Small conservatory for dining room? Costs?

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About to buy a house with a living area that is currently for dining and lounging, but I want to create a small conservatory off the kitchen, taking out the French doors. I'm thinking 2.4m by 3m, and with doors two sides, solid wall and proper roof, so it's usable all year around.

Any idea on cost?

Others with these houses have added conservatories off the lounge which then don't seem to add much practical use.

We paid nearly £30K for something of a very similar size in the SE. Engineered oak floor, two Velux rooflights, French doors leading to terrace, several windows, pitched slate roof. They had to take down the existing very badly built extension, dig solid foundations and build from scratch. Although the room is relatively small, it has added a lot to the overall feel of the house and we use the room all year round.

Why a conservatory rather than a normal extension? It will still be hot in summer and cold in winter versus a proper extension

I'd think twice about a conservatory. There was a thread about them a while ago and a lot of people who had them weren't keen. Including me. Extension if possible is far better.

It's more a cost thing really, I only have about 15k I could spend, although I wouldn't need sky lights or anything too high spec, the rest of the house has karndean

But I have mapped out the size and I think it will do wonders to the kitchen and the usability of the main living area.

We rarely use our conservatory, boiling hot in summer, freezing cold in winter, I wouldn’t recommend for a dining room.

I'll put a proper roof on it and call it an orangery

In the interests of balance we love our conservatory. Because we also have an open plan living and dining room we can open all the doors up and have a breeze running through. We use the conservatory more than any other room between Feb/March and Sept/Oct.
was considering knocking it down when we bought the house as it needs a new roof, but have decided to replace with a glass roof.

By the time you've added in the cost of a proper roof I'd have thought you won't be far off the price of an extension. I think we were quoted around £5k to replace our small conservatory roof to a tiled one. Also, fewer windows to keep clean if you get an actual extension!

We have a conservatory with a glass roof and blinds (although blinds are expensive) and we use it all year round, it’s off our dining room and I absolutely love it.

I'm tearing down my conservatory in a few weeks and replacing it with a proper extension.

I CANNOT WAIT. Stupid boiling hot room.

Save up for a proper extension OP

We replaced all of the glass in our conservatory with thermal glass, installed underfloor heating and knocked out the wall between the kitchen and the conservatory. All approved by our local building authority before anyone says you cannot do that! It's made a huge difference to the space and is useable all the year round. Unless you can afford a reasonably high spec conservatory, you would be better off with an extension. It might be possible with your budget - depends on things like depth of foundations etc which can all add extra cost. Do you know of any architects who might be able to visit and advise you? No point in wasting money doing something which you will regret later.

Which way does it face....ours is south and it’s boiling. And v v cold in winter.

I’d save up or borrow and do a proper extension.

I have a conservatory and hate it with a passion it gets so hot it's disgusting to be inside on a hot summer day.

We have a very expensive orangery for a kitchen. It needs a plenty of ventilation in summer and ours faces East and North. It’s rarely cold and has the highest spec underfloor heating and glass.

The huge glass roof (the raised shape defines it as an orangery) can mean glare when it’s sunny but not for long. It does give me pure joy every morning when I look up to the sky and I enjoy the light so much. But it was £65,000. It’s about 7 x 5 m. With a small budget I simply wouldn’t entertain a cheap conservatory. Better to get a bit more money together and use your permitted development rights and extend with something useful - in your case a traditional extension.

We have just had an orangery extension built 4 m by 4 m. With 2 x velux windows in the roof. We paid £23000. We still need to decorate

It really does make a difference which way it faces. Maybe ours works because it faces east. So it's sunny in the morning and on a hot day by afternoon it's lovely and shady and cool, while the rest of the house is boiling.
Ventilation is very important too.
I like mine because it's full of plants and has a sofa. So I can overwinter things and use it as a greenhouse if I like.
But each to their own!

To be honest Kitcat47, that looks like a standard extension. An orangery normally has an elevated roof lantern.

I'm really interested in this thread as in looking at the same thing, my dining room is south westerly facing, small garden but I would love a small extension! I have researched and researched conservatories but cannot get a quote for a small extension, the builders I've contacted seem to think it wouldn't be worth it as a job so I can't even get a price.

So, my budget is a bit flexible, I could go up 15k

It would be south facing so maybe less glass would be preferable?

I saw this and fell in love, could extend whole width of the back

aliceinscandiland.com/2017/03/12/how-to-extend-your-home-with-style-for-less-than-you-might-think/

Sorry, I meant my budget could be 25k, as opposed to 10k

The article, it looks lovely, but She basically says it ok in summer When all the windows are open. So is outs, but if you come back after a day out it’s stifling and stuff has melted. (South facing). You’ll need to factor in blinds.

Hmm south facing is an important consideration. I think easy or west is ideal as it would always be shady part of the day.