On a serious note always to remember to add your conservatory to your home insurance policy. Your insurance company will always be looking for a way out if you have a problem, your new conservatory increases the value and square footage of your home and should be noted on your policy.

There’s an interesting article I have read on the Daily Mail website at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-1204842/Add-touch-glass-extra-value-home-state-art-conservatory.html

In the article I was particularly interested in the following statement:

And just how much value do these glass structures add? Allen says in the short term you can expect to cover the costs of a building a conservatory and, provided it’s the ‘right’ sort of size, add 5 per cent to the home’s value.

The Sewters bought their house eight years ago for around £200,000 and claim to have spent £42,000 on their glass structure, excluding extras such as flooring.

The couple recently had their house valued at around £895,000 and estimate that the conservatory alone, which was created with the extension just over a year ago, added roughly £200,000 to that figure.

‘To get a return like this, you need a top-notch supplier,’ says Allen. ‘But conservatories need to be carefully sited and of sufficient size, not just a glass passage. If the conservatory is less than 4m by 3m, it’s not worth having. It’s got to be big, bold and used as a room year-round.’

For the record, Conservatory Designs (A top notch supplier!) build the biggest and boldest uPVC conservatories that can be used all year-round!