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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 11, 2013

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor C. King

To ask the Manager to provide a report detailing the exact cost of the full replacement of windows and front and rear exterior doors on a standard terraced three bed Council House and the exact cost of same in a semi detached three bed roomed Council house that was built in the 1980's. To further ask the Manager when the current contract for the windows programme is due for renewal with a view to cost savings and the possibility of an increased number of homes been reached under our scheme each year with value for money and good standard of work at the heart of the programme continuing into the future?

REPLY:

Tender documentation is currently being prepared for the advertising of the window contract in February with a view to having the new contract in place by April 2013.  It is therefore not appropriate to provide information on the specific cost of replacing windows and doors in specific house types as this would be considered commercially sensitive information.  Doors depend on size, front or back and whether or not screens would be attached. Windows come in many sizes and depend also on whether bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or sitting room.

The average cost of a full replacement of a mid terrace 3 bed house can vary from  €5,500 to €6,300. These prices are exclusive of VAT. 

 The window programme relates mainly to old stock so most of the houses where windows were replaced would have been built in the 1980s.