Wednesday 25 February 2009

Use an Amdega bespoke conservatory for your home office

Amdega Blogger is pleased to report that already this year we have had quite a lot of interest from enquirers wanting to discuss how to use an Amdega bespoke contemporary conservatory or classical orangery as a home office; which makes complete sense in the current climate. You want to create space where you can work at home, enhance the value of your property and make your carbon footprint child size as you don’t have to drive to work!


If your idea of office space at home is the spare bedroom, filled with piles of filing everywhere, then think again. The home office concept already makes complete sense to us at Amdega, the premier conservatory supplier. Check out the photographs I have posted that demonstrate just how well a contemporary conservatory design can work for this purpose. With daylight flooding in through conservatory glass on three sides and a partially glazed roof, open views can only enhance the thought process and lighten the workload! The attention is in the detail with inset down lighters to soften the place later in the day (no need to lock up at night – remember it should be a versatile space and is still part of your home), granite effect window cills adding to the modern vibe, underfloor heating giving the right amount of heat and wide opening or bi-fold doors that will give easy access to the garden for that all important time out!



The key thing is to create a perfectly flexible environment that can be used for living as well as an open and airy office where your visitors could not fail to be impressed. Remember, Amdega has been designing and building bespoke timber conservatories and orangeries for longer than any other company in the world and has unrivalled expertise and inventiveness in conservatory design – call today to arrange a no obligation, free design meeting with our local conservatory sales designer.

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Conservatory Planning Permission

Are you being shrewd in the current climate and thinking of adding a bespoke timber conservatory to your home instead of moving property? If so you may be confused or even worried about obtaining planning permission, Building Regulations and Listed Building Consents that could be required to allow you to proceed. If that’s the case then Amdega Blogger is pleased to advise that you should look no further than Amdega where we have longstanding expertise in conservatory design and the associated planning process which is second to none in our marketplace.


Regardless of if your preference is for a classic conservatory, contemporary orangery, modern conservatory, glass house for a home office or even a conservatory roof for a pool house we all know that obtaining the necessary consents can be time consuming and a bit of a chore, to say the least. That’s where our in house Planning Division comes in. Basically they handle the whole process on behalf of our clients, something that we know not every conservatory supplier will do.


When I spoke to Gareth Elvidge, Amdega’s longstanding Planning Manager, this week he had this to say. “Good news on the planning front! Last year’s rules governing extensions to properties including conservatories and orangeries obviously affected everything we do. However, these have now been relaxed by the Government which means that clients who have previously been denied the addition of beautiful glazed structures on their properties can now have them without requiring formal planning permission.”


Gareth continued “Regardless of this relaxation, we do appreciate just how important peace of mind is for our clients so every single conservatory and orangery order that we receive is immediately subjected to our rigorous technical and planning checks here at Amdega. As part of this process we also ensure that we obtain written confirmation from the local authority that planning is not required. In the event that it is, we don’t let this delay matters – we appreciate how our clients are eagerly anticipating owning an Amdega and being mindful of this we now make sure that the full planning application is submitted within days of receiving the order – in fact, practically just after the customer’s ink is drying on the order form!”


I’ll be speaking to the Sales & Marketing Director next week to advise what to expect after you have received our conservatory brochure and you would like to meet with our local conservatory designer. All good stuff.