Good advice above. Sunrise and Okna are two great vinyl choices, particularly where air leakage is concerned, although I do not believe that you have an Okna dealer in that market yet. Restorations and Vanguard are very similar, pricing will depend on dealer though. The actual product pricing from the factory is very close. Those are "exclusives", so you will not likely find a dealer that offers both.

I have expensive inside mount shutters over kitchen sink area....3 panes across. The window installer said I had to hire a company to take out and replace the shutters before installing new windows. The windows will be removed from the outside of the house, not inside. I just don't trust the shutters being removed and replaced correctly after all this moving around. I live in Maryland and the existing windows I want replaced are 27 years old. Is anyone using a national window company to deal with this problem successfully WITHOUT removing shutters?

Take the new sash to a autobody shop have the French Vanilla paint computer color matched and the sash painted is about the only thing I could think of.

Thank you, yes, I got a new quote today and the recommendation is to put a trim around to cover any stucco damage... So I'll be replacing the glaring white vinyl window frame for a wood trim, hmm... not sure if it's going to have the visual effect I'd like. Has anyone ever tried to adhere a wood trim on top of the thick vinyl frame? ( To hide it) Could I possibly screw wood trim directly on the vinyl window? ( Quotes came in at 20k for 19 windows so I'm rethinking my options).