tim..... wrote:
I've just looked around a rental property and some (most) of the
windows wouldn't open.

1) "pushing" the button in didn't release the lock and I suggested
that this meant they were broken. The agent suggested that they were
locked, but ISTR that if they are locked the button won't push in -
is this right?
2) If they are broken, is there an easy way of removing them without
destroying the window. The lower screw is inaccessible when the
handle is in the closed position.

I assume that there is a standard fitting inside the window for them
to screw into. I have found replacement parts on t' net.
(http://www.handlestore.com/product_list.php?cat_id=6).

The landlord seemed to want to keep his property in good repair and I
think he could be persuaded to fix this problem if it wasn't too
costly.
TIA

tim

Some of the windows I have seen, where the button has the key-hole in, have
it the other way round, the button is out when the window is unlocked,
pressing it in (Where it then stays in) locks it.

I would think having opening windows may well be a saftey issue in the case
of a fire, so the landlord may have to fix them if they are broken!