Help me buy a greenhouse

[Iamnotalemming]

First time I've ever had the space for one. We moved 18 months ago and Ive been slowly planning the garden. I have been googling but feeling a bit overwhelmed by scale of choice and add-on features (air vents, shades, guttering etc.)

I want a decent, well made one, but not an extravagant one that costs the same as a basic house extension. We are rural (occasionally livestock gets in) and have small DC so am thinking strong plastic material rather than glass. Metal frame, not wood. Budget approx. £2K.

Any recommendations or tips please wise gardeners of mumsnet?

The 2wests&anelliott site looks decent: Anyone with experience of them? TIA.

I was told get as big a one as you can fit into your garden. Mine is a Halls greenhouse, 6x8, with two roof windows with self openers and long glass panels. I wish I got vents for the back wall, just to get some airflow. Mine has toughened glass but they do it with polycarbonate windows too.My greenhouse

Oh, and I have gutters on both sides but just one water butt off one of them. We also got the plinth.

I really like my Rhino and my dad has a halls that he likes.

https://www.greenhousesdirect.co.uk/products/rhino-classic-6x8-tuscan-olive?variant=39446307766456&currency=GBP&utm_campaign=free_shopping_organic&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Performance%20Max%20%7C%20FP-GHD-UK-Lang-EN-G-Google-PerfMax-PRSPCT-WebConv-MULTI&utm_content=&utm_term=&infinity=ict2~net~gaw~cmp~16823414845~ag~~ar~~kw~~mt~~acr~9390792029&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyLGjBhDKARIsAFRNgW-c7TpI8Rg6UDccLaAsZBbnacS5NEfGSo5HCdAAFjKLdDFQB2_h-JIaAgkNEALw_wcB
Sorry for huge link but mine is this size, but aluminium colour

We inherited a halls 8x6 and lean to 4x 6. Treated ourselves to a "Greenhouse People", green one 8x6 toughened safety glass,in green, which stands on our veg plot. We overwinter a lot of plants,so a couple of years ago bought another 4 x6 lean to which sits next to the other lean to. If you are going to be serious gardening,get the biggest,you can afford. We've always had greenhouses and toddlers (DGKs now) never had any mishaps
with them. We do live in a very windy area, just 10 minutes from the sea, have had a couple of panes break in storms on the old greenhouse. Look carefully at where you should site it. We have 2 automatic roof openings and a none automatic Louvre pane in the green one. Come march when the clocks go forward,it's surprising how hot it gets.

Lots of good recommendations, thanks all! @Nannyfannybanny does the toughened glass withstand lobbed sport balls etc? I also had a curious cow in my newly planted herb bed last summer but I doubt anything would stop that if decided to walk into a greenhouse wall!
We have a lot of big trees nearby but did get some heaving lopping last summer with farmer's agreement. Potential site is not directly under any of them.

Agree with getting the largest and best you can afford. Two Wests and Elliott as an excellent well-established company which is really good for accessories to, as are the Greenhouse People. You could look at Robinsons too, I have two large Professional greenhouses from them but they are £££!

I have a Robinsons, installed 32 years ago and still doing fine.

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I have toughened glass and managed to break a panel when mowing brought up a rogue stone. I almost cried! Thankfully, through an error by the company, we had a spare pane. I now cover it when mowing. My dad has normal glass in his and even strums right next to it. Never broken a pane. That said, with having a dog I was glad it wasn't shards of glass, just small non sharp chunks

I had a large Elite Greenhouse that I loved. Get the largest you can. My current greenhouse is an 8 x 6 and I've run out of space already. A 10 x 12 if you can.

Automatic vent openers are brilliant, get a couple spare put in if you can afford it.

Shelving is expensive but it's lovely when it's perfect fit.

Down pipes for water butts.

Mine has got a front and back door as it's the way to the oil tank.

And I'm in a really windy area and the rhino stood up to it no problem at all.