Verandas. Do they increase house value?

[ReluctantDIYer]

I was going to get a proper extension, but remortgaging rates have ruined my grand designs.

I'm not one to give up on improving my lifestyle even during these thrifting times.

I could get a good looking verandah (UK) for about £1k - it would be 14 foot long, by 10 foot deep . We would need to do some patio work, but think we can manage this ourselves so costs will be negligible as we have materials.

It would be big enough for an outdoor dining table plus chairs. I also think varandahs are brilliant for putting washing out to dry whatever the weather. It will just also make the garden much more usable in Autumn and Spring...think winter is a push.

Do verandas done well increase house value in the UK. We want to move on to our "forever home" in a few years once things settle down market wise. I'm fairly sure it's a no brainer, but interested to hear your views and experience.

If the house is calling out for an extension I wouldn't bother: it will be something else for the next person to skip.

A nice veranda could be a plus point, but in the UK it'd need to be below 2.5m if near a boundary under permitted development, take up garden space, and remove sunlight. So..... it depends, but unlikely to add value.

I would pay 10k more for a house with an old fashioned slate roof, wooden beam veranda.

I wouldn't pay a penny more, possibly even pay less for a house with a modern metal one because I hate the way they look.

Our last house had a stunning original 1920s verandah with balcony above that was a real plus point when we purchased (and sold), but I wouldn't say it added value...just increased saleability.

When we bought our current house five years ago there was a metal-roofed area adjacent to the house in a walled courtyard that you enter before going into the main garden. Before being repossessed, the previous owners had partially decked both the roofed part and the courtyard. It was an ugly, treacherous-when-wet, dismal part of the garden with no greenery and no real purpose.

Because of multiple differing ground levels it would be virtually impossible (or just mega expensive) to add an extension to this side of the property, so we've embraced what we have by improving the 'verandah' area. We've kept the metal roof - as we're in a former agricultural building in a rural location it seemed appropriate - but replaced all the dangerous decking with paving in the roofed part and gravel surrounding oak raised veg beds in the courtyard. It's now a mass of colourful plants and wildlife.

We considered installing an outdoor kitchen but instead opted for a large corner all weather sofa which has transformed the way we use the space. In one corner is a belfast sink where we fill cans for watering the veg. We do also dry washing there in winter.

Ours is 12' x 12'. Again I don't expect it to add value when we sell, but as an additional (summer mostly) seating area, it should increase saleability imho.

Here's some pics of ours.....

This is beautiful

@LibertyLily Wow that’s looks great. We have a tiny ‘veranda’. It came with the house. I don’t like it as the roof blocks the light into the back room. We don’t use it for drying close as anytime it’s been too wet for line drying, it’s also so humid that nothing dries