FAQ

Probably not. Our buildings need to be in the original house garden referred to as the curtilage of the house. It is unlikely we can achieve planning consent for buildings in land identified as woodland, orchard, or agricultural.

Our preference is to use a screw piling system, although we can use concrete slab or other traditional foundations. You can read more about why we choose a screw piling foundation here.

There are a few elements involved in the enquiry stage. We need to meet you and understand your requirements, look at where you are proposing to site your garden room, and find out what facilities you are wanting in it and your ambition for the building. We will look at any previous planning history there may have been for your proposal. At this stage we will say if we think we can help you with your particular proposal, or (in some cases) explain why we think we can’t. We can also give you a general guide of cost range of the project. There is no charge for this.

The pre-planning and planning stages go together. We will agree building dimensions, general external design appearance, room and internal layout, insulation level required and services such as lighting and plumbing, sufficient that we can generate scaled drawings which you will need to accompany your planning application. We will generate a detailed quotation for the cost of the building and outline options available. We will put together all the documentation you need to support your planning application, application form, land registry location plan, site layout plan, proposal justification and evidence, and scale floor plans and elevations of your proposed garden room and suggested wording for a statutory declaration if needed. For this we charge £3000

Yes, of course. You will have our agreed specifications and drawings with which you can seek other comparative quotes, and we are confident that we are extremely competitive like for like.

We can complete the building to “wind and watertight” stage and you can do as much or as little of the finishing work as you wish. You may for example want to fit a kitchen, lay flooring or decorate yourself.

“Wind and watertight” is an industry standard term denoting a particular stage of the build process. This would usually mean that the building shell has been erected on the foundation and subframe, the windows and doors have been fitted and the roofing and water repellent wall membranes have been applied.

Your structure will still let in water at this stage. No structure is truly weathertight until the roofcovering (e.g. tiles, shingles, steel) and external cladding (e.g. timber rainscreen) have been applied, and all gaps sealed up. It is perfectly normal for windblown rain to drive into the structure at this stage and you should take measures to begin sealing up the house as soon as possible after the kit is up.