Windows in Albuquerque have to survive a hot afternoon glass and a cold night draft in the same day. Failed seals fog up and never clear. Adobe and plaster openings in older neighborhoods are deep and often out of square. Tract windows in the Heights are simpler and still leak at the sill when monsoon rain blows and when spring dust has packed the track. Winter mornings show condensation and a draft you did not feel in September. A west window can be the hot problem and a north window the cold problem on one house. Treat them as a list, not a single complaint.
Say what failed. Fog, rotten wood, water on the stool, a lock that binds on a cold night, or dust pouring through on a windy March afternoon. Count the openings and mention the wall thickness if you are in adobe. An insert that leaves a rotten frame will leak again. A full-frame job in a thick wall needs a plan for plaster and depth, not a standard hole assumption. Ask who patches plaster or stucco inside and out.
Ask how the sill sheds water. Canales and wind-driven rain both end up testing the head and the sill. Ask what fills the gap around the frame so the night draft and the spring dust lose their path. Hardware is a smaller call than a soft frame. A single cracked pane is smaller than a west wall of sliders. Say which you are buying the visit for.
March wind is its own inspection. Dust in the track and a new draft on a north bedroom tell you the gap, not a brochure. A foothill house shows the night drop harder than a valley floor house on the same cold front. Say which side of town you sleep on so the visit matches the swing you actually live in.
Do not steer the call toward a bill. Steer it toward the swing: sun at elevation, cold nights, and wind. Call the number on this page.