How to Turn Your Ideas Into The Ideal Garden Room
Many different garden rooms are available in the UK from simple chalets to architect-designed buildings. Don’t jump straight in and buy the wrong garden room. Here are 5 questions to help you turn...
View ArticleGarden Rooms Are For Life, Not Just For Summer!
In winter we forget what the garden is for. We long for sunshine, barbecues and trampolines. We even long for the irritating chug of neighbours’ lawnmowers. So can garden rooms be enjoyed in winter?...
View ArticleGordon Smith RIBA – InsideOut’s Architect
Gordon Smith’s role as architect for InsideOut Buildings is an important part of his work. He also runs his own domestic architect’s practice up here in North Lancashire and Cumbria. (I am also a...
View ArticleGarden Office and Shed
Are you thinking about including a shed with your garden office? Here Lynn of The Garden Buildings Guide chats to Rachel Wichall of Eden Garden Rooms about their integrated office/shed buildings. 1....
View ArticleA Round Garden Office
Rotunda Living is a unique garden buildings company, run by women, that designs and build circular garden rooms. I met up with Gemma Rowe, Rotunda’s MD to ask her a few questions to help you in your...
View ArticleSo you’re ready to buy a garden room – but which style?
Let’s assume that you have looked around, set a rough budget and are now ready to add a new garden building or room to your property. Whether it’s for extra leisure space, additional accommodation, a...
View ArticleEco Classrooms: Why Every School Should Have One
Schools are experiencing rapidly changing needs and classrooms built in the 19th and 20th century lack the practicality and space to accommodate pupils for 21st century learning – whether it’s a music...
View ArticleGreen Roofs For Garden Rooms
Green Roofs A popular aspect of garden buildings in recent years is the addition of ‘green’ roofs or ‘living’ roofs as they’re also known. Here, the roof itself is covered by natural vegetation of some...
View ArticleDiscovering Henley Garden Rooms
Opting for a garden room is an exciting, yet life changing decision. With such a vast choice of prices, styles and sizes to choose from – selecting the perfect space for you, your family and your home...
View ArticleBespoke garden rooms are affordable
You’ll probably agree that the perception of the term ‘bespoke’, can be off putting, as you may assume the cost of opting for a bespoke service will far exceed your budget. Perhaps this is to be...
View ArticleA Garden Annexe rental that both earns and saves money
In this post Simon Fearnehough of The Hideout House Company suggest two significant and profitable uses for their buildings. Whilst a garden annexe can principally be used for the sole enjoyment of a...
View ArticleFive points to consider before choosing an extension
Five points to consider before choosing a house extension Are you trying to weigh up whether the extend your house or build an annexe or garden office building in the garden? Not everyone has enough...
View ArticleLog Cabin Annex: What is it made of?
Most modern homes have dry-lined plasterboard walls. Walking into this kind of home can give you a certain feeling that things may not be as strong and sturdy as you expected. With a small amount of...
View ArticleBespoke garden room or summerhouse?
It’s natural to assume that your neighbour’s new bespoke garden room, is just a very elegant looking “shed”. It’s an extra building, separated from the house and it’s in the garden… so what else could...
View ArticleGarden offices electrical supply: what you need to know.
Garden Offices Electrical Supply – What you need to know. So, you’ve a small outbuilding or a shed, that you would like to put to good use as an office or studio and you need to a garden offices...
View ArticleEmploying An Architect
Gordon Smith runs his own domestic architect’s practice up here on the border of North Lancashire and Cumbria. (I am a director of the practice.) Most people would expect to employ an architect to...
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