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Garden Rooms: Outdoor Offices & Garden Pods
A Garden Office is an efficient solution for those who work remotely or have their own business. Allowing you to separate your workplace from your home environment, or provide a dedicated premises for your business without additional rental costs, our offices allow you to create a specialised workspace where you have the privacy to focus.
Our range includes a variety of options, from fully insulated garden rooms to smaller office pods. There are also a number of stylistic choices, with different cladding and roof options available. If you need a larger space for two or more people, we also have models with multiple rooms or split spaces. For any questions, or just to speak to a member of our experienced customer service team, please feel free to contact us using our dedicated contact form or by calling us on 01909 768840.
FAQs
Yes - a rising number of small businesses and employees are based at home or from a garden office. This is an attractive and viable option for many reasons.
You can gain back the time which you'd otherwise spend commuting to and from work. You can then use this to do something productive (or for spending a little longer in bed!).
You may see a reduction in travel costs, whether you spend this on petrol or public transport.
Adding value to a property with an outdoor building such as a garden office is a common practice. A garden office can give you use now and be attractive to potential buyers in the future. Increase your floor space and create a more pleasing garden aesthetic. Plus, give yourself the ability to work from home as it fast becomes the norm. Some estimate that a quality garden office can increase your property's value by 5-15%.
Whether a garden building will need planning permission is based on its height, size, placement and what it'll be used for.
The maximum height of a garden office with a dual-pitched roof is allowed to be 4 metres. For any other roof type, it's 3 metres. Anything over this and you'll need planning permission. If you have any concerns, we recommend contacting your local planning authority beforehand.
If you're running a business from your office then you may well need other permissions. The same goes for if you intend to use it as a permanent residential space. Again, it's better to be safe than sorry. This is why we recommend getting in touch with your local planning authority. Or, head over to our blog for more information.
Of course. If your garden room isn't close enough to your house to connect to the mains water supply, it may be more expensive though. But installing a bathroom in your garden office will be a fairly simple task for a trained plumber. Make sure that you adhere to Building Regulation standards.
Is your garden building somewhere that you and/or guests plan to sleep in? If so, why not turn your office into accommodation? Remember, then you will need to apply for planning permission.
An office counts as a place from which your business operates, rather than an item of equipment. Because of this, no costs incurred from the purchase or construction of the office itself can be tax deducted from business profits. But items within your garden office, like furniture and insulation, can be.
A lot of us have transitioned to working from home (WFH) recently. So freelancers, small business owners, and employees are thinking about garden offices. They offer many solutions including:
- Being cheaper than renting office space
- Reducing time and money spent on commutes
- Encouraging productivity by having a professional space outside the home
So why not have a look at our range of garden home office buildings to see if it's the right fit for you?
A lot of our log cabins are designed to be used as home offices. Some of our customer favourites include:
- The BillyOh Kent Garden Office
- The Dorset
- The Fraya
- The Winchester
Is a durable building with a large internal space. The multi-room feature on the two larger sizes offers distinct spaces for you and your family to enjoy. The Kent Office has various features like double doors and an overhanging entranceway. Complete with Floor, Roof and Felt as standard.
Features a wide range of sizes and strong Tongue and Groove construction. Choose from various thicknesses to find the perfect office for your garden. The timeless design features a Reverse Apex roof. Plus, wide opening double doors and windows make this cabin a must-have.
Designed to complement any garden, The Fraya is a versatile and adaptable building. It features a contemporary pent design and a modern overhang for style and practicality. You can customise certain aspects of this Log Cabin to suit your tastes and needs.
Is a traditional Alpine-style cabin. It has opening windows and windowed double doors that offer a bright and airy interior. Customise your building to suit you. Complete with Floor, Roof and Felt as standard.
Our range of BillyOh garden offices starts from just £1499. For more, check out our post on how to choose a cabin home office.
Our garden offices come with full assembly instructions provided via email upon sale. They arrive flat-packed in pre-assembled panels. We build all our BillyOh garden offices with tongue and groove, interlocking, or SIP panels. We make these from high-quality European-sourced timber and other materials. Panels come pre-cut and just need assembling together. Follow the instructions provided with your order. Then you and a friend (with some basic tools) can have your garden room built in no time!
There are a few ways to provide a broadband Wi-Fi signal to your garden office:
- Position your garden building close enough to your house that your home Wi-Fi signal will carry. However, this will depend upon where exactly the router is positioned inside your home, and it might not provide a good enough signal after passing through several walls.
- Get a Wi-Fi extension device, connect it to your router, and plug it in inside your garden office.
- Ask your broadband provider about installing a broadband cable to your garden office.
Options 2 and 3 will require your garden office to have an electricity supply (although, if you are planning to use a computer in it, you probably already considered this). For more, see our post on installing utilities in your garden room and how to install Wi-Fi in your garden office.
To turn your BillyOh garden building into a functioning home office consider:
- Connecting a water supply
- Installing fibreoptic cabling or a router that reaches your house’s WiFi
- Sprucing up the decor with office supplies and a good desk
Whether you plan to use your garden room as a traditional computer office, a meeting room, or even a photography studio, a lot of work will go into creating the ideal garden workspace. Check out our guide to designing your garden office to make sure it is suited to the work you plan to do.
