Conservatory Quote...... is it reasonable?
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Just looking for some advice from those who've been in the same situation.
I've just had a couple of quotes for a conservatory installation to include the following works:
all groundwork (garden is level and there's only a small path to break up)
knock through from dining room and make good
install french doors from dining to conservatory
erect dwarf wall to 3 sides (i side with a break for the door)
erect full height wall to one side
install UPVC conservatory (approx 12' 10" by 12' 10")
install french doors to patio
install feed for a/c unit
install electrical sockets
tile conservatory floor with quarry tiles
lay patio (approx 12' by 12')
The quotes for this are coming in at about 12k which seems a bit steep to me...... anyone care to comment?
I've just had a couple of quotes for a conservatory installation to include the following works:
all groundwork (garden is level and there's only a small path to break up)
knock through from dining room and make good
install french doors from dining to conservatory
erect dwarf wall to 3 sides (i side with a break for the door)
erect full height wall to one side
install UPVC conservatory (approx 12' 10" by 12' 10")
install french doors to patio
install feed for a/c unit
install electrical sockets
tile conservatory floor with quarry tiles
lay patio (approx 12' by 12')
The quotes for this are coming in at about 12k which seems a bit steep to me...... anyone care to comment?
Only thing I'd strongly recommend is to insulate the floor and install underfloor heating. I did mine using electrical system as an afterthought and it's good but would be better if I'd insulated the floor first - too late after the event though.
I can't recommend underfloor heating strongly enough. It's brilliant.
I can't recommend underfloor heating strongly enough. It's brilliant.
Jasandjules said:
That sounds like a reasonable price to me.
The only thing I would say is, as another poster has said, get heating installed - you will regret it if you don't. Ideally if you can just add two radiators to the current system..
If you add heating don't you then have to get planning permission?The only thing I would say is, as another poster has said, get heating installed - you will regret it if you don't. Ideally if you can just add two radiators to the current system..
Another ditto, yep, sounds ok to me. In 2006 we installed a similar size conservatory. About £5k to get it, £750 cash in hand for a couple of blokes to erect it. The base was already there from a previous conservatory, likewise the doors into the house. I did the rest, tiling, etc, not a lot of cash (say £1k) but a lot of time.
Factor in the 5yrs inflation then on top of my costs you need a concrete base plus house work, electricity, flooring and you're getting someone to do it for you - it's sounding better all the time !
Factor in the 5yrs inflation then on top of my costs you need a concrete base plus house work, electricity, flooring and you're getting someone to do it for you - it's sounding better all the time !
Jasandjules said:
Road2Ruin said:
If you add heating don't you then have to get planning permission?
I have no idea, I certainly didn't get planning but this was maybe six/seven years ago in our previous house and the house sold ok...... Maybe you do now though!
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/common...
OP, you need to check on this bit:
PLanning Portal said:
Any new structural opening between the conservatory and the existing house will require building regulations approval, even if the conservatory itself is an exempt structure.
As for the original question, seems a good price provided the spec is right. We paid £10k for a 3mx5m conservatory 10 years ago.Thanks guys, I've queried with the builder what type of roof and whether the heating is included.... also asked him about the planning / building regs.
Had hoped that the price would be under 10k but that appears to be a pipedream!
What's the general consensus about how much (if any) value a conservatory adds to a house?
Had hoped that the price would be under 10k but that appears to be a pipedream!
What's the general consensus about how much (if any) value a conservatory adds to a house?
stemll said:
Personally, I don't think it adds any value at all but I think it will make it easier to sell over a similar property without one. Resale value wasn't a consideration when we built ours.
Agree with this comment regards adding value. I think a good quality conservatory could possibly make it easier to sell a property compared to another similar without one and I am sure that a cheap and poorly planned conservatory would make it more difficult to sell and could possibly reduce the value of a property.
I like the idea of conservatories but the reality of them doesn't quite add up for me more often than not.
So unless it was something I deemed essential for my needs or of extremely high and modern quality I would not pay anymore for a house with one and more than likely I would look to buy a house without one (as I have done only 3 weeks ago), so I could decide to build one to my specification which meets my needs should I decide to do so.
Not wishing to put anybody off, but I read recently online when looking in to conservatories, that glass box, folding open doors modern style “bringing the outside in” are all the fashion now (and pricey to be done properly, some lovely examples of these posted on PH recently) and that older fashioned and traditional style conservatories are best not considered if adding value and / or desirability are a key objective.
Essentially the general advice was; to build one that meets your purpose and enjoy it for that.
dustybottoms said:
Essentially the general advice was; to build one that meets your purpose and enjoy it for that.
This is what I'm doing.... it'll add space to my ground floor that I desperately need, however I've not added one before and was interested to know if it added value.Now I know it doesn't, I won't be disappointed when I have the place valued at the end of all the renovations!
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