AIBU to think people following home trends such as glass lanterns regret this now

[noggla]

Those who have done extensions in their kitchens etc that put glass lanterns and/or floor to ceiling glass walls without any openings. They must have been regretting these plus other things that warm homes unintentionally.

No. Im still happy, no regrets.

I would be regretting it madly quite honestly

I’ve got wide patios doors from living room to garden, so covering about a third of the width of the house. For the first time I’m actually glad our garden is north-east facing and they get very little direct sun! I’ve always loved the look of houses with the open plan extensions and multi-panel bifold doors running the width of the house, but would think twice about that now. Double height glass atriums must be challenging too.

I don’t see why. You can have blinds or thermal glass.

LOL. Nominative Determinism in action.

People who blindly follow fashion need to give their heads a wobble. This is a small example compared with some of the idiotic fashions there have been. I wonder if some are a practical joke to see how gullible some people are.

We've got 2 lanterns in the extension and 2 big sliding doors. It can get a little warm at times, but we are in the north west and frankly I can put up with a little stuffy and opening the windows for the up side of loads of light in the long dark winters....

I know we’re all different and tastes change, but I loathe them, not because of the heat (although that’s bad enough), but because they’re often part of a disgustingly overblown kitchen extension (usually with giant leg bruising island) which has also turned a not very big garden into a pocket handkerchief.

Trying to find an interwar to mid century house that doesn’t have one of these carbuncles tacked onto it is almost impossible.

Sorry, @noggla , you’ve touched a nerve!

I’ve never understood why people see these as a trend or a modern invention. The Romans had skylights! My parents’ house overseas had skylights since the 1960s.

Mid-century modern architecture is not a trend but a recognised architectural movement that holds the same value as Victorian or whatever else. I find it annoying how many English people think that the only classy thing to live in is an unmodernised Victorian house. Ridiculous and narrow-minded!

We built our conservatory last year so this is the first summer we've had it. Yes it's too hot to use, but the days that have been closer to 25 have been fine in there.
We do need to sort out a better curtain or blind system as currently have a sail for the roof and I have hung up some side muslin curtains to block the sun. Our garden is n/nw facing so the whole side is west facing and in full sun all day.
Also, once some more garden landscaping has been done and I can plant out the trees and shrubs I have in pots, they will help shade it and help keep the temperature down a bit.
However, once this summer passes it will be usable again, so the short term pain is worth it imo.
It has highlighted the need for the doors between the kitchen and it though, if only to keep out all the flies whilst I'm cooking dinner that we've had this year. That has been awful.

Really? You can’t move for renovation blogs, Instagram posts, and magazines. It’s a big thing. If you’re talking about using reclaimed materials that’s completely different.

Is it something peculiarly English or the Welsh not do this too? There’s a lot of renovation going on in Wales so perhaps they’re not living in the unmodernised houses that you’re thinking of. But I have absolutely never come across an unmodernised Victorian house. Perhaps I’m too sophisticatedly urban.

No, not at all. I have a kitchen with skylights and French windows overlooking an east-facing water meadow. I can sit and watch the Dawn all year round. The kitchen is warm from the sun, nine months of the year, it seldom needs heating.

If it gets too warm I open the doors. By noon the sun has moved off the back of the house and I can create an airy through draft. It's lovely. 🙂

Mines a bit more than a lantern 😂

Yes its bloody hot!

It is also glorious to live in this house. Just means we will install aircon this winter. Which is good because it’s forced our hand to just get on with it.

Currently using a portable unit and we are sitting having dinner under this light at 27c

Also getting external film installed to reduce the uv and heat gain.

So no I am not sad about my glazing 😂 in fact I think every single day how lucky I am and have lived here half a decade now. Thats a lot of joy

I don’t know anyone who lives in an unmodernised Victorian house, @PixellatedPixie , but I do know plenty of people who live in Victorian town cottages with really weirdly huge extensions tacked onto the back, covered in swathes of sweltering glass. I mean, we’re not talking the occasional cooling skylight in your personal Roman villa here, are we?

No. Im still happy, no regrets
LOL. Nominative Determinism in action

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We downsized to a park home with a glass porch and at the moment it's hotter than hell. I can dry washing in hours on an airer but cannot walk on the floor barefoot, we do have two rugs down. We tried putting a blind on one window last year as we have a Small table and chairs in there which we use for 2 months in spring and 2 months in autumn but the extra fancy glue dh used for the hooks kept melting so we gave up.

I’ve got lots of glass, and air con! No regrets

Lots of glass here as well. Our house was carefully designed and built so the heat isn't an issue. We wouldn't trade our beautiful views for a conventional box for anything.

Nope, lantern fine here (1910 house), tbh I’d say it’s been life enhancing. Brings a ton more light in and heat at the mo is fine cos it’s a north north east facing garden. And that’s huge. Blinds on the french doors for winter and underfloor heating. It’s transformed our use of the downstairs!

I'm very happy with our bifold doors but we face N-NW so don't get too much direct sunlight on them. The other side of the house is hotter as it has sun all day.

Totally agree that mid-century modern is a recognised movement.
There's a school of thought that if you want a mid-century modern house then buy one. There are millions about. Don't buy a Victorian house and fuck it over with all kinds of mid-century modern or just plain modern stuff. You see a lot of it on Rightmove etc. Someone buys the most amazing Victorian villa, then two years later it's back on the market with black plastic windows and a 'clean asthetic' that makes it look like Lego.

My neighbours had a glass box extension put on their house (1970s bungalow) a few years ago. It's hot as Hades. They have a beach parasol up in their dining conservatory and sit under it on deck chairs reading the Daily Mail.

It's put me off houses to buy if they have those lanterns and large glass doors. I think generally you have to be careful with glass as it can be cold in winter and hot in summer.

I once went to a children's birthday party where everyone cooked in the lantern/glass door kitchen. Another 2 parties with family /friends we froze our asses off in the glass roofed rooms.

A friend has lovely bifolds but maybe it's the skylight that makes it hot.

We have skylight in our attic stairs and it's fine. But we live in Manchester so it's not hot.

We have bifolds in our not exciting 80s build house. South facing. Yep hot at the moment but I still love opening up the living room into the garden, and most of the year it's fine. I would like aircon but we will likely downsize before we get really old, and until then a huge ceiling fan and portable aircon does the job.

My unmodernised, Victorian house has an original skylight in the attic room! 😂