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Ann Arbor has the oldest housing stock and the strictest neighborhood oversight of any Michigan city we work in, and both raise the bar on a window job. The Old West Side is a designated historic district with a commission that reviews exterior changes, and the houses in it are largely late nineteenth and early twentieth century, still carrying original wood sash with rope-and-weight counterbalances.
Water Hill and Kerrytown are the same vintage. Burns Park is early twentieth century, and Ann Arbor Hills is mid-century. The University of Michigan keeps a dense rental market in the older neighborhoods where windows are frequently the last thing a landlord touches. Winter lows near 18 degrees with lake-effect grey mean those old sashes leak heat for six months of the year.
Licensed, background-checked crews, experienced with historic district approvals here.
Fixed itemized pricing, including custom profiles or true divided lights when required.
We file with the Ann Arbor Building Department and manage the historic district commission process.
Our labor is warranted for life, and the manufacturer warranty covers glass, seals and hardware.
Every style, built for Ann Arbor's climate.
Two sashes that slide up and down, the profile the Old West Side historic district expects.
Cranks outward on a side hinge and seals hard, a real gain over a century-old rope-and-weight sash.
Glides horizontally on a track, a practical fit for a rear addition or an Ann Arbor Hills mid-century wall.
One large fixed pane, the best-insulated option where nothing needs to open and the U-factor rules.
Multi-panel windows that project outward, a genuine period feature on Water Hill and Kerrytown homes.
Awnings vent from the top on a mild day, and garden windows add a shelf that catches what sun there is.
For Ann Arbor's cold climate we most often install vinyl or fiberglass frames with high-solar-gain Low-E 180 glass.
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From one drafty window to every opening in the house, we serve homeowners and property owners across Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County.
Single-family homes, Victorians, Craftsman and mid-century houses, condos and student rentals through the Old West Side, Burns Park, Kerrytown, Water Hill and Ann Arbor Hills. We measure, file the permit with the Ann Arbor Building Department, install, and clean up behind us.
Offices, university-adjacent buildings, retail, multi-family and student housing, and HOA communities. We install code-compliant glazing, work around your hours, and price larger unit counts as a package.
Residential or commercial, most Ann Arbor property types qualify. No deposit, no pressure.
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Ann Arbor sits in climate zone 5A, cold and often overcast in winter with warm humid summers and a long heating season. Insulation and air sealing come well ahead of solar rejection here. This is the assembly we install on Ann Arbor homes:
| Spec | Recommended for Ann Arbor | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Glass coating | high-solar-gain Low-E 180 | maximum winter insulation + solar gain |
| Frame material | Vinyl or fiberglass | harsh winters near 18°F, no warping, tight seal |
| Gas fill | Argon | argon (krypton optional) for deep-winter insulation |
| U-factor target | ≤ 0.27 | exceeds the Michigan energy code requirement for zone 5A |
| SHGC target | higher = better | captures free solar heat (no code cap in cold zones) |
Southeast Michigan winters are grey as well as cold, which changes the calculation slightly. There is less winter sun to capture than in Colorado, so the U-factor does more of the work here than the coating does, and getting it to 0.27 or lower matters. On a century-old house the air sealing around the frame is the other half of the job, and it is the half most quotes ignore. Power runs about 20.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, high for the Midwest.
Window installation in Ann Arbor usually runs $600 to $1,000 per installed window, or $12,000 to $22,000 for a full home, the highest pricing in Michigan and for real reasons. Old West Side houses need individual measurement, the openings are tall and long out of square, and a historic district approval can require a specific sash profile or true divided lights rather than a catalogue unit. With local home values near $540,000, the figure is proportionate, and we quote it fixed.
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We measure every opening by hand and confirm whether your property is in a historic district.
Your sash is built to that exact opening, to a profile the commission will approve.
Most Ann Arbor homes install in a day once approvals land, and we carry the review process.
We protect the floors, carry the old sash out, and register your warranty before we leave.
Ann Arbor requires a building permit for window replacement, filed with the City of Ann Arbor Building Department. The bigger consideration is historic review. Ann Arbor has designated historic districts including the Old West Side, and exterior alterations to a contributing property in one of them go before the historic district commission, which looks at material, profile and proportion. That is a scheduled process, not a same-week approval, so it belongs in your timeline from the start. Your windows also have to meet the Michigan Residential Code energy provisions, capping fenestration to the zone limit in zone 5.
"From quote to install in Old West Side, everything was exactly what they said it would be."
"Two of our Burns Park windows had been painted shut for years. They open like new now."
"Got three quotes in Ann Arbor. Theirs was the only one that explained the glass choice."
Recent project: Full-home replacement in Old West Side, 20 high-solar-gain Low-E 180 windows.
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ZIP codes served: 48103, 48104, 48105, 48108, 48197
Yes, and possibly two approvals. The Building Department requires a permit. If your home is a contributing property in a designated historic district such as the Old West Side, the historic district commission reviews the exterior change first, which adds time.
For zone 5A southeast Michigan conditions, we recommend Low-E 180 glass with argon fill in vinyl or fiberglass frames at a U-factor of 0.27 or lower. With grey winters here the U-factor matters more than the solar gain.
Most Ann Arbor jobs run $600 to $1,000 per installed window, or $12,000 to $22,000 for a full home. Historic district approvals requiring a specific profile or true divided lights push toward the top.
Michigan power runs about 20.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, high for the region. On a typical Ann Arbor home, efficient windows save about $568 a year on the ENERGY STAR published figure for this climate zone, or about $282 if you are replacing older double pane.
Sometimes, but not with a stock vinyl unit. The historic district commission reviews exterior alterations on contributing properties and cares about sash profile, divided lights and proportion. We establish what is approvable before quoting, so you are not paying for windows the commission will turn down.
Yes. Every installer we match you with is licensed, bonded and insured in Michigan, and their work carries a lifetime workmanship warranty from your installer alongside the manufacturer's warranty on the windows. We arrange your quote and the introduction; your installation contract is with the installer who does the work.
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