When my landlord told me that he was going to have someone coming out to the house to give him an estimate of replacing the old windows with new composite double hung windows, I was thrilled. The only work that I think I heard that day was new. The old windows that were in the house now were extremely old and you could feel the cold air blowing right through them in the winter.

The day that the window company came out to do the estimate, I asked him how much the cost of putting in the new vinyl windows was going to cost my landlord. He replied by saying that the new vinyl windows would cost him nothing, because he was going to have composite double hung windows put in.

I had never heard of composite double hung windows before and wondered if this was my landlord’s way of saving money. It would be just like him to go for something that looks new but is not going to do anything about the draft. I might as well get used to being cold in the winter time.

The day that the new windows were to be installed, I had to work so I could not see all of the work being done. When I pulled into the driveway that night, I could not believe how much better the house looked with the new windows. They were much more energy efficient than I had given them credit for too.