Will fixing my conservatory roof add value to my house?

[Sweetenermaz]

Me and my partner bought our first house in December. The house has a conservatory with a pvc roof which has had some of the joints taped up by the prior owner. We’re debating whether to fix the roof, and if so what type of roof to get. We expect only to be in the house 2 years so don’t want to spend shed loads. Ideally 3-5k. Will fixing the roof add value to the house? Or do just leave it? We’ve had a quote for a glass roof at 6.5k.

picture of current roof attached.
thanks

It might not add value but it would make it easier to sell. In the meantime, you will get the benefit of a non-league roof.

I don't know about adding value, but would definitely make it more saleable. I would look at a fix like that and wonder what else was bodged. Very off-putting.

Well, not fixing it would detract from its value for me.

I am in Scotland where sellers provide a Home Report with a valuation on it, and a long list of assessed conditions of features - windows, masonry, presence of asbestos etc.

Your roof would be listed as requiring remediation . As a buyer I would look at that and deduct the cost of remediation from my offer, unless the house was priced as a fixer-upper or below market.

Is it weathertight as it sits? If not, there is likely to be knock on damage.

All the above does depend on your local market and where it goes in the next two years, plus what you expect to get from it, of course.

Of course it won’t add value, a non leaking roof is kind of a baseline when you’re buying a house 😁
You won’t have potential buyers asking for a discount for having to sort it themselves, but nothing above and beyond that.
Don’t you want it sorted for yourselves, though? It looks shit.

Conservatories that have been converted to have a solid insulated roof on, and that are adequately heated add value. Standard old conservatories actually reduce value by an average of 15%, they cost too much to heat and are often poorly constructed. No-one wants those anymore.

Not all conservatives can take the weight of an insulated tiled roof though, but that’s the only sort to bother with.

I’d take it down if it was me.