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Cheap Summer Houses
Here at Garden Buildings Direct, we endeavour to make our buildings accessible for every budget. That’s why we offer affordable ranges of summer houses, log cabins and sheds. To help provide you with a building that can change the way you use your garden at a sensible price, we create all our summerhouses ourselves - cutting our the middleman to deliver a competitive price.
So to find a summer house that’s small on price without compromising on customisable options, high-quality materials, or our BillyOh 10-year guarantee against rot, decay, and insect infestation, explore our range of cheaper buildings below.
FAQs
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A summer house offers a whole host of potential uses, varying from the common and conventional to the decidedly outside of the box. If you’re looking for summer house ideas, you could use it for:
- Garden storage if you go for a summer house with shed
- A workshop or tool shed
- A room for relaxation
- Outdoor dining
- A garden office
- A home gym
With even a small summer house, the possibilities are endless.
Our summer houses come with plenty of options for varying shapes, sizes, and styles, with each offering a unique set of advantages. All tastes are catered for here at Garden Buildings Direct, thanks to a range including contemporary and traditional summer houses.
Contemporary summer houses are for those with an eye for stylish and modern designs with a clean aesthetic appeal. While our traditional collection boasts Georgian windows and typical apex roofs; ideal for those who enjoy a classic look.
We also offer corner summer houses, log cabin summer houses and more. For our favourite BillyOh buildings from our cheap summer house range, we recommend:
The Renna Summerhouse is a versatile building with a modern, pent design. This stylish summer house offers a perfect space for the whole family to relax. A tall, corner design gives the building a spacious feel inside, while the building itself takes up minimum space in your garden by fitting into a corner.
The Harper Summerhouse is designed with tongue and groove panels, with a Georgian bar window giving it a traditional look. The Apex design allows for increased headroom inside of the summerhouse, making mobility extremely easy. Available in a range of different sizes, the Harper can fit in all types of garden styles and sizes.
The long and plentiful windows that wrap around the front gives the Bella an ultra-modern and stylish look. Whilst the adaptable door placement means you have the ultimate say in how the summerhouse looks in your garden.
The BillyOh Ivy Apex Summerhouse has been designed in a modern style, to add a contemporary feature to any garden. With stylish long windows and a veranda, the Ivy is guaranteed to look great in any garden forming a stunning centerpiece.
Before deciding on which garden summer house is best for you, you need to consider any planning regulations which may apply to your garden building. This is especially worth bearing in mind if you intend to use it as a home office or living quarters. Generally, garden buildings such as summer houses are classed as ‘permitted developments’, meaning you wouldn't need planning permission. Despite this, we’d strongly recommend contacting your local planning authority to discuss this. The larger your garden building and the closer it is to your property boundary, the greater the likelihood that permission for a summer house will be required.
A structurally sound base is essential in ensuring your summer house can last as long as possible. Your summer house base should be flat and level, so as to avoid cracking and breaking the timber or putting undue stress on window and door frames which could shatter glass. Your choices vary from a concrete base for your summer house to an ecobase or timber sub-floor. That’s why we offer many of these as add-ons upon purchasing your summer house.
When it comes to a wooden summer house, positioning and planning requires some thought. Preferably, you’ll want your summer house to be south-facing. Though, you should observe how the sun moves through your specific garden throughout the day, as well as the times of day you’ll be using your summer house most often. The spot for your summer house may get a lot of sun in the morning and little in the evening, or vice-versa, which will naturally influence your decision. Then, be sure to position your summer house (if possible) away from hazards and overhanging branches and to build on level, dry ground that allows for water runoff.
If you’re not careful, condensation can rapidly build up in your garden summer house structure as a consequence of changing temperatures throughout the year. But with proper care and maintenance, you can stop damp in your summer house.
Make sure there is sufficient airflow through your summerhouse and be sure to aerate it even in the winter months. Leaving the doors and windows open will allow your garden building to breathe. To restrict the ability of moisture to penetrate the timber, and stop rot and mould:
- Don’t store damp items in your summer house
- Opt for pressure-treated timber or treat your summer house with wood treatment
- Think about installing a vapour membrane if need be
- Build your garden summer house on a raised base with no direct ground contact
For more on how to damp proof and insulate your wooden summer house, check out our comprehensive guide.
