Replacement windows
The stucco terraces and Edwardian avenues were built with timber sliding sashes, and uPVC sashes are the usual modern replacement on an unlisted house. The inter-war and post-war suburbs, and the bungalows, take casements.
Double glazing, windows and doors in Eastbourne
Windows, doors and conservatory roofs for a seaside town, from Meads to Sovereign Harbour, fitted by our own team.
- From Meads and Old Town to Sovereign Harbour
- Advice on frames and finishes for a house by the sea
- Our own fitters and a 10 year guarantee
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Holtye Windows in Eastbourne
The furthest town we cover, and one of the most distinctive
Eastbourne was laid out from the middle of the nineteenth century as a planned resort, on land belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire, and it still looks planned: stuccoed terraces along the front, red brick and tile-hanging in Meads, broad Edwardian avenues behind.
It is twenty-eight miles from our showroom, the far end of the area we work in. The survey and quote are free, and the fitters are the same ones who work round the corner from East Grinstead station.
What we fit
Windows, doors and conservatories for Eastbourne homes
Supplied, fitted and guaranteed for 10 years by our own team. Nothing is subcontracted.
New doors
Composite doors suit a seaside town, because the skin does not rot and never needs painting. Facing the garden, sliding or bifold doors in aluminium make the most of the light.
Conservatories and extensions
Conservatories are a familiar sight on Eastbourne’s bungalows and semis, and many are now thirty years old. A warm roof replaces tired polycarbonate or glass with an insulated, tiled roof on the same frames.
Home improvements
Salt air shortens the life of painted timber fascias and bargeboards. uPVC roofline does not need the paint.
Homes in Eastbourne
Stucco on the front, red brick in Meads, estates beyond
Each part of Eastbourne was built to a plan, and you can still tell which plan.
The seafront and town centre are the Devonshire resort: stuccoed terraces of about 1840 to 1880, laid out to Henry Currey’s designs. Meads, built around 1890 to 1910, was deliberately different, in red brick with tiled roofs, tile-hanging and half-timbering.
Old Town, a mile inland, is the original village, with older buildings in flint and greensand. Edwardian suburbs of terraces, semis and detached houses ring the centre.
To the north and east are the twentieth-century estates of Hampden Park and Langney and, since the early 1990s, Sovereign Harbour, with around 3,000 homes round the marina. Harbour homes get salt spray from every side, and that should decide the choice of frame and hardware.
Our work
The kind of work Eastbourne asks us for
All our own installations, photographed on site across Sussex, Surrey and Kent. Select a photo to see it full size.
Local planning
Planning permission and conservation areas in Eastbourne
Eastbourne Borough Council is the planning authority for the town. The downland on its western edge, around Beachy Head and Holywell, is in the South Downs National Park, and since April 2026 applications there have gone to the National Park Authority instead.
There are twelve conservation areas, covering about five per cent of the borough. Only one of them restricts replacement windows and doors on houses: The Park Close, a group of twenty houses with its own Article 4 direction. Elsewhere the council’s Townscape Guide confirms that a single private house in a conservation area can change its windows and doors without permission.
That freedom does not extend to flats, and much of the seafront and town centre is flats. For those, and for listed buildings, the council expects the original design and material to be kept on the elevations that show, and is more relaxed about the ones that do not.
The national rules, briefly
- Replacing the windows and doors of a house does not normally need planning permission, as long as the new ones look similar to the old.
- Flats and maisonettes do not have that right, and a listed building needs listed building consent. Check with the council before changing either.
- Every replacement window and external door has to meet Building Regulations. We’re Certass registered, so we certify the work ourselves and you receive the certificate within eight weeks.
- A conservatory or single-storey rear extension is often permitted development too, within size limits that tighten in conservation areas and protected landscapes.
Worth knowing locally
Windows by the sea
On the seafront, at Sovereign Harbour and on the cliff at Meads, salt gets into everything that moves. Frames in uPVC or powder-coated aluminium cope well, since neither rusts nor rots. Hinges, handles and locks are where the trouble starts.
So it pays to specify stainless steel hardware on any window within sight of the sea, to choose a coastal-grade finish for aluminium, and to rinse the frames with fresh water a few times a year. We can set out the options, and what each adds to the price, at survey.
Projects
Recent projects
We haven’t written up a job in Eastbourne itself yet. These show the standard of work, with photos and the detail of what was done.
Georgian sash windows, doors and rooftrim
Twenty-five white woodgrain sash windows with Georgian bars, three doors, an aluminium bifold and new rooftrim on a detached home.
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Whole-house renovation
Windows, doors, a Supalite warm roof extension, kitchen, cloakroom, flooring and decorating — all handled by one team from start to finish.
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New windows, driveway and patio
New windows and doors, a gravel driveway, and a garden rebuilt around a sandstone patio and a slate-roofed timber pergola.
View project
Customer reviews
What our customers say
Rated 10/10 from 149 reviews on Checkatrade, where we’ve been a vetted member since 2014.
Where we work
Eastbourne and the places around it
We cover the whole of Eastbourne, and we don’t stop at the edge of town.
- Meads
- Old Town
- Upperton
- Ratton
- Hampden Park
- Langney
- Sovereign Harbour
- Roselands
- Willingdon
- Polegate
- Stone Cross
- Westham
- Pevensey
- Pevensey Bay
- East Dean
- Friston
Nearby areas: Hailsham, Lewes, Brighton. See everywhere we cover.
Questions
Eastbourne: your questions
Can’t see what you need? Call 01342 410079 and we’ll answer it properly.
Do I need planning permission for new windows in Eastbourne?
For a house, not normally, even in a conservation area, provided the new windows look similar to the old. The one exception is The Park Close, where an Article 4 direction covers windows and doors. Flats and listed buildings always need consent.
Which windows last best by the sea?
uPVC and powder-coated aluminium both cope well with salt air, because neither rusts or rots. The weak points are the moving parts. Ask for stainless steel hinges and handles on any window within sight of the sea, and rinse the frames with fresh water a few times a year.
Can you replace the roof on my conservatory?
In most cases, yes. A warm roof is made to sit on the existing frames, provided they are sound and strong enough to take it, which we check at survey. Our conservatory roofs are JHAI-approved, so the Building Regulations side is handled as part of the job.
Eastbourne is 28 miles from East Grinstead. Is that too far?
No. It is the furthest town we cover, and the service is the same as anywhere else: a free survey at your home, a written quote, our own fitters and a 10 year guarantee. The showroom is at 2 Station Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1DJ if you would like to see the products first.
Which parts of Eastbourne do you cover?
All of it, from Meads, Old Town and Upperton to Hampden Park, Langney and Sovereign Harbour, with Willingdon, Polegate, Stone Cross, Westham, Pevensey and East Dean.
Free quotations
Ready for a quote in Eastbourne?
Book a free, no-obligation survey at your home in Eastbourne, or come and see us at the East Grinstead showroom.