To hate my conservatory?

[Lunchtimeburrito]

Had wanted one for years.
We spent a small fortune having one built 10 years ago. Looks lovely, we spent a lot having the proper blinds fitted etc.
Problems is, we never use it!
It's south facing, boiling hot in the summer and so bright you have to wear sunglasses. Come winter time it's so, so cold. We have a massive radiator in it but it costs a small fortune to heat.
Got a quote to add ceiling and changing the roof to a tiled one so we can make it into a garden/summer room but was quoted £8k 😢
So, basically it's a nice looking spare room, wish I'd spent the money on a new kitchen instead!

YANBU at least mine was already here, but the 3K on blinds was a total waste of money and the bastard is unusable most of the year.

It would definitely be worth paying to have the ceiling/roof done though.

We looked at extensions v conservatory when we extended one house and the extension was twice the size for the same money and more usable. I am in the throes of buying another house and actually discounted one because it had a conservatory because although it was great "space" it was not "great" space.

We had this sane problem and got the roof 'fixed' so we can use it year round. Its not a brick roof, its like theres a layer of insulation. Definately didnt cost 8k.

We put a fairly average sized roof on our conservatory and it cost under £3k. Best thing we ever did - it has completely changed how we use the space.
Ours is about 10 feet by 11.5 feet.

www.comfortableconservatories.com/
This is who we used.

Perhaps I should get a few more quotes, that one quote was a couple of years back perhaps the prices have come down?!

Thanks wizzy will have a look.

We had a conservatory built last year. We've got special glass that ensures it isn't too hot or cold during winter and summer. Might be worth calling the original company and asking about an upgrade?

We moved into a house with a conservatory and are in the process of knocking it down and getting an extension built. Our architect who drew up the plans said loads of people are getting rid off their conservatorys foe the same reasons - wasted space etc.

Shop around for a decent roof covering like ppl say

8K for a conservatory roof?

Mate of mine just had a new roof on his 3 bed semi HOUSE for £7K.

You could probably grow some great plants in there. I miss mine, I grew tomatoes in it.

I agree though, maybe get it roofed and have as a garden room.

We changed the the polycarb roof in our conservatory at our old house for a tinted glass one. It had some kind of coating that kept it cooler in summer and warmer in winter. We used it year round after that, it was well worth doing.

Can we have piccys of people's conservatories? Mine is so dull - I could do with some ideas to jazz it up bit.

A bit late now but my mum got what's she's calling a "sun room" instead, so basically a small extension with a proper roof and lots of windows like a conservatory.

Is great all year round, temperature wise, and it extends the kitchen beautifully - but I've never actually seen them sit in it...

Ours is a plastic roofed monster. The plastic creaks in the wind and now has started moaning to boot. The aluminium strips within it for structural support are sliding out the eaves. It also has holes broken into it.

It faces south so gets to over 30 degrees C, if it's sunny for a while. It's open plan to the dining room and kitchen so both of those areas get freezing cold in winter and spring/autumn really. We will need to install double glazed doors to those rooms (it's not compliant with building regs as it is) and replace the roof with something more appropriate.

Oh, and the sliding door is tilted as well. Gad the joy just goes on.

Weve got a baxi brazilia gasfire in ours. We leave it on low all through the winter to keep it useable. Summer is just hot doors open and fans on

We've tried to make the most of it by using it as different rooms over the years but nothing works. It's was a playroom when the kids were younger but still too hot in summer, too cold winter. Was a dining room but had to remember to put the radiator on a few hours before eating (often forgot!) then in the summer we would all look like a family of z listers out to dinner, sitting there in our sunglasses!!
Now it has a treadmill (which I use only when it's cooler in there!), a sofa (10 years old but pristine cause no one sits on it) and endless plants as they are the only things that will flourish in the bloody thing.
Oh yeah, and a whole host of various bugs both dead and alive, never known anything to attract so many bloody insects!!

Mine gets hot but fab for drying clothes in!

YANBU

We rented a house with a conservatory and I really didn't like it! Boiling in summer, freezing in winter and it had a mysterious entry-point for centipedes!

Such a waste of space!

We put one on a south-facing wall too and I realised the mistake the day it was finished.

Ours is tacked on to the back of our kitchen, which faces south. Cheaply made, polycarb roof - either boiling hot or freezing cold. It houses our fridge and the laundry gets dumped there. That's it. We're getting plans drawn up to tear it down and replace it with a proper brick structure that we can use!