Conservatory
How to find the best builder for your conservatory.
There is almost no better way to add some light and energy to your home than to build a conservatory onto it. You’re able to bring the outdoors inside your home, increase your living space, and at the same time add some great value to your home when you add a conservatory to it.
But taking on adding a conservatory to your home is quite a daunting task. When it comes to home improvement projects, it can be one of the bigger ones. A conservatory requires precision work to ensure that your home stays weather treated among other things. We took the time to speak with some of our ClickATrades tradesmen, who have extensive experience building conservatories for homes. In doing so, we made sure to ask them some of the things that you will want to take into consideration when you’re looking to hire a builder to add a conservatory onto your home:
- Research their previous work, do they have the proper experience with building a conservatory.
- Does their experience match or outmatch their accreditations?
- Getquotes from different builders.
- Do they understand the planning permission and building regulations process?
When you’re meeting with potential builders for your home’s conservatory, these are some things to keep in mind. Below we’re going to dive a little deeper into each one of them with you.
What does their previous work look like?
When it comes to conservatories, they are a truly specific building niche for home additions or renovations. Because of this you will find that there are quite a few large, nationwide companies that install conservatories. They do offer some great bespoke options covering everything from design to installation. This type of conservatory for your home will be the most expensive.But most prefer the greater attention to detail and customer satisfaction that comes with hiring a smaller builder.
You can find conservatory specialists here in our listings on ClickATrades. These types of builders and installers will be intimately familiar with the entire process from designing to installing your conservatory. While you will also find general builders that are capable of doing the same work on your home and build the perfect conservatory you’ve dreamed of.
Whatever the case may be, you want to ensure that you take the time to review their portfolio of previous work done on other customer’s conservatories. Does their style and approach to the design match what you’re looking for? Is the quality as high as you are searching for? Are they easy to work with?
You can find a collection of reviews on the many conservatory specialists and general builders here on our ClickATrades site. As well as find pictures of their previous work.
Does their experience match their accreditations?
Now that you’ve researched a potential builders previous work, it’s important to start looking at their experience. How long have they been building conservatories? Did they just build a few and their expertise lies elsewhere? Be sure that you take a look at their feedback on ClickATrades.
You’ll also want to take the time to review and find out if they’re members of certain professional organizations that most of the higher quality and more experienced conservatory specialists are members of. Some professional organisations you’ll want to know they belong to are The Glass and Glazing Foundation, Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme, British Woodworking Federation, and the Federation of Master Builders. All of these organisations will have ways to ensure that their members work is of the highest quality and that they have a long and prove track record of high-quality work.
Get quotes from all types of conservatory builders.
It’s good to take the time to get as many quotes as possible from builders before you choose the one to build your home’s conservatory. Even consider getting a quote from one of the nationwide conservatory builders as well. We recommend that you get at least three, fully detailed quotes before you decide which builder that you’re going to have do the work on your home.
When you have the quotes together from the potential builders, review them thoroughly line-by-line to find out what costs they’re covering, or not covering among other things. Are they responsible for the removal of any demo materials? What materials are they using? Is the entire balance due up front?
Are they familiar with the planning permission and building regulations process?
When it comes to conservatories, most are exempt from needing planning permission as long as they are certain to adhere to some requirements around the size of the extension. There are some other restrictions that may affect the ability to build without permission.
It’s important that any builder you hire is familiar with the intricacies of these rules and regulations and can properly guide you throughout the process.
These are just a few of the things to be looking for when you’re considering hiring a builder for the conservatory on your home. Take a look at the ClickATrades conservatory listings for these things and more.