Window and door prices in Lewes: eight example jobs

There is no price list on this site. These are eight illustrative examples of typical jobs in and around Lewes, smallest first, each priced as a whole job. None of them is a record of a completed job. The written quote after a survey is what you would pay.

Every example notes which consent route it assumes. The third and fourth are the same kind of terrace front done two ways, so you can see what the Article 4 choice between uPVC and timber costs.

Rear of a red brick Victorian terrace with one new white sash window upstairs above an old timber sash, beside a flint garden wall

Illustrative example of a typical job

One rear sash on a Victorian terrace in the town

House: A two-storey Victorian brick terrace in the conservation area, with the back bedroom window facing the garden rather than a road, path or open space.

Spec: One white uPVC vertical sliding sash, 900 by 1800, two-over-two with run-through bars and horns, replacing a rotten first-floor sash. Scaffold for the upstairs opening.

Typically £2,000 to £2,700, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

If the back of your terrace faces a twitten, ask the National Park Authority whether that elevation counts as facing a highway before you order.

Cream-rendered semi-detached cottage with white casement windows, a small porch and a picket fence, fields behind

Illustrative example of a typical job

Three flush casements for a 1920s cottage near Cooksbridge station

House: A rendered 1920s semi-detached cottage near the station in Cooksbridge, outside the National Park and not in a conservation area.

Spec: Three uPVC flush casements, 1000 by 1200, in white with slim external bars, two downstairs and one upstairs. Scaffold for the upstairs window.

Typically £3,800 to £6,350, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

Outside the National Park the planning authority is Lewes District Council, and casements of similar appearance on an unlisted house are normally permitted development.

Front of a brick Victorian terrace house with two cream sash windows, one above the other, beside a dark green front door

Illustrative example of a typical job

Two front sashes and the front door on a conservation area terrace: uPVC woodgrain sashes

House: A Victorian terrace house inside the Lewes conservation area, front elevation on the street, not listed.

Spec: Two uPVC vertical sliding sashes in a painted-timber-look woodgrain, 900 by 1800, two-over-two with horns, one on each floor, and a composite front door in a four-panel pattern. Scaffold for the upstairs sash.

Typically £6,250 to £9,650, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

This route needs planning permission from the South Downs National Park Authority because of the Article 4 direction, and permission is not guaranteed. The price assumes it has been granted.

Victorian brick terrace with white painted sash windows and a woman on the pavement looking up at them

Illustrative example of a typical job

A similar front with the two sashes in painted timber

House: A similar Victorian terrace house in the Lewes conservation area, where the owner chooses timber to match the street.

Spec: Two painted timber box sashes, 900 by 1800, two-over-two, slim double glazing, weights and cords, one on each floor, with a composite four-panel front door as in the previous example.

From £7,500 installed, supplied and fitted, including VAT. Scaffold for the upper sash adds about £500.

Timber matches what the terraces were built with and is the route most likely to satisfy the planners. Plan on the first coat of paint around year three and a regular cycle after that; the installer does not do repainting, so that falls to you.

1960s semi-detached house typical of Ringmer's estates, with white casement windows, a tile-hung upper floor and a grey composite front door

Illustrative example of a typical job

Whole-house casements and a front door for a 1960s semi in Ringmer

House: A 1960s semi-detached house on one of the estates built as Ringmer doubled in size, outside the conservation area around the Green.

Spec: Seven chamfered uPVC casements in white, 1000 by 1200, and one composite front door.

Typically £7,900 to £12,400, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

Ringmer village sits outside the National Park, so any planning question goes to Lewes District Council.

Flint cottage with red brick dressings and pale painted casement windows behind a flint garden wall

Illustrative example of a typical job

Four timber casements and a timber door for a listed flint cottage in Rodmell

House: A Grade II listed flint and brick cottage in the Rodmell conservation area, inside the National Park.

Spec: Four timber flush casements, 1000 by 1200, made to the pattern of the old frames, painted, two on each floor, and a new painted timber boarded front door. Scaffold for the upper pair.

Typically £11,450 to £21,600, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

Listed building consent comes first. The price assumes the Authority has agreed the design, and the installer will follow the consented drawings.

Garden side of a large red brick Victorian villa with off-white sash windows and French doors, a person crossing the lawn with a mug

Illustrative example of a typical job

Rear sashes and French doors for a Wallands villa

House: A late Victorian villa in the Wallands, with the work confined to the garden elevation, which faces no road, path or open space.

Spec: Six uPVC vertical sliding sashes in an off-white heritage colour, 900 by 1800, and one pair of uPVC French doors, 1500 by 2100, opening to the garden.

Typically £12,950 to £18,750, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

The front of the same villa would fall under the Article 4 direction. Doing the back first and the front later in timber is one way to split the work.

1930s detached house with white casement windows, a canted bay and a blue front door, with a view of the Downs

Illustrative example of a typical job

Whole house in flush casements with a bay on Kingston Ridge

House: A 1930s detached house on Kingston Ridge, assumed here to be outside the Kingston conservation area and not listed.

Spec: Nine uPVC flush casements, 1000 by 1200, a three-unit uPVC flush canted bay, and a composite front door.

Typically £15,500 to £27,000, supplied and fitted, including VAT.

Kingston is inside the National Park. If your house is inside the village conservation area, talk to the Authority before choosing frames.

What the ranges include

Every range is supplied and fitted, including VAT, and includes making good inside and out and taking the old frames away. Scaffold for an upstairs window on a small job is about £500 and is included where stated. Bay supports, rotten sills and damaged brick arches are survey items, priced after the survey. Timber sashes are from £2,650 installed per window, with the final figure depending on size, glazing and the detail the planners ask for.