Now, windows

 There are about 100 windows (more or less. Well, more) in the house. 

Each window needs to be assessed, cleaned, perhaps repaired, and painted.

What we have:

Bogk House today

What we want:

Bogk House from the Avery Library collection. Probably from the 1920s

This is not a small job.

We talked to three different groups with three different approaches and three wildly different prices for this job.

The first approach is the most expensive. You look at each window, remove the window and take it to a woodworking shop. Strip, fill and repaint. Repair all the hardware that needs to be repaired. Return the windows to the house and reinstall - and make sure everything opens and closes as needed. A fantastic way to solve the problem, but also very time consuming and expensive. We love this group, but are somewhat intimidated by the process and the cost.

The second group will work on each window in situ. There will be sanding, and filling as necessary. The repair on the window hardware may be out of this groups reach, but they will do what they can. We may need to follow-up with a dedicated window repair specialist. It will take much less time, is much less intrusive, and the person who is offering this service has painted many houses in the neighborhood, so they have an incentive to do this right.

The third is simply to hand the job over to the general contractor, once we select one. We are not leaning in this direction.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is having their annual meeting in Milwaukee, and will be stopping by the house in September, and we would like to have the painting finished by then. That might be a tall order. They are mainly talking about what we did for the Air Conditioning, and some work that was performed before we bought the house.

We will not be messing with the art glass windows, which you can see in this image:

I can't remember how many of those windows are in the house, but I think it is over 50. They are all in good shape, because they are all recessed and protected from the weather. 

You may recall that these are the windows that Great Nephew Oliver used as a model for a cake he made:

Which was not only spectacular, but delicious as well.

We will have a decision this week, and as the painting starts, I will have updated posts.