Conservatory

[WingsofRain]

If you were buying a house with a small conservatory/sun porch and parts of the window and door frames were rotten, would you prefer the whole thing to be replaced or to replace it to your own taste once you move in?

I’m trying to decide the best way to get our house ready for sale with very limited funds and I don’t know what sort of repairs I should be doing and what will just mean I’ve spent money on whoever buys it.

I really don’t know where to start and I don’t even know which sort of tradespeople to ask about the various things that need to be fixed.

You’d need to ask a glazer who deals with wooden windows. We’ve just replaced a wooden window and two roof openings in our conservatory as our house is on the market. If I were you I’d get some quotes and see if you can afford to do the repairs as things like that may put buyers off.
If you can’t afford to replace, could you give the porch a coat of paint, so at least it looks fresh?

I suppose I’m trying to work out what is a priority - there are holes in the roof boards where the guttering sits and I know that will need to be done, a large hole in an internal wall and missing bits of harling, but I don’t think I can afford to replace the conservatory unless I can get a free one off Marketplace and even then I’ll need to get someone to build it.

I’m confused by what people consider makes a house unsalable because I’ve seen worse advertised, and yet a lot of posts on here make it seem tiny things I wouldn’t consider would put people off.

Personally for me it wouldn't matter, if I thought the price needed to reflect the work needed for a particular thing I would adjust my offer accordingly.

I wouldn't bother with the conservatory. If it's only small new buyers might want larger one, or even replace with a larger proper extension.

Most buyers would probably take it down so I wouldn't bother repairing it.

Thank you everyone, I’ll probably get it painted to smarten it up but I’ll not bother trying to replace it.

If we had a lot more money and we were staying I’d replace it with a much bigger one that would extend the lounge, so a new owner might want to do that.

Paint it if you can. Conservatories are very 1990s and 2000s. I wouldn’t bother replacing it as most will demolish it and build a full extension anyway.

That said though, I wouldn’t hide any issues regarding the holes in roof boards as these could leak - if they are cheap to replace then you could do that but don’t spend excessive amounts - perhaps ask a glazer if they have off cuts…

To elude, issues will crop up in the survey.

I’m definitely getting the roof boards replaced, but they aren’t near the conservatory so it’s a different thing. The difficult part will be getting people ro quote for the job I suspect.