Our house has a large brick built conservatory, it’s a great space but is so cold in winter and hot in summer, it isn’t a very usable room. It is off our living room and could offer an additional reception space if it weren’t so cold/hot, although it’s questionable how much we’d actually use it as it doesn’t have privacy from the living room (double glass doors) and I suspect we would still mainly use the living room to sit in, watch telly etc.
We are currently looking to replace our windows so asked the company for a quote to upgrade the conservatory as well - all new windows, doors and a proper tiled roof. It would be classed as an extension once done. The quote for the conservatory was over £60k! This seems a huge amount of money to spend on a room we might not actually use that much, just to make it a bit nicer and to match with the new windows.
So I’m thinking of other options, eg could we just put a new roof on? Would this make a significant difference to the temperature? I think most heat is lost through the roof rather than the windows (roof is nasty corrugated plastic type material, windows are double glazed although at least 20-25 years old and probably not the best). Could this be a cheaper but still effective solution?
Much as the upgraded conservatory looks so much better in the pictures we’ve seen, I’m just not sure we can justify spending £60k on what feels like an “extra” room. We plan to stay here a good few years yet, so we would have the benefit of the work and I suspect it would make the house more saleable in the long term, but would it be better to do something cheaper with the roof and save the money for something that we would feel more benefit from (eg new bathrooms)?
Has anyone done a conservatory roof upgrade and felt it was worthwhile?