We have a series of guides for insulating garden buildings. Whether yours is made from wood or metal, the principles for insulating them are the same across the board, so you can make use of our guides to insulating a shed or insulating a summerhouse. You will also want to consider damp proofing your garden office for extra protection.
What Types of Outdoor Office are Available?
Insulated Garden Offices
If you want to improve your life - work closer to home. An office space is best served by an insulated garden room which offers a comfortable interior all year round. Having an outdoor workspace, like one of our SIP buildings, has a range of benefits. Designed by our team for remote workers, they have the specs necessary for year-round use, with a high level of thermal insulation. This can help you save on energy costs, while also saving money on commuting.
Garden Office Pods
If you've been looking for a garden pod of your own then one of these garden rooms will fit the bill. Providing a comfortable office space or studio in the comfort of your own garden, our insulated garden rooms are both a beautiful and affordable solution to adding extra space to your home. With modern designs, in-built insulation, and great cladding options, our outdoor pods are one-of-a-kind!
A Variety of Modern Garden Rooms
We build our quality offices with lasting style in mind, so that your building continues to improve the look and aesthetic of your garden. When it comes to style, there are a few different options. Choose the popular log cabin aesthetic or opt instead for the more traditional look of a garden summer house.
What are the Advantages of Our Garden Pods?
Durable and long-lasting garden rooms
Our skilled craftspeople manufacture each of our wooden garden rooms. Our office models feature superior strength which prepares them to withstand the UK's most extreme weather conditions using strong tongue and groove cladding. With this interlocking timber used from the base to the cladding and roof, you can be safe in the knowledge that your building is designed to last.
A Flexible Garden Office Space
We design our buildings to provide great flexibility of use. Our buildings can act as a home studio for creatives, as an office space for freelancing professionals, or a room to entertain guests. Moving your office space outside your home allows you to better separate your work and home life so you can approach your passions with the attention and professionalism they deserve.
Are you self-employed? Do you run a business from home, or have a creative hobby that's taking up too much room in your house? Then a home office might be the solution for you. To set up an office space with all the amenities of one in your house, you'll need to install electricity and utilities as well as add a WiFi connection.
A Wide Range Of Features
When selecting from our wide range of garden rooms, you'll have plenty of options to choose from. This includes the size of your modern office. There are also options for different glazing, flooring and cladding. This gives you the choice of traditional and contemporary styles, as well as opening up different functionalities - for the DIYers, you could combine your office space with a workshop.
Insulated Designs
We also have a selection of fully insulated buildings. These models come with a number of premium the features, including efficient insulation materials, double-glazed windows, an allowance for an electrical connection, and loads of internal space for your office or studio. You'll also find wide-opening UPVc doors and a contemporary flat roof.
These energy-efficient insulated garden buildings are the perfect choice if you're seeking extra space and a modern design.
Premium Structural Insulation
We also have a premium SIP (strunctually-insulated-panels) building in our range, the BillyOh Studi. The Studi is one of the most premium garden office buildings that we offer. And as a SIP Building, it comes fully insulated by design. The Studi uses layered panels that sandwich in-filled insulation, which results in great thermal insulation. The interior walls are also pre-primed to make decorating the cabin easier.
Which Model Should You Choose?
This depends on the type, size and features of the office you want to create. If you want a simple, single-room office for use by one person then our Fraya cabin is the ideal choice. The interior is versatile and it has a fresh, modern look with large windows for a bright interior. If you opt for a larger model, the building can also become multi-functional.
If you’re looking for something more formal, whether that’s to launch your own business or to act as an office space for more than one person, we’d recommend the Kent. The Kent is designed for use as a dedicated office space, with a partition wall that creates separate work and meeting spaces.
If you’re looking for a building that can serve as business premises, the Fraya Max is available in a selection of giant sizes that you can fit out for use by several people at once - perfect for a very small business.
Adding insulation is a must for any of these if you plan to use them throughout the year. However, if you only need a small office, our Studi comes fully pre-insulated and pre-primed to make creating your office almost effortless.
What’s Our Guarantee?
To give you the best quality, our range of designs come with our 10-year guarantee. This provides protection against rot, decay, and insect infestation, making sure you have a building to rely on. Plus, a lot of our garden offices are available as pressure-treated models - a process which injects chemical preservatives into the wood. These have an extended guarantee of 15 years for over a decade of protection!
Do We Offer Installation?
An office kit could save you time and money. While we don’t offer installation, all our buildings are designed to be simple to build.
Our BillyOh garden rooms come supplied as pre-cut tongue and groove panels, cut and measured by our expert craftspeople. Your prefab garden room will come in pieces designed to fit down side entrances or through the house. Each modular unit comes with a comprehensive guide meaning that, with the help of friend, you can have your building up in no time! We recommend costing up the process before you begin - you can find out more about the costs of a garden office in our linked guide.
Is Delivery Free?
Yes! We offer free delivery across the mainland UK, with most english and welsh postcodes eligible for delivery at no extra cost. You can check out our delivery page to find out whether your home is within the accepted area for free delivery.
How Can I Contact You?
And if you still have any questions about our BillyOh garden offices, get in touch with our friendly team. Speak to a member of our customer service team about organising delivery to your home by either using our simple contact form or by calling us on 01909 768840.