mybuilder.com: established in a shedlike atmosphere

MyBuilder describes itself as "an online marketplace that brings builders and homeowners together". Putting a job up on the site is free which makes its money largely by charging builders when they successfully secure work via the website: you can find shed and garage builders for example by clicking here. Tradesmen are rated on their workmanship by clients which hopefully makes it easier to find decent builders. And where did stonemason Ryan Notz first set up the business? In a shedlike garage in Bristol.



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Garden office + house for sale in Shrewsbury

An idyllic garden office with fully glazed aspect to the rising sun and a golden view of the top of the tallest Doric column in the world - and with a luxury apartment attached - is now available to buy for £365,000. The office is broadband connected with power supply & heating, and comes with a 2 bedroom luxury apartment attached. They are located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, a hotbed of home-based entrepreneurs where networking is a happy pastime and these mobile business people enjoy some of the highest levels of open space per head of population in the country. The cultural life is lively with the left bank of the county a home to a talented tribe of contemporary artists, here for the inspiration and quality of life the county provides. Jelly co-working groups abound and the lucky purchaser of this Home Office would not be short of entrepreneurial company. Shedworking can personally vouch for the seller's credentials. Click here for details.


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Shedworking on Facebook

Several readers have asked for a more substantial Shedworking presence on Facebook (we've been there for a while but in a fairly dormant state) so, happy to oblige as ever, that's exactly what we're starting to do. You can see the official Shedworking page (as well as the completely unedited 'Community' page which brings together everything shedworkingesque across Facebook). It's early days but there are some nice photos and videos to get things going. If you'd like to contribute to it or have any tip top ideas for developing it, please let us know.


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Venice on Water

If you want to mix some shedworkingesque holiday action and Venice then here's the very thing, a luxury two-bedroom houseboat berthed in the Marina di Porte Grandi in Quarto d’Altino which can be used for limited navigation inside the lagoon without needing a pilot’s license. It's part of a project called Venice on Water (click to see more pictures) which aims to build 10 of them over the next few years in Malta: pictured above is the first, called Mdina Venezia which is 10m x 4.5m, features a light aluminium hull and a rooftop sundeck and lounge area. More details at Times of Malta
Photo and alert by Robin Peach


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The Garden Cube

Only really useful for sunny shedworking, the Garden Cube from Chris Nangle Furniture Design would nevertheless be a great spot for the occasional shedworker. Made from sustainable native burnt green oak or western red cedar.

Haus IK_13

This lovely self-sufficient, split-level shedworking space in an old apple tree meadow in Schleswig-Holstein is where artist Uwe Paduck works. Designed by Mitto Architekten to resemble an old barn and called "Haus IK_13" it has an artist's studio, kitchen, bathroom, mezzanine, and bedroom. Uwe calls it "modest". It covers, on both floors, a total of 55 square meters of living space,
Via Muuuz. Thanks to urbanbike for the alert


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New artist's studio in St Albans

It's always a pleasure to report on new garden office builds in the home town of Shedworking so we were delighted to hear from Decorated Shed that they have just finished work on an artist's studio for St Albans-based designer Stephen Wragg. Stephen and his wife Esther run Wragg Art House which includes painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design for print and web media, photography and cartography.


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