In article ,
(Morgan) wrote:

My wife and I are replacing the original wood casement windows in our
1938, stucco exterior home. We are considering aluminum clad wood
exterior/wood interior windows from Lincoln, but we are not sure the
cost is worth it over vinyl. We received a quote for $15,000 for 10
windows installed, including replacing the frames and repairing the
stucco. Most windows are 42.5x55. The company broke out the costs to
be $9900 for the windows and $5000 for labor. $1000 per window and
$500 for each installation seems high to me. In their quote, they
show list price as $14028 and their discounted price to me at $9900.
Is this a reasonable price. We are in the San Francisco Bay Area, so
I know prices here are higher.

Thanks.
Morgan

Garnted, labor costs may be higher in some places than others, but a
grand apiece for a *sngle* window -- excluding installation?????? Excuse
me while I laugh my ass off. And I'm not even what one would consider a
cheapskae about things.

BTW, I personally wouldn't trust anyone but an actual living breathing
stucco guy who has done work for someone I actually know to "repair"
stucco.

Unless the draft from those old windows is blowing your hair around,
keep looking for something a LOT more reasonable. Like several thousand
dollars more reasonable.

AJS