Frequently asked questions

Questions we get asked a lot

Planning, what the fixed price covers, power and heating, winter use, the state of the garden while we work and how soon we can start. Answered plainly below — and if yours isn't here, ask us at the site visit.


Timber-clad garden room with glazed doors open onto a lawn, built to house standard near Minehead

Planning and price

Permission first, then the price

01

Will I need planning permission for a garden room?

Often not: many garden rooms sit within permitted development. The plot decides it though, including height, how close you build to a boundary, and whether you are inside Exmoor National Park or a conservation area. We check where you stand at the survey stage and tell you straight.

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Garden annexe with its own entrance, sited back from a boundary hedge on an Exmoor plot

02

What does the fixed price actually cover?

One figure for the whole job: footings, drainage, the building, interior fit-out, flooring, decorating, and the landscaping that settles the room into the garden. We price per job once we have seen the ground and the access, and that price is agreed in writing before anyone starts digging.

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Level base and stone paving being laid for a garden room on sloping Exmoor ground

More questions

Services, winter use, mess and start dates

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Insulated garden office interior with timber flooring and a desk, lit for winter working

03Can the room have power, heating and water?

Yes, and it is worth deciding early, because cable and pipe routes affect where the base sits. The building is designed around its services and the ducting goes in during groundworks. Certified electrical and plumbing connections are left to the trades qualified to sign them off.

04Will it be comfortable to use in winter?

That is the whole reason we build to house standard. Insulation, careful detailing where junctions meet, and a weathering specification chosen for driven rain off the moor and salt air nearer the coast. A garden office you can still work in during a February gale.

05What state will the garden be in while you work?

Groundworks are messy for a while, so we plan around it. Access routes across lawn get protected where they can be, spoil and offcuts go out with us as we go, and the ground around the finished room is made good, levelled and planted as part of the job.

06How soon can you start, and what happens once I accept the quote?

Planned work only, run in sequence rather than three sites at once, so the dates we give you when quoting are dates we can hold. Accept, and you get a start date, a text before every visit, and a twelve-month workmanship guarantee from handover with aftercare behind it.

Timber-clad garden room lit at dusk against the Somerset countryside

Still wondering

Send us a photo of the garden

Use the enquiry form and add a couple of photos of the spot you have in mind. We'll reply with next steps and a date for a site visit. WhatsApp works too.

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