Building your home improvement with timber lets you be more flexible with your designs so you can create the exact look that you’re after. Timber pergolas have adorned homes since as early as the 15th century. The term itself is taken from the Latin term pergola, which means ‘a projecting eave.’ Despite having briefly fallen out of fashion in the 18th and 19th centuries, this outdoor home extension has come back and is now considered one of the features that’s most sought-after by homebuyers. A pergola helps create usable areas in what would otherwise be a blank, open space in your backyard. It can define how you use that space; you could use it for outdoor dining, or to entertain guests or have solitude.

Ultimately, the value of a pergola is that increases the value of your home. All the benefits listed contribute to making your home more desirable to buyers should you decide to sell your property in the future. Pergolas can also use different types of roofing to achieve different ends. Primarily, pergolas are covered with either Nexteel roofing or polycarbonate roofing which either mirror the style of your home or allow good light transmission into the pergola. You also have the option of tiling a pergola or adding a ceiling out of many different materials. These pergola Adelaide design elements allow you to add things such as fans, heaters and lighting. Whichever design you choose, your Softwoods pergola will be built to last.