Improving/extending our current home - question

PrincessJR

Sorry if this is in the wrong place!

My Husband and I live in a small 2 bed cottage, nd originally planned it as a starter home for no more than 3 years. However, the way things are currently, we are sure we will now need to stay put for maybe 5 years minimum.

We are very short of storage/space and would love a front porch (brick built) and either an extension or conservatory off the kitchen to use as a dining room.

We need to do this the most budget friendly way possible! - Does anyone have any advice?

We have been told that a conservatory wont really add value, whereas an extension would, but surely if its creating an extra room the conservatory would increase value a little (admittedly not as much as an extension).

We estimate £2k for a porch. Does anyone know how much both a conservatory, and an extension would be roughly?

6ft x 11ft approx

I know a lot of factors affect the price but we are trying to gain a better understanding of the financial impact

Thanks

jkgray

Don;t know whether these are any good but this seems to be one of the few places on the web where they actually give prices which is what you needs when you are just trying to get an idea of what type of money will be talked about:

http://www.doubleglazingontheweb.co.uk/conservatories/victorian/victorian3-facet3pfg.aspx

fishing-girl

im not sure if i am totally correct as i read it on another post but i think it said that an extension should be approx £1000 per m2.