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History of double glazing and sales styles that are not acceptable today

Ms Bance, a teacher and single mother of four from Reigate in Surrey, says that until her experience last year, she thought the days of dodgy double glazing sales tactics had long gone. "I didn't think this sort of thing was still happening," Ms Bance says.

"My windows were leaking. I needed them replaced and decided to go ahead and get it done. I didn't need to be sold to," she adds. "I was ready to buy. But the salesman who came was quite frightening. I had spoken to the company by phone and checked that they were bone fide, so thought there would be no problem."

You do not normally need to apply for planning permission to re-roof your house or to insert roof lights or skylights as the permitted development rules allow for roof alterations  but if part of any extension or conservatory/orangery structure it must must not exceed or even cover over 50% of the size of the house and must not more than 50% of a house width.

Do ensure its inside any height guidelines and I believe these are 4m high, the eaves must be under 3m tall if within 2m of any structure boundaries.Do please understand I am not a...

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Making massive discounts may be the oldest sales trick in the book – but it’s a tactic that’s still working for the double glazing industry. Is a straightforward quote really too much to ask for?

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Given the choice, would you buy a bottle of wine for £4.99, or one that was marked as ‘reduced from £12.99 to £4.99 for today only’? The answer’s obvious to you and...

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The advent of the Internet is not new but frankly most business owners are immigrants to the technical age and fabricators of windows, doors and rooflights are in general entrenched in a business model from a previous century.

This model worked well decades ago, the marketing was often undertaken by salespeople knocking on doors offering a no obligation free quotation, either the same person or another self employed agent would arrive and have the opposite objective to the homeowner.

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