Outdoor facility, terrace roofing - fixed roof or awning?

Hello everyone, hope you are all healthy

we are considering how best to cover our terrace, which will be done in 4 weeks. Size of the terrace: approx. 7 x 4m. Our garden is on the south side, so we definitely need sun protection. The terrace will be made along the entire side of the house next to the bay window, so up to the right side of the house (that's about 7 m) and 4 m deep.

At first, we thought about an awning, 6 x 4 m. But then a friend brought up a fixed sunshade with a louvered roof. The problem is: we have a bay window on the left, then the patio door for 2 m and then a 2 m wide window. To avoid it looking so inconsistent, you would have to cover the entire 7 meters width between the bay window and the right corner of the house, but that would be quite expensive with a louvered roof, > 15k€. Moreover, a local company said that it is hardly possible to have it that wide. They can offer intermediate sizes 4.09 m wide, 5.09 m wide and 5.98 m wide. But that always goes right through a window or always in a way that doesn't look good.

An awning would be the easier option at about 3k€, but for example, if it rains a bit, an awning does not offer protection. We are absolute outdoor fans and always outside in summer.

Do you have any idea how best to solve this? What could be done? Maybe something completely different?? We also thought about a roof made of translucent photovoltaic panels, since we might want to fully equip our roof with them. We are overwhelmed and clueless ..

Attached are also pictures of the house.

Thanks and regards,
Chewbacca
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The roof is lower than the bay window, right? I would probably extend it from the bay window over the door and the lamps, so stopping in front of the window. If you have a lot of visitors and need more shade, you could put an awning or something over the window... Or you could just make a sun sail from the corner out...

Remember: a permanent installation costs light in winter.

The roof is lower than the bay window, right? I would probably extend it from the bay window to above the door and the lamps, so stop in front of the window. If you have a lot of visitors and need more shade, you could put an awning or something over the window... Or you could just make a sun sail out of the corner...

That might be another alternative with the sun sail. We need to think about it carefully.

Hello,

just google Lamaxa by Warema, it is, in my opinion, a brilliant system to realize something like that. However, it is certainly not cheap.

Alternatively, with these dimensions, you can also build a simple glass roof with a steel substructure. Galvanized, it lasts forever and is easy to clean since you can easily access it from above through the two windows. Roof pitch between 3° and 5° away from the house, small gutter attached, done. Possibly then with darker glass panes to keep some light out.

To avoid it looking so inconsistent, you would have to roof the entire 7 meter width between the bay window and the right corner of the house, but that will be quite expensive with a louvered roof,

I don't think it will look inconsistent if the roof is not made over the entire terrace, since you don't have any symmetry. The terra roof with sun protection will also cast enough shade on the southeast side in the west sun.