Summerhouse- fixture and fitting or extra?

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I’d love a summerhouse- just a basic one, but we probably won’t stay in our house longer than a couple more years.
my DP thinks it’s too much to spend (around £1500) for such a short time.
If you viewed a property for sale with a summerhouse, would you see it as a part of the fixtures or would you be open to paying a bit extra specifically for the summer house?
thanks

A summerhouse for £1500? Sounds more like the cost of a shed. How useful is what is essentially a shed over the winter?

Sorry I didn't answer your question. A summer house with electricity / heating / space for a desk / gym equipment- I'd find that very helpful. But what you're describing sounds like something that I'd totally disregard as a buyer.

A wooden shed / home office I'd see as a negative due to ongoing maintenance headache.
A brick built outbuilding could be a positive if done nicely and a big enough garden. But lots in London make the remaining garden feel small so are a negative to me.

Did you miss a zero off? Did you mean 15,000? Because that's what I'd expect a summer house/garden room to cost and yes I'd absolutely consider paying some extra for a house that had a garden room.

If you did mean 1500, then that's a shed.

Yeah a £1500 building is a shed.

We've just bought a shed and it was £1100. The one you're looking at probably has fancier doors and windows but it's essentially a shed.

Yes it is, a very basic summer house.
we have a very large garden.

A basic one costing £1500 I'd expect to be included as a fixture and fitting- you're basically talking the sort of money a decent worktop in a kitchen costs, and I wouldn't expect to be charged extra for that! If it was a properly built outbuilding with electricity and insulation then I would see the value in paying extra for that as it could be used as a home office, etc. If you've got your heart set on one and you don't think you'll be staying long why don't you take look on Ebay or Facebook Marketplace for a second hand one? I actually know a few people that have done this with various garden outbuildings, and if you're vaguely handy with DIY it's not as onerous as it sounds.. and you should be able to pick one up for a steal.

There is another way of looking at it... Are you definitely only staying a couple of years? I would say if you've really got your heart set on one use the maths of the 'cost per wear' calculation that savvy people use for buying new clothes. If you'd absolutely love one, and you think you might stay, say, three years in the house, and you think you'll use it every week from May until August, then it only works out about £30ish quid a week for the weeks of the year that you'll actually use it. If it'll give you that much enjoyment I don't think that's actually too bad a price- it's a whole lot cheaper than renting a beach hut! :)

I wouldn't take either a £1500 shed or £15,000 summer house with me when I moved, so from a fixtures and fittings perspective it's a fancy garden shed.

Up to you if you'll get value from using it in the time you're staying there, but I wouldn't look to recoup any of the cost in a higher sales price. After a couple of years the maintenance will be a pain, and costly.

Thanks everyone, that’s very helpful