Greenhouse Latest Delivery Information
We offer genuine free shipping on most greenhouse and accessory orders over £700 to the UK although certain Remote Areas, Highland Areas and Islands are not covered. (Please contact us for details if you live in a remote area.) Once your order reaches £700 your shipping total will be £0 for most orders to mainland UK. Some manufacturers have a pricing model with home delivery built in, this would apply to the Vitavia range
In our local area we will deliver ourselves, (where the £700 limit does not apply) and nationwide we arrange shipping directly from the greenhouse factories on their own fleets of vehicles.
For Elite Greenhouses if your order is below £700 the shipping cost will be £50 as a small contribution towards what Elite charge us, over £700 we will pay the full manufacturer's shipping charge ourselves.
Lead times for deliveries from Elite will vary depending on the time of the year, you can expect extended delivery. Elite Lead times are currently 4-5 Weeks for a Mill finish, 8-10 weeks for Powder Coated Core Models (Compact, Maxim, Streamline, Delta, Craftsman, High Eave, Strata, Vantage & Belmont) and 10-14 weeks for Powder Coated Specials (all other models - Titan, Lean To, Dwarf Walls, Edge, Zenith, Supreme & Classique) Elite's delivery information can be found here: Elite direct delivery information, (opens new window).
Swallow Greenhouses are taking up to 8-12 weeks once Swallow receive the photograph of your completed base. Northern Scotland & Devon & Cornwall can be a little longer. All Swallow's prices include delivery and installation to a flat and level solid base.
Vitavia Greenhouses have limited stocks of certain greenhouses and stock models are being shipped in around 8 weeks of receipt of order. Please contact us to discuss which models are available as the list changes daily at the moment. The Vitavia range are all shipped free of charge no mater the price.
Janssens Greenhouses are taking 8-10 weeks for Action Models or 15 weeks for custom models, standard greenhouse delivery is free but deliveries to some areas in Scotland will incur an additional charge, please contact us for a quote.
UK Postage Rates
We charge our postage to reflect Royal Mail's rate for the weight of your total order. As you select your products you can see your actual postage cost in the shopping bag. We ship our UK orders by Royal Mail Business Post and for larger orders we use a variety of UK couriers.
We believe by charging postage this way it is by far the fairest way for you. If we were to offer "Free Shipping" we would have to build the postage cost into every item, therefore if you were to buy several items you would pay for the postage several times over. This way we recover our costs and you do not pay more than is necessary for your order to be delivered to you.
International Shipping
Our default shipping internationally is by Royal Mail Airmail for all orders up to 2kg. The price you will pay will be shown in the shopping bag as you select products.
Orders over 2kg will be shipped by FedEx and the price will be shown instantly as we are now fully integrated with FedEx international online services.
As FedEx is incredibly good value for larger orders why not take advantage of putting a bigger order together and take advantage of paying very little extra for your shipping.
Please note that the website will show a hugely inflated FedEx price for international shipping of greenhouses. If you wish to purchase a greenhouse for international shipping please email your address and details and we will be able to give you an accurate quote and timescale. Please email ian@elloughton-greenhouses.co.uk