What can I do with my conservatory?

Wow, look at that super sized conservatory in your new home! Hey, is that a conservatory sitting in your garden looking rather...er...forlorn?

So you’re a self confessed DIY addict? Bravo! You have the perfect tools to hammer away, with a dream of a room: yes, get thinking conservatory.

Conservatories are fantastic places to transform into workshops as they are little private oases within the home and so versatile.

Are we tempting your imagination? Hold tight, there’s more: how about surprising the handyperson in the house with a DIY room? Good resistant and durable materials like PVC-U for the doors and windows will make the whole thing so easy; they never need to be painted; they are easy to clean and the finish doesn’t crack or fade. Seriously, the 4x4 of windows.

Or, for the budding musician, think of some good insulation with acoustic foam and double glazing in the windows. Those elements will reduce the noise and keep the room warm in the middle of winter. Sound cosy? Well, sound it out. If you prefer dancing to music, then swap the foam for mirrors. To keep the conservatory fresh, but well insulated, casement windows could be the thing, and they look really beautiful too.

With a bit of research and planning and good old imagination, you can have a new place to practice your favourite activity, literally a stone’s throw from your own living room. Oh of course, and keep the family happy. Well, just think, no more groans from jamming on the guitar strings, drilling, jiving, crooning. Oh, the peace of such a haven.

Yep, that’s what you call a treat. Now for the real tasty bit; it won’t cost a fortune because your use-it-for-whatever conservatory is already there… perfect!

Salford here we come!

The BBC relocation offer for the TV presenters is described as a Rolls Royce package – and they don’t want to go! What is wrong with Salford? With a neat canal side development at Salford Quays and top-flight executive penthouse apartments, this is the Canary Wharf of the North. That they should be so lucky.

Well, surely anyone can see that Salford is a dream of a place to live? With a polished landscape, gleaming with glass skyscrapers, office blocks galore, sport, superb hotels and buzzing shops, it’s the new leisure capital of the North West! No wonder, people want to keep their windows and doors shining with the rest. Go on, create a real Her Majesty, the Queen of England style Balmoral home.

Just reflect for a while... a sparkling new conservatory to catch the summer sun and dine in style? Ooh, a stunning front door that just spells Welcome, Royal Family or not? Oh yes, wonderful windows that are simply a Scottish Balmoral breeze?
When you go out and enjoy Salford’s fabulous piazzas and restaurants, return to a soft, sun glowing conservatory – even if the sun is in short supply.

Now Salford Quays is by no means all this great northern rock of a town has to offer. It’s is a city on the move and its future looks exciting. Curtain off the drizzly rain or watch it trickle in a slide down generous glassy panes, transform dull winter cloud to soft colours of calm, be Victorian, Edwardian, Queen of England, anything you like.

200 miles North West of London, who can resist Salford... one minute urban buzz, the next greenbelt tranquility. And Balmoral Windows to tempt, warm and delight...

Look, some 220,000 people who are proud to call Salford their home can’t all be wrong!