FAQs

The garden room must be positioned to the rear or side of your property. Should you want to place your garden room to the front of your property then you will need planning permission.

You can now use up to 50% of all your land excluding the part the ‘original house’ sits on. All your land includes the front garden, side garden and back garden. The term “original house” means the house as it was first built, so include any extensions you or previous owners have built into the calculation. To sum up, existing additions to your house like extensions, conservatories, sheds and greenhouses, these buildings combined with the garden room should not cover more than 50% of the overall land excluding the original house.

Under the permitted development rules, a flat roof (low pitch) garden room must not exceed 2.5m in height. For garden rooms built at least 2m away from all boundaries, the height can be increased up to 3m at the front, sloping to 2.5m at the rear eave’s height (single pitch roof), this is ideal for garden rooms that will be used as a gym due to raised height of exercise equipment.

No, building control approval isn’t required for garden rooms up to 15m2 as long as they do not contain any sleeping accommodation (habitable dwelling). The same rule applies for garden rooms that are between 15 – 30m2 but will need to be either at 1m from all boundaries or constructed using substantially non-combustible materials if built within 1m from the boundaries.

Upon request and for an additional cost, we can include fire rated materials in the construction process, providing you with a substantially non-combustible structure, which in turn, will allow you to position your garden room less than 1m from your boundaries, saving you valuable space within your garden.

No, all of our garden rooms have the foundation system included in the price. In most cases we use a heavy-duty galvanised ground screw foundation system. The ground condition will determine the length of screw used but the most common length is 1.2m. A 5m x 3m garden room will use 15 ground screws with a load capacity of 1.5 tonnes per screw.

No, they are designed to be maintenance free. The cedar cladding has a high resistance to decay, with durability and natural preservatives. The western red cedar is 100% maintenance free and has a typical lifespan of 40+ years. Cedar will naturally weather and go silver over time. If desired, you can prolong the different shades of red and brown by oiling the cedar with a UV protection oil not long after installation. This process will have to be repeated every 4-5 years depending on product used.

To build your garden room we will require a 0.5m gap between the structure and the fence to enable us to build and clad the walls. However, it is possible to temporarily remove the fence to enable the construction process. This will enable you to have the room closer to the boundaries although we recommend always leaving a small gap if possible, so you do not create a breeding ground for moisture and to avoid the room looking too squashed in the corner. Fence removal needs to be arranged and carried out by you prior to us arriving.

This all depends on the size of the garden room and specification you have chosen along with the number of upgrades required. Generally speaking, the build time is approximately 15 days. We always strive to complete the rooms as quick as possible whilst not compromising the quality of the finish and battling the Great British weather.