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Small Garden Office
Working from home is the dream of many office workers.
It offers more time, increased flexibility and, ultimately, greater control over your work-life balance.
Rather than simply operating from a spare room or building an expensive extension, a small garden office is becoming an increasingly attractive option for home workers.
Not only does it give you much-needed space to work from home, but also separates your job from it at the same time.
It’s a persuasive combination of home and personal office space because you remain only steps away from the house.
The best thing about a small garden office is that you don’t need much spare capacity to build one.
Small garden offices are also comparatively cheap to design and quick to construct, making them worthy investments when considering your property’s overall value.
At Garden Room Sanctuary, we’re experts at building small garden offices to fit any available space.
Minimum size of garden office
The size of a new garden office is important.
You don’t want it to be too small, nor cramped.
It must comfortable because, don’t forget, it is where you’re going to spend most of your working day.
You also need it to accommodate equipment to turn it into a practical office, such as space for a chair and a desk as a minimum.
You may require room too for storage or filing cabinets.
An effective small garden office need not take up a huge amount of space, and can often utilise apparently minuscule areas in your garden that are currently unused.
That’s one reason why they are an increasingly popular alternative to a traditional home extension.
The precise minimum size of your small garden office depends on a multitude of factors, including how much space have available and how much you need.
Keeping to a minimum size is great because you’ll not only save on costs, but it will be quicker to construct.
That keeps disruption to a minimum and, once it’s kitted out, you’ll be able to work from the office sooner than you could with a home extension.
Keeping to minimal sizes will also help you to avoid the complicated procedure of applying for planning permission.
If you keep it small enough, you won’t need to seek building regulations approval.
At Garden Room Sanctuary, our experts can help you to determine the optimum and minimum sizes for your small garden office.
We’re happy to share our knowledge before building for you a perfect outdoor addition to your home.
Specifications of garden office
Before building a small garden office, you’ll need to ensure all requirements and specifications are met.
At Garden Room Sanctuary, it’s our job to make sure that is done properly, so you have little to worry about.
In most cases, you won’t need planning permission or building regulations approval.
- A garden office can’t be more than four metres high, including the roof. Most small garden offices that we design are no more than 2.5m in height.
- It must be built at least one metre from a boundary if it’s 2.5m in height (or less). Taller than that and it must be two metres away.
- A small garden office cannot be used as a living or sleeping area because it would then most likely require planning permission.
- You also cannot build a veranda or balcony, have more than a single storey, or raise your garden office off the ground.
Optional extras in a garden office
It doesn’t matter how small your garden office is, you still have a choice of amazing optional extras to personalise your design.
Even the smallest examples are totally customisable, making it not only a great addition to your home but a desirable place to work each day.
The choices you make will, of course, be dictated by the budget available and the specific requirements for your job.
The most common request is for an internet connection.
It’s almost impossible to work, especially from home, without one.
Luckily, it’s easy to install network routers in your small garden office, creating a separate work line or by connecting it to an existing Wi-Fi network.
You’ll also need to power a laptop and have access to appropriate lighting through a link to the mains electricity supply.
If necessary, we can recommend a qualified tradesman to do the job.
Those that are conscious of their environmental responsibilities might consider installing solar panels on the roof.
However, they should consider carefully the precise location of their small garden office first.
It also gets cold in the UK, especially during winter, so to have a practical, year-round office space you’ll need to consider how best to warm your garden room.
Portable heaters are an attractive option, so too is underfloor heating.
Install a small garden office
A small garden office is an ideal place from which to work while at home.
Away from the humdrum of your regular workplace, it provides peace and quiet so that you can work hard and achieve the results you want.
They are a good investment, offsetting the initial time and costs by adding extra value to your property should you consider selling it in the future.
Because it’s small, it also doesn’t take up too much of your valuable space and works out as excellent value, with minimal disruption to home life during its construction.
At Garden Room Sanctuary, we can help you through the entire process, from design through to build.
Contact us today to discover more about how our experts can help you.
Call us on 01756 461 696 or send an email to enquiries@gardenroomsanctuary.co.uk
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