Robin0919....while your statement below might be true on many occasions it is not in my case. I am an owner/builder and getting General Contractor pricing from the vendors and contractors. Even if I wasn't getting GC prices the 30-50% more is unheard of in my area. " I do know for a fact that if you're on O/B and getting prices from subs they will 'try' to charge you consumer price instead of GC's price even thou someone is building a whole house and not just a small project. Their price for consumers is usually around 30-50% higher than the GC price."

yikes! First thought that comes to mind is Good God, this isn't brain surgery and doesn't require "special skills" to do!! Is the guy is trying to make up for a bid that in a better economy, he'd probably be charging more for? If he's serious about his price I'd refuse to pay that and I'd get some other quotes. Honestly though, it's such an easy task, that since most kitchens go over budget anyways, if it were my DH & I, we'd install the doors ourselves to help get the budget back in line. Just my two cents.

We just got a price for the same set up (front door 3/4 glass with pattern plus the 2 sidelights all in fiberglass woodgrain, etc.) from the Albany Door rep. Price is $6300. Much easier to digest than $16,000 from the Provia rep. Both include installation, stained aluminum wrap to match the door, etc. We did place the order with the Albany Door guy but now I have some reservations because I think Provia is probably higher quality door. I might put a hold on the order until I get another local Provia company rep here to get another quote on their product. I hate to do that to the Albany sales guy though since he was here for 3.5 hours!!

That seems a bit on the low end to me as well, but that is Milgard home territory right there. +1 Get all the install details clarified and if the contractor is well vetted, that is a decent window.