Size, roof mechanics, motorization and accessories drive the price far more than the brand on the badge. An honest walkthrough of the budget lines.
Four lines that decide the budget
Almost all of the final invoice sits in four variables: the covered area, the type of roof — louvered, bioclimatic or retractable fabric — the drive and sensor package, and the sides, meaning zip screens, glass or nothing at all. Colour, lighting and heating are real but secondary lines; a client who fixes the first four has already set eighty percent of the cost.
Indicative ranges
As a planning figure for 2026, compact manual louvered kits start around the entry level of the market, motorized bioclimatic roofs for a typical twenty-square-metre terrace sit comfortably in the middle of the range, and fully specified projects — heavy-duty structure, zip screens on two sides, lighting and heating — reach the top band. Treat any quote that skips the wind-load calculation as unreliable, whatever the number.
The lines people forget
Budget for what surrounds the pergola as carefully as the pergola itself: foundations or wall reinforcement, the electrical run to the drive, drainage for the gutter outlet, and permits where local rules require them. Installation by a trained dealer is not a luxury line either — blade alignment and fabric tension decide both the appearance and the lifespan of the system.
What the price returns
A motorized roof earns its cost twice: in use, as a terrace that works from spring to late autumn instead of three summer months, and in value, as a permanent, documented structure rather than seasonal furniture. Add the energy effect — a shaded façade measurably reduces cooling load in the rooms behind it — and the calculation stops being only about the garden.
