Donnacha
Distinguished Member
Hi All,
I've tried a search on Orangery but nobody seems to have one or built one !
For those not aware and orangery (orangerie) is a little bit more than a conservatory - its brick based, but with a glass roof, and then its as much glass as you'd like around the sides. So basically its a cross between a conervatory and a full extension, but unlike a conservatory is useable all year 'round.
Anyway we are thinking of extending our house via an orangerie, and use this orangerie as a home cinema, lounge, play room hybrid.
Does anyone on here have one, or familiar with what they would cost? I've had one quote from a supplier to provide the orangerie and I wanted to get a feel for whether its good or bad. We have some other suppliers lined up but they haven't been to visit yet.
Bear with me as I'm no DIY expert so if my terminology is wrong I apologise
Specs of the build are:
Size - 5m x 4m
Glass roof
Glass sliding doors at the end out to the garden
Underfloor heating
Laminate flooring
Only two walls need to be built as its an extension
A certain amount of electrics (no home cinema wiring yet)
Underlighting
Plastering
The company are saying that they can do it without needing planning control if they place and exterior door bewteen the kitchen and orangerie, or it will cost £2500 more if they do it under planning control. Anyone any advice on that, should we insist it be done under planning control, any risk if we don't?
If I told you that the quote ranged from £24k to £28k would you think that was a fair budget or overpriced? Anyone know what sort of margins these specialist conservatory companies try to make? As I said I have no experience of this sort of thing to know whether the quote is in the ball park or not. We'll probably get a view once we get some other quotes in as well.
Any advice on do's / don'ts is also welcome !!
Thanks for taking the time to read this
Donnacha
I've tried a search on Orangery but nobody seems to have one or built one !
For those not aware and orangery (orangerie) is a little bit more than a conservatory - its brick based, but with a glass roof, and then its as much glass as you'd like around the sides. So basically its a cross between a conervatory and a full extension, but unlike a conservatory is useable all year 'round.
Anyway we are thinking of extending our house via an orangerie, and use this orangerie as a home cinema, lounge, play room hybrid.
Does anyone on here have one, or familiar with what they would cost? I've had one quote from a supplier to provide the orangerie and I wanted to get a feel for whether its good or bad. We have some other suppliers lined up but they haven't been to visit yet.
Bear with me as I'm no DIY expert so if my terminology is wrong I apologise
Specs of the build are:
Size - 5m x 4m
Glass roof
Glass sliding doors at the end out to the garden
Underfloor heating
Laminate flooring
Only two walls need to be built as its an extension
A certain amount of electrics (no home cinema wiring yet)
Underlighting
Plastering
The company are saying that they can do it without needing planning control if they place and exterior door bewteen the kitchen and orangerie, or it will cost £2500 more if they do it under planning control. Anyone any advice on that, should we insist it be done under planning control, any risk if we don't?
If I told you that the quote ranged from £24k to £28k would you think that was a fair budget or overpriced? Anyone know what sort of margins these specialist conservatory companies try to make? As I said I have no experience of this sort of thing to know whether the quote is in the ball park or not. We'll probably get a view once we get some other quotes in as well.
Any advice on do's / don'ts is also welcome !!
Thanks for taking the time to read this
Donnacha