With houses becoming increasingly more volatile and expensive, many people are thinking of new ways to expand and enhance their home. Garden rooms are a popular choice – providing convenient, adaptable spaces in your garden that can be tailored to fit your needs.
At Greendown Shepherd Huts, we’ve been crafting bespoke Shepherd Huts for use as garden rooms since as early as 2016, taking great pride and care in our workmanship. In this article, we’ll explore some of the major factors that go into choosing and constructing a garden room, helping you to find the best fit for your space.
To start, you need to find the garden room that fits what you’re after. This can include:
• Features and amenities to match your intended use
• Colour
• Size
• Location
• Materials
• And more
Most garden rooms come with a few different options that enable you to tailor your purchase to these different factors. But no garden room is more versatile than the Shepherd Hut – a fully liveable, customisable, turnkey structure that can achieve any goal for your exterior garden space.
It’s important to be able to access your garden room whenever you need to. So fitting it with the right insulation to protect you against overheating in the summer or freezing in the winter is an absolute must.
At Greendown, our Shepherd Huts can be equipped with double-glazed and insulated hardwood windows, underfloor heating, and a temperature control thermostat. These features ensure your hut maintains a comfortable temperature at any time of year.
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Even when building a garden space to get away from the rush of modern life, everyday conveniences like kettles, stoves, and phone chargers all need power. Your best bet is to build a garden room that can utilise power, for lighting, heating, and wall sockets, to ensure it remains a comfortable space.
All our Shepherd Huts can come pre-fitted with power and outlets, and we’re able to customise the fixtures we include to fit your needs.
There’s nothing like stepping into your garden room for the first time and basking in the relaxing atmosphere. But if it’s not been finished to perfection, your eye will be drawn to the missing details. Whether that’s a sparsity of furniture, or material finishes that don’t quite meet the mark, these aspects are sure to stick in your mind.
We make sure to offer premium options for our Shepherd Hut finishes, ensuring every little detail is up to standard. Plus, we can also furnish your room for you, putting everything in place for instant use when we’re done.
Sometimes, you may also need plumbing for your garden room. You could be trying to build a liveable space, an outdoor bath, or even a sauna. Our Shepherd Huts are suitable for these features, and provide everything you need to build a rustic cabin getaway in your own garden.
Building a garden room can be a big commitment, especially if you have limited space in your garden. For many, the worry is that when you build a garden room, you won’t be able to change it later.
Unlike fixed garden rooms, Shepherd Huts have the potential to be moved, meaning you can relocate them when required to ensure they’re always in the right spot for your time of year or specific purposes.
This means that when you want to change up your garden space, your garden room won’t be the obstacle that gets in your way. Instead, it will remain a convenient, wonderful feature to include in any home.
A big part of your garden room is how it will look on the outside. After all, it is an extension to your home, not a replacement for it. You need to make sure it blends in with, or enhances, the space around it.
We work carefully, using quality natural materials, to craft Shepherd Huts that match your space and its requirements. This means you end up with a beautiful, natural aesthetic that blends seamlessly with its environment to create a pleasant external viewing experience.
The last essential aspect of getting your garden room is to consider whether or not you should build bespoke. While this can come with a higher price tag, it’s important to note that the base costs tend to be around the same as pre-fab’d options. The extra cost comes from all the additional features that people invariably include to make the space truly their own.
If you want an attractive, fully functional garden room, then a bespoke Shepherd Hut from Greendown is your way to go!
From the fittings and fixtures, to the look and feel, every aspect of your garden room needs an expert hand to achieve. Our trained and qualified professionals can build bespoke Shepherd Huts to match your exacting specifications, ensuring your garden room is able to fulfil whatever goal you have in mind.
At Greendown, we’ve been providing luxury Shepherd Huts for years, satisfying our customers with the quality and convenience of the results. To find out more, please get in touch today.
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