Ultimately, this is an issue of personal preference! Take a look at your garden surroundings and think about what colour would best compliment your pre-existing aesthetic. As a result of varying weather conditions, summer house timber tends to contract and expand. Luckily, our tongue and grooves panels allow for this natural occurrence. But, to ensure that you keep your summer house moisture-free, prime, treat, then paint it. We even offer paint and treatment options as add-ons to our BillyOh summerhouses.
And to see what other customers did with their cheap summer house purchases, check out some more customer stories.
Our range of BillyOh summerhouses are all designed to be easy and simple to assemble. Using the digital assembly instructions included in your order confirmation and with a team of at least 2 people, the handy pre assembled panels mean you will have your BillyOh building up in no time! You’ll just require some basic tools like a drill and bits, level, and hammer.
Our tongue and groove panelling provides a weather-resistance, tight interlocking seal to keep your warm in winter and cool in summer. However, to further insulate your summer house, you could consider:
- Using a draught excluder
- Installing a vapour barrier
- Installing floor ad roofing Celotex insulation sheets
- Upgrading to double-glazed windows
This can be especially useful if you plan to use your summerhouse as a home office throughout the year or overnight. For more, read our guide to damp-proofing and insulating a garden building.
If you’re looking for summer house ideas, think about what purpose you’ll be using your summer house for. For example:
- Home gym - A weight rack, exercise matts, and yoga ball would fit perfectly.
- A relaxation room - Soft furnishings like throws, blankets, and even rattan furniture.
- A home cinema - Projector, beans bags, and maybe even a small popcorn machine.
- For entertaining - Consider including a wooden table and chairs with space to serve prosecco and cream teas.
A home office - A good desk, ergonomic chair, and install utilities to your garden building
Cheap Summer Houses
Buying a garden house at an affordable price does not mean a building that isn’t attractive, durable or built to last.
Each of our wooden summer houses is constructed with hard-wearing and high-quality european-sourced timber, manufactured into tongue and groove panels. This style of interlocking construction makes for a sturdy and durable building that’s also highly weather-resistant. The vast majority of our buildings can be additionally pressure-treated to further improve these qualities by adding chemical preservatives into the composition of the timber.
By manufacturing every building ourselves in our specially-built facility, we can offer summerhouses at a cheaper price point than most competitors while still providing buildings in an extensive range of sizes and styles without compromising on quality. Plus, with our 10-year guarantee against rot, decay, and insect infestation, you can stay confident in the longevity of your building.
Are Our Cheap Summer Houses Good Value for Money?
Yes, we provide great value for money even in our cheap summerhouses by doing the hard work ourselves. We don’t import or buy our summer houses from a third party - they’re designed, manufactured and delivered ourselves at our specially-built facility, and have been for over a decade. This means you don't need to choose a small summerhouse to get one at an affordable price.
By doing it ourselves, we cut out the middleman and provide high-quality summerhouses at a lower price than if we were to use third-party buildings. Each building is cladded with close-fitting tongue and groove panels which create a tight exterior seal that robustly repels turbulent weather. We’re so confident in the quality of our tongue and groove designs that they all come with a 10-year protective guarantee, which increases to 15 years if you opt to have your timber pressure-treated.
What Options Do We Have for Cheap Garden Houses?
Our wide range of summerhouses has plenty of options, despite the low price points. You can choose your ideal summer house, whether it's one of our contemporary summerhouse designs with big glazed windows or a more traditional apex roof summer house. The best thing about a quality garden summer house is that it’s not just one thing, it’s many. It can be where you entertain guests or a place to work on artistic projects. It can be your breakfast nook or double up as a garden office. If you want to opt to insulate your summerhouse, it can even become a cosy place to read during winter.
Delivery and Contacting Us
And if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our awesome customer service team for advice. Once you know what you’re after, we can provide free and fast delivery to the mainland UK so you can start making the most of your summerhouse life straight away. Just enter your delivery address to get started.
And how can garden houses be used? Will I need planning permission? How could I heat a summerhouse? If one of these questions has been pinging around your mind, then rest easy - we're here to help with informative explainers.
Our top-class customer service team can provide you with the answers to all of these questions and more, simply get in touch on 01909 768840 or using our contact form.