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What you get
A separate building at the bottom of the garden built to be used all year: an office, a studio, a gym or a quiet room.
OUR SERVICES
Garden rooms in Oldham and Greater Manchester
Insulated, wired and built to be used in winter, not just in July.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
What a garden room involves
Insulated, wired and built to be used in winter, not just in July.
The base goes wrong first
A building on a base that moves takes the door and window frames out of square within a year or two, and then nothing closes properly.
Usable in February
Insulation in floor, walls and roof, a heat source, power run properly from the house rather than an extension lead, and ventilation.
IN THE QUOTE
What is in the quote
- The base, and how the ground is being prepared for it
- The structure, insulated in floor, walls and roof
- Cladding or render, and how it is weathered at the junctions
- A power supply run properly from the house, with its own protection
- Heating, lighting and sockets to suit what the room is for
- Internal finish, flooring and decoration
A garden room is a small building, and small buildings get treated casually. The base and the insulation decide whether you use it.
HOW WE DO IT
How a garden room job actually goes
Four steps, start to finish, so you know what happens and when.
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01
Tell us what it is for and where it goes
An office, a gym, a studio or a room for the kids. A photo of the spot in the garden and a rough idea of the size.
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02
The base and the services
What the ground is like, how power gets to it, and whether it needs water or drainage. Permitted development has rules about height and distance to the boundary and those are checked first.
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03
A written quote covering winter
Base, structure, insulation, cladding, glazing, electrics and heating. A garden room that is only usable in July is the cheap version and the quote makes clear which one you are getting.
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04
Base, shell, then fit out
The base goes in and cures, the structure goes up and is made weathertight, then it is insulated, wired, lined and finished.
THREE WAYS TO START
Talk to us about your garden room
Whichever is easiest. You get the same answer from all three.
Or send it in a minute
Three boxes and a photo if you have one.
PAST WORK
Recent work
Finished jobs, photographed on site.
Call us for your garden room quote
A written quote, itemised, with no obligation.
USEFUL TO KNOW
Garden room questions
Do I need planning permission for a garden room?
Many fall under permitted development and many do not, and it turns on height, how close it is to a boundary, how much of the garden it covers and whether anybody will be sleeping in it. It is the council's answer, not a builder's. You get a straight view at the quote on which way yours looks so you can ask.
Can it be used as an extra bedroom?
That is a different question from whether it can be built, because sleeping accommodation changes what applies to it. Say at the outset what the room is actually for, because it affects the answer and it is much better established before rather than after.
How is the power run to it?
Properly, from the consumer unit, buried at the right depth in the right cable with its own protection. Not an extension lead through a window and not a cable clipped along a fence. It is part of the quote rather than something arranged afterwards.
Is it cheaper than an extension?
Usually, because it is not tying into an existing building and the groundworks are simpler. It also does not make the house itself bigger, which for some people is the point and for others is the reason to extend instead. Both conversations are worth having before either is priced.
Often booked alongside
New buildsGET A PRICE
Tell us about your job
Three boxes and a photo if you have one. We price it in writing, with no obligation.
Where we work from
Based in Oldham, covering Greater Manchester.
07542 569 403
office@akjohnbuilders.co.uk
Oldham, Greater Manchester