Free planning tool

What size greenhouse do you need, and what will it cost all in?

The kit price is not the project price. Set the greenhouse you want and the work your site needs. You will get a size recommendation, a low-to-high range for the scope you included, and a plain list of what is still outside the estimate.

Reviewed July 12, 2026

1What will you grow?
2Your climate
3Wind and snow exposure
4Glazing preference

Now set the project scope. These choices decide which work is included in the range and which work is listed separately.

5Does the site need preparation?
6Who will assemble it?
7Which utility run belongs in the estimate?
8Permit or HOA allowance?

0 of 8 choices answered. Your estimate appears after the last choice.

The result is open and needs no email. Finish the eight choices to see the project range and every exclusion.

How this estimate works

The model first keeps the calculator's existing structure, base, automatic ventilation, and heating ranges. It then adds only the project-scope allowances you select. The total is the exact low and high sum of included lines. No excluded line is hidden inside it.

The added scope bands are deliberately broad because labor rates, trench length, soil, access, and local fees vary. They are Greenhouse Guide editorial planning allowances effective July 12, 2026, not official quotes and not figures endorsed by the sources below.

Editorial scope allowance bands

Source: Greenhouse Guide editorial planning allowances. Effective date: July 12, 2026.

Site preparation and leveling
$1,000 to $8,000
Professional assembly
$1,500 to $15,000
Power run
$2,000 to $10,000
Power and water run
$3,500 to $18,000
Permit or HOA allowance
$100 to $2,500

Verify structure pricing with the seller, site and assembly work with local contractors, utility work with licensed trades, and permit or HOA fees with the authority that controls your property.

Primary guidance

These primary sources explain why site conditions, anchoring, ventilation, heating, wiring, and local checks matter. They do not validate the dollar edges in the editorial allowance bands.

Before you buy

Price every line before you compare kits

Keep the structure, base and anchoring, automatic ventilation, heating equipment, site work, assembly, utility runs, and permit allowance separate. That shows which scope creates the total and which seller quote is actually complete.

Separate vent openings from automatic openers

A fixed roof vent or louvre is only an opening. A temperature-sensitive opener moves the vent while you are away, and low louvre vents provide the inlet air. A door helps when it is open, but it is not automatic ventilation.

Verify the site before you order

Check grading, drainage, assembly access, power and water distance, local permits, setbacks, and HOA rules. Select known scope here and keep every uncertain line visible under Not included in this estimate.