Corner window

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Hi
We have the foundations down for an extension for kitchen/diner with seating area. The corner looking out to the garden is all glass with French doors on the left wall. Each span of glass is about 3.5m broken up into 4 equal panels. See attached photoshopped photos to give you an idea.

We had a landscaper out last night and he suggested putting in a section of wall to break it up, provide a bit more privacy and to reduce costs. That side of the extension looks out to a paved area and the side of what will be our house, so the actual view is really past where the corner will be.

What would you choose? Would you make a last minute change to add in a section of wall?

Thanks!

break it up, provide a bit more privacy and to reduce costs.

Surely the whole point is to have an unbroken vista, to blur the line between house and garden? Privacy from what/who?

Tell him that the builder has some concerns about his landscaping and has suggested some improvements. See how he likes it.

Doing something similar, I'd keep it all glass. Why have a small block of wall randomly cutting up that section of glass.

Thanks, but I think it's worth considering all opinions, I just want to make sure we do it right.

My family will be living next door (with a partially shared garden) so from that point of view, privacy is good.

Why on earth would you want to break up such a beautiful feature?

If you have privacy concerns, add a thin curtain or a blind that can live tucked away discreetly at one side when not in use.

No I wouldn't. It's not really going to increase privacy very much by the looks of the pictures and it doesn't look half as good.

I'd go another landscaper, his suggestion was really odd. Next he'll want you to concrete over the flower beds to save on weeding.

I think he has probably suggested that as it will be easier for them to fit the windows with the wall in between.

I don't think it's really his place to make such a suggestion.

I agree but I always like to hear about different ways to do things, it's not necessarily wrong to make a suggestion, it can always be ignored!

His opinion was that walls are also useful, and that large and expanse of glass is not always necessary, P.S if it is not looking out at the most attractive part of the garden anyway. I can see his point.

Sounds like you're leaning toward his suggestion, i say go for it if you want to. Not for me though.

P.S it is not looking out at the most attractive part of the garden anyway.

He's a poor salesman. He should be telling you ways to landscape it to make it more attractive (that coincidentally earn him extra £££), not hiding it. Ditto the privacy concern.

Is he a proper gardener or an odd-job patio layer who wishes he was a builder.

He was doing that! He is just giving us ideas. That's all. He's a proper award winning garden designer and horticulturist...

Walls are useful. You won't be able to have any storage or put any bits of furniture or toy boxes or baskets etc in front of a window. Well you could, like we do in our conservatory but it looks really ugly when looking in from the garden to see a big storage basket pushed against the glass. Personally I would have a wall. Also we struggle to find anywhere to hang pictures/art with all of our glass, although I suppose the picture windows are meant to be the art! With a young family I would 100% say wall. Even if it's to push a high chair up against when not using it etc.

Keep to all glass. You can screen off for a bit of privacy or whatever with a curtain but once the wall is there you're stuck with it.
Agree with others that it's a very strange suggestion.

You're not going to get a lot of added privacy by putting in one section of wall. I think the "all glass" version looks nicer but if I stumbled into a room with the alternative I'm sure I would also think that looks nice.

Can you just have a huge picture window on the left hand side? Floor to ceiling. That will give the best view without these framed panels and glass doors getting in the way and chopping it up.

And then put the run of glass with glass doors on the right hand side so that you walk out onto the patio on the right? Then you'd make the most of your beautiful view while putting the frames and assorted gubbins onto the side that is less nice.

I do like glass, just not keen on glass with dark heavy frames that block and chop up the view.

We had it the other way round. Had 2 french doors on the plans. Builder persuaded me bifolds much better to maximise the view. Was totally the right choice. Personally would stick with what you've got. Might gives landscaper more scope to play around with the outside space in an interesting manner, but a decent one will come up with alternatives.

What did you go for in the end?

Went for the glass

Looks amazing!

Actually a better shot!

Thanks Humpty!

Can't wait to see it finished now.