Small Garden Office?


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Did anyone look into these during lockdown?

With our kids getting older, and needing more space / own rooms etc, I'm seriously considering moving my office into the garden. I've probably got about £10k to spend (hopefully less!), but I've no real idea about options other than a "shed" type thing.

I'd want something with excellent insulation as I'd be working in it all year round.
Is wood the best option? Or are there better cost-effective materials out there that would last longer, be cheaper etc?

I'd probably fit a air con system too that would keep it cool in summer and warm in winter. I think you can get those for about £800 fitted, or at least that was the cheapest prices last time I looked.
 
Did anyone look into these during lockdown?

With our kids getting older, and needing more space / own rooms etc, I'm seriously considering moving my office into the garden. I've probably got about £10k to spend (hopefully less!), but I've no real idea about options other than a "shed" type thing.

I'd want something with excellent insulation as I'd be working in it all year round.
Is wood the best option? Or are there better cost-effective materials out there that would last longer, be cheaper etc?

I'd probably fit a air con system too that would keep it cool in summer and warm in winter. I think you can get those for about £800 fitted, or at least that was the cheapest prices last time I looked.
Some class ones on here

Dunster House - Log Cabin and Garden Building Specialists
 
We had one already which was handy when it came to working from home. It can be a bit chilly in winter but we’ve got one of those electric oil filled radiator things that helps. We just open the door in summer.

It’s good in that you can separate home life from work life more than you can working from in the house.

It’s good for additional storage space as well. We’ve got a small freezer in there which comes in handy from time to time.

We do have a lot of pigeons having sex on the roof of it though, which can be quite noisy. Not sure if that’s the same for all garden offices.
 
Did anyone look into these during lockdown?

With our kids getting older, and needing more space / own rooms etc, I'm seriously considering moving my office into the garden. I've probably got about £10k to spend (hopefully less!), but I've no real idea about options other than a "shed" type thing.

I'd want something with excellent insulation as I'd be working in it all year round.
Is wood the best option? Or are there better cost-effective materials out there that would last longer, be cheaper etc?

I'd probably fit a air con system too that would keep it cool in summer and warm in winter. I think you can get those for about £800 fitted, or at least that was the cheapest prices last time I looked.
Gives a whole new meaning to " in the doghouse".
 
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Could you get a small used shipping container in? 12ft or something. Really easy to clad it and insulate it. Just need to have windows/skylights cut out. and obviously stuff like electrics and fit out and furniture which you need anyway.
 
Could you get a small used shipping container in? 12ft or something. Really easy to clad it and insulate it. Just need to have windows/skylights cut out. and obviously stuff like electrics and fit out and furniture which you need anyway.
There's someone on facebook selling those for about £1200. I had thought about just painting it to match the fence, then adding loads of plants and stuff. And then lining it with PIR foam sheets and painting right ontop of them

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Canny ugly though.
 
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There's someone on facebook selling those for about £1200. I had thought about just painting it to match the fence, then adding loads of plants and stuff. And then lining it with PIR foam sheets and painting right ontop of them

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Canny ugly though.
Yeah that's why I'd clad it.

I'd probably need it lifting over my house as well though which wouldn't be cheap.
 
Cheap shed, little space heater, job's a goodun.
Edit: Quite frankly if you're worried about warmth in there (and they do tend to warm up well witha space heater anyway), there's enough room to put in some insulation between the struts and plywood it over.
 
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Buy a 10x8 shipping container and clad it with old pallet wood for the rustic look - you’d be surprised what’s available. When I worked offshore all the offices were built into shipping containers for obvious reasons
 
Buy a 10x8 shipping container and clad it with old pallet wood for the rustic look - you’d be surprised what’s available. When I worked offshore all the offices were built into shipping containers for obvious reasons
That's probably the way to go tbh. Collect pallets, pressure wash and paint.
Insulation will probably cost a bit, but so be it.

Back fence can come out, so it won't even be a big deal to move it onsite. Will need to make a base first though.
 
I'm about to change to a working from home job and have been looking at this. I just been browsing www.gardenhouses24.co.uk and there are some really nice looking ones there.

The prices look good compared to other sites, but compared to other sites their big starting price is the bare shell and it quickly seems to mount up once you add insulation etc. Other sites don't have the bare shell options and tend to sell with all the features.
 
Did anyone look into these during lockdown?

With our kids getting older, and needing more space / own rooms etc, I'm seriously considering moving my office into the garden. I've probably got about £10k to spend (hopefully less!), but I've no real idea about options other than a "shed" type thing.

I'd want something with excellent insulation as I'd be working in it all year round.
Is wood the best option? Or are there better cost-effective materials out there that would last longer, be cheaper etc?

I'd probably fit a air con system too that would keep it cool in summer and warm in winter. I think you can get those for about £800 fitted, or at least that was the cheapest prices last time I looked.
I fancy something like this or a shipping container, obviously make it look more presentable

 
Buy a 10x8 shipping container and clad it with old pallet wood for the rustic look - you’d be surprised what’s available. When I worked offshore all the offices were built into shipping containers for obvious reasons
Any thoughts how you'd fix the battons? I wouldn't want to drive screws through the metal.
 
Any thoughts how you'd fix the battons? I wouldn't want to drive screws through the metal.
The walls are quite thin steel so easy to drill thru but you need rubber washers to stop the leaks. You could try some sort of no more nails type product or build the cladding free standing but lashed to it, you can get them with tethering points I think
 

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