
• Upper sashes divided with bars to match the originals that survive next door
• Bay roof and sills checked at survey and priced then if repairs are needed

Typically £10,650 to £15,450, supplied and fitted, including VAT

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Front and side of a 1930s semi off the Hadlow Road

A white-painted 1930s semi with a brown tiled hipped roof and a ground-floor bay, like those on Barclay Avenue off the Hadlow Road.

• A three-unit uPVC flush canted bay on the ground floor
• Six uPVC flush casements, about 1000 by 1200 mm, for the rest of the front and side
• A composite front door, about 920 by 2100 mm
• Any work to the bay structure is a survey item

Typically £12,200 to £21,150, supplied and fitted, including VAT

Why ranges and not a price list

The same window costs more or less depending on its size, the glass, the hardware and how much making good the opening needs. A terrace with tight pavement access is a different job from a detached cottage with a drive. A range for a whole job on a familiar house gives a more honest starting point than a figure per window.