The Sashwright Co.

We live in a historic neighborhood in Portland, a 100-year-old home that was in desperate need of a solution for old leaky windows and doors. The required oversight of the historical society was potentially nerve-wracking, and the in-kind replacement was rather pricey. Serendipitously right after a terrible ice storm an advertisement arrived in the mail from Sashwright; "Are you freezing your sash off?" We laughed but agreed we were and needed to do something about it. Steven Colvin the proprietor of Sashwright came out to do a thorough walk-through of the house offering a variety of suggestions that would solve our problems and not break the bank. We chose to have custom wooden shutters fabricated for the entire house, as well as a new front door and side door. Several of the storms have

We had a wonderful experience restoring our wood windows with The Sashwright! From our very first interactions, the whole team conveyed a high level of expertise and passion for both old homes and beautiful, functional windows. We had The Sashwright install custom storm windows, remove the original wood windows, restore them, and reinstall them. Carl did an excellent job leading both the window removal and reinstallation; the team was very respectful of our home and worked hard to keep it clean and safe during the work. Carl was also very warm, answered all of our questions, and worked very hard to make sure all of our concerns were fully addressed. The restored windows are BEAUTIFUL. The Sashwright uses very high quality materials and has a keen attention to detail - you can really see t

Had just the most amazing experience working with Sashwright. From start to finish, Dave was in our house making sure and checking in every day just being really attentive and responsive to his craft. It’s obvious that the technicians are really skilled, but what really made this company stand out was how awesome their employees are. Super communicative and kind people! Dave did an excellent job and our house is so much quieter with way less air leakage after doing repairs to all our windows!

We had such a positive experience in 2022 with Sashwright that when it became clear replacing our windows was our best option to meet various goals and needs, we didn't hesitate to work with Sashwright again. Nothing I wrote about in my review from 2022 was different this time (exceptional work and care around our house and property, clear expectations set and met, feeling heard, superb professionalism), but I did want to highlight something that was paramount with the project this time around. We have a toddler now, and going way above and beyond with lead mitigation was a critical need for us. When Sashwright worked with us in 2022, my wife was pregnant and Sashwright went above and beyond to ensure lead mitigation was done exceptionally well (which is was), so we were confident to br

Based on Sashwright's terrific reviews, we contacted them to restore the windows in our 1914 home. We spoke with the owner, Stephen Colvin, on the phone and were impressed. He came to our home and did a fantastic job explaining the work he recommended to restore our windows. He sent a bid by email that we liked. We replied by email that we liked his bid and asked for a couple of clarifications. His reply was that he would no longer honor his bid, and said that if we wished to move forward we'd need to also purchase storm windows from him that come without screens, which would add an additional 50% cost to his original bid. From the start, we were clear that our current storm windows are old but function well and we simply wish to restore the functioning of our windows. His unprofess