Just got all my rotten wooden windows replaced with some lovely maintenance-free uPVC ones, and very tasteful they are too. Next thing I know some nosey git from up the street is creating a fuss about my 'plastic windows', mouthing off about how this is a Conservation Area and it's not allowed. Keeps going on about fenestration issues - I'll de-fenestrate him.
We'll see how he likes it when I stone-clad the front and put a satellite dish up. Then I'm going to add a third storey.