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We had UPVC window frames on the Council Estate where I used to live in East London. They were a burglar's dream, so much so that my neighbour on the ground floor caught some toe rag trying to break into his gaff (It didn't help in that said Council sub-contractors had installed them incorrectly in the first place). From Day 1, the windows were draughty. Six years on and I hear that the same windows are being replaced. Perhaps not surprisingly, but every building survey I type up where UPVC window frames are installed come with the recommendation by the Building Surveyor (who, incidentally, is not on commission) to replace said ghastly windows with wooden ones, preferably with trickle ventilation or night latchers. As far UPVC frames lasting longer; then how do you explain that many a Listed Building still has the original wooden frames going back several centuries provided, of course, that one maintains said wood correctly in the first place?! Wood over UPVC any day.