Is this a conservatory or not?

Dreddnarz

My gf and I are currently house hunting (first time buyers) and we have come across somewhere we like the initial look of.

www. gallowaysonline.co.uk/07,0,0,0,1833906,56153,00.htm
(had to add a space to the url as I can't post links as a new user)

I wanted some opinions on the strange extension-!!!-conservatory at the back.

As you can see from the pictures it looks like they are using this as a lounge currently, and it looks a bit more solid than a 'normal' conservatory.

Our initial thoughts with those floorplans would be to have the front 'bedroom' as a lounge and then use the extension space as a dining room/study.

I'm still massively concerned about structural integrity of an extension like and and how hard it would be to heat though.

We are going to view on Saturday, are there any particular questions about it that would be prudent to ask?


Thanks for reading.


P.S. we wouldn't consider going anywhere near that asking price, but it has been on the market for a while now and i'm quite confident in my haggling abilities!

maninthestreet

There don't seem to be any pictures of the conservatory in that link:

www.gallowaysonline.co.uk/07,0,0,0,1833906,56153,00.htm

Dreddnarz

I was referring to the 2nd 3rd and 4th pictures, that is the strange extension to the back of the building, it's got a glass roof and the tops of the side walls are glass also.

Not strictly a conservatory, but I've not really seen anything like it in any other houses, so thought I'd ask opinions.

Poppie68

The room looks like a fairly solid room, our conservatory is surrounded with windows. Heating wise, ours is roughly double the size of the room in your picture and we dont have central heating but have installed 2 oil heaters and find it keeps the room really toasty in the winter.

Strapped

It's not a conservatory; it just has a glass roof.

Dreddnarz

Thanks for the replies.

As that's a more solid structure than a conservatory do we need to check things like the planning permissions etc.
Could having an extension like that cause issues with getting buildings insurance etc?

We are very new to all this!

pimento

Have you been to see it?

Dreddnarz

Going on Saturday, just thought I'd post here to perhaps get an idea of questions that would be good to ask about extensions like that.

floopnoodle

Dreddnarz wrote: »

P.S. we wouldn't consider going anywhere near that asking price, but it has been on the market for a while now and i'm quite confident in my haggling abilities!

Good luck with that.

Dreddnarz

We know several people that have bought similar places in London recently, knocking off 10 - 15 percent from the asking price, I don't think it's too much of a stretch.

Put an offer in and be prepared to walk away, there will always be more houses round the corner!

floopnoodle

Dreddnarz wrote: »

We know several people that have bought similar places in London recently, knocking off 10 - 15 percent from the asking price, I don't think it's too much of a stretch.

Put an offer in and be prepared to walk away, there will always be more houses round the corner!

I completely agree.

From your post through it sounded like you were going to Jedi mind-trick the owners into accepting £10 and half-eaten packet of polos.