A garden office adds £20,000 to the average property's value

More confirmation that a garden office or studio (or indeed other shedlike build) makes your property more valuable comes from property specialists Regency Living.

Its latest report indicates that adding a new physical structure in the form of a garden room or office means you should be looking at an average added value of around 7.5% which, based on the current UK average house price of £268,548 is equivalent to £20,141. 

Similar, though lower, additions also suggest benefits including a conservatory (£18,798) and prefab summer house (£13,427). Even a simple shed or storage space with a concrete floor will boost your property value by 2.5% (£6,714).

Sales & Marketing Director at Regency Living, Tim Simmons said: “Maximising garden space is always a good way to add value to the home. When it comes to property value, a home is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it, so if you’re creating something unusual and a step above the competition, even in modest ways, you’re going to capture buyer attention and inevitably increase the price they’re willing to pay.”

Image courtesy Booths Garden Studios

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Multi-purpose garden room and office

Here's an example of one of the most popular garden room builds at the moment from Cosy Garden Rooms, a multi-purpose garden room with separate storage area (in this case replacing a dilapidated summerhouse).

It's a 6m x 3m garden room, built on a concrete base. An internal partition wall creates a 1.2m storage area equipped with its own external UPVC solid panel door for easy access.

The front and right sides are clad in composite cedar slats for a natural and maintenance-free aesthetic. To reduce costs, the rear and left sides were clad in durable grey Hardie board composite, a practical choice for areas not visible from the main view.

Other features include 3m-wide double sliding patio doors,a full-height corner window, 300mm overhang along the front and right-hand sides, and an infrared heater. 

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Woodlands Home & Garden Group grows retail network with second showsite in Scotland

Specialist garden building manufacturer and retailer Woodlands Home & Garden Group has opened its second retail outlet in Scotland. The new show site is located in Glencarse, Perth, as Woodlands and the Tiger brand as they expand their presence across the country.

The Tiger garden building franchise, launched in partnership with Wood N Garden Timber Buildings, features more than 50 garden buildings in an 11,000 sq.ft display area. The location in Glencarse has been operated by Wood N Garden for decades, and having established a successful reputation across the region, the company decided to partner exclusively with Tiger to boost their growth.

The new site will also benefit from the operational launch of Woodlands’ large warehouse and distribution facility at its sister site in Glenrothes, Fife. This will ensure Scottish consumers can enjoy the same  levels of service, delivery and installation to other UK customers.

Ross Moran, Chief Executive at Woodlands Home & Garden Group said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Wood N Garden Timber Buildings, with their rich family heritage of delivering high quality garden buildings with excellent customer service in Scotland. We have enjoyed a really positive, long-standing relationship with their whole organisation, and we are delighted that they want to take our collaboration to the next level. We believe Scotland is a really important and exciting region for us, and we look forward to a bright future for Tiger across the country.

"The new Tiger franchise, which is our second in Scotland and our 10th overall, is a significant landmark for Tiger’s offline strategy, creating a network of franchise-operated locations across the UK to complement our existing online success and build on our position as Britain’s market leader in garden buildings.”

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Friday Finery: The Roots of Wellbeing studio

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s Houseplant Studios section is once again sponsored by Malvern Garden Buildings this year. One of the most interesting looks to be The Roots of Wellbeing studio by Botanic York which describes it as "a cosy and comfortable space to live and work in retreat from the chaos of modern life. Trailing plants fill the walls and dangle from the ceiling to create a feeling of being immersed in plants. Visitors brush past curtains of greenery to enter the inside jungle where plants are used to delineate an office or workspace."

The designers say the studio is very much focused on managing a healthy work-life balance, and how greenery can enhance remote working inside a "jungle-inspired office". Features will include hanging troughs with trailing plants, a reclaimed table for working surrounded by herbs, with a living wall on the outside of the build.

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Beehive garden studios

It's always nice to see garden office designers thinking outside the box. Beehive offers a fully bespoke service but it's the company's trademark design which looks like a traditional ‘skep’ beehive that catches the eye. The key element is the use of natural cedar shingles, but it comes with everything else you'd want in a garden office or studio (decent insulation, various heating options, range of internal finishing possibilities, double-glazed windows) all within a stud work superstructure made from kiln dried pressure-treated timbers, with sheet materials  a combination of OSB (Orientated Strand Board) and structural birch plywood. 

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Spectacular Springfield treehouse goes on the market

A truly spectacular treehouse, ideal for garden office use, has just come on the market in Northumberland.

Springfield Treehouse was designed and build managed by Napper Architects of Newcastle who were also behind the iconic Alnwick Treehouse in 2004, built by Sir Robert McAlpine. Springfield is actually a twin treehouse with two turrets, both with two floors and inside ladder access, a bridge joining them together.  

It's on with various folk including Finest Properties and Sanderson Young with a £5.75m price tag which includes nearly three acres of grounds and a six bedroom house, as well as a greenhouse, gardener’s store and additional shed, plus a four-car garage.

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Garden studio with Devon views

A really gorgeous multi-use garden studio build from Carpenter Oak in southern Devon which replaced a previous delapidated shed and greenhouse. The main feature is this impressive barn-style interior with exposed oak beams, plus bi-fold glazed doors, and smashing views of the hills outside.

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