I built mine and it's still the most amazing architectural achievement known
to man, you can keep yer pyramids. It's 13 x 6 x 6 to 10 tall, biggest I
could squeeze in. Cost me £700, would have been £3.5K commercially. But go
for the biggest you can because it's vast in winter and then in spring you
fill it with seedlings and each seedling then demands an acre of its own and
your greenhouse shrinks down to a jungled nothing in summer. I used
twinwall plastic for the roof, which holds in the heat for reasonable
cosiness in winter, with automatic vents for summer heat.
Make sure you have electricity multi socket for propagators, lights, fans,
lawnmower, I have cctv cam. And think about water too, I have a butt on a
nearby roof which gives rainwater on tap, otherwise you'll be lugging
watering cans about twice a day, and make sure the door is big enough for
your wheelbarrow.
:-)
Jon

"Sadie" wrote in message
...

Hi everyone, I have just joined this group and have enjoyed a good
couple of hours reading many of the threads and the helpful advice
given.

I would like to have a 'place' in my garden to where I could retreat.
I want to take my time planning and end up with somewhere that serves
all purposes; potting shed, greenhouse etc probably getting my end
design made up for me.

The trouble is I have never had a greenhouse and I don't know what are
essential features and which are money wasters. Although I am very
keen, I don't have a lot of money to spend. I would love to have
somewhere large enough to be comfortable and entice me in during the
dark winter time.

Have any of you advice or experiences that I could benefit from?


--
Sadie