Bringing the house of horrors - sorry the des res - kicking & screaming into the 21st century: part 17. Windows. Yes the final window installment is taking place. The 2nd winter we were here we realised that replacing the windows on the back of the house wasn't a nice to have it was an essential (the fact the old window in one of the bedrooms came out after only a gentle push said it all) and so we bit the bullet & counted our pennies out & replaced all the old, shonky, rattly & frankly dangerous back sash windows with shiny new UPVC ones. And we were thrilled with the result. Roll forward 2 years and after more important extensions & electrics & roofing & decorating & knocking walls down we looked at the front of the house & thought - ah. We are not putting our best face on - the windows at the front are now at that super shonky / rattly phase & so we and counted our pennies again & the nice window man is back. 
But of course being the house of horrors this is not a simple job. On the old windows (made in the 1950's) the pillars between the bits of glass were rather wide. So wide in fact that some clever person used the width of the pillar in our bedroom to build a wall & created our ensuite. Clever. However in this lovely new century there is no need for such wide pillars as materials are better & light is at a premium so nice window man has had to get creative. And it has taken him 4 hours or so - ie all morning to get the one new window into this tricky space. For context 2 years ago he had done 3 back windows in that length of time. But he reckons the hard work is now done & the rest should be plain sailing. I won't however hold my breath!
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