Each year many homeowners build a conservatory on to their home. When choosing a conservatory, it is important to select one that will be useful and also attractive. In this article we will look at some of misconceptions that people have about conservatories and about lean to conservatories in particular.
Homeowners are put off by the name ‘lean to conservatory’.
Terms such as Victorian conservatory and Edwardian conservatory appear much more attractive to homeowners when they are looking at conservatory brochures than the simple tag ‘lean to conservatory’. If names are important you can call a lean to conservatory a Mediterranean conservatory a garden room, a sunroom or a sun lounge as they all mean the same. The important fact to remember is that no matter what you call it, a lean to conservatory is one of the best value and most useful conservatories on the market.
They are unimpressed by the plainness of lean to conservatories.
It is true that lean to conservatories, with their straight lines and lack of ornamentation can look ‘plainer’ than for example, an ornate Victorian conservatory. But this simplicity in design allows for maximum use of valuable floor space and given that they are constructed with a single pitch roof in the main, they can be placed in locations that Edwardian or Victorian conservatories cannot go due to height restrictions.
Many think that conservatories are for use only in temperate conditions. There used to be a time, before the arrival of such products as uPVC and double / triple glazing, that conservatories were for use in the spring and autumn mainly, before external weather conditions became too hot or too cold. All that has changed and now conservatories can be used as part of the residential living space all year round, especially if you have some decent wicker furniture. Add this to the fact that building a conservatory per square foot will work out much cheaper than a traditionally built solid extension and you can understand why so many homeowners are seeking to build conservatories.
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