How Much Do Garden Rooms Cost?

 

Find Out Everything You Need To Know About How Much Garden Rooms Cost

Garden rooms are an excellent way of extending the living space of your home into your outdoor area without the need for extending your home’s main building, however, such projects can come with many questions, including how much garden rooms cost. 

Garden rooms are stand-alone outdoor structures and are a contemporary solution to a home’s need for extra room, be it an additional living space, work-from-home space, or even a bar or pub. Garden rooms can be fully customised to you and your family’s needs, with a wide range of bespoke options as to the size of the structure, addition of utilities such as electricity and water, and cosmetic choices in flooring, cladding, quality windows and roofing materials, amongst others. Due to the sheer number of choices available when designing a garden room in South Wales, it can be difficult to predict how much a modern garden building will cost.

There are many factors that come into play when installing a garden room in Cardiff or elsewhere in South Wales, and all can significantly affect the price you pay. The main factors you need to decide on when in the design process can include the general size options for the garden room, how much prep work of the garden space needs to be done, and which utilities you wish to have in your new garden building. While your ideal options for all these elements can result in you creating a lovely garden studio for you and your family, they can also make the overall cost of your garden room fluctuate significantly, and affect your overall financial budget.

South Wales Garden Rooms are the leading suppliers and installers of garden rooms in Cardiff and across the rest of South Wales. To request a free, no-obligation design consultation for a new garden room, or to discuss garden room costings with a member of our expert team, call us on 02920 600 478 or send an enquiry using our contact form today.

What Can Affect The Cost Of Garden Rooms?

Every choice and bespoke option involved when it comes to designing your perfect garden room in South Wales will end up having an effect on the overall costs. To get an idea as to how much a garden room costs, all of these choices must be considered, which can then help you gauge an average cost to budget for when planning your new garden living extension. Common elements affecting your garden room costs can include the addition of added luxuries, such as the expert and careful installation of quality windows (including aluminium and PVC windows), bifold doors or patio double doors, and central heating to your garden building project. Poignant factors that affect the price of a garden room, which can be controlled by the homeowner, include:

Garden Room Size

The size of your planned garden room will significantly affect the overall cost of your project as, according to The Garden Room Guide, the average starting price for the smallest sized garden rooms (2.5 x 1.8m) comes in at around £13,500, in comparison with larger sized garden outbuildings (6 x 4m) having an average starting price of £35,900. Simply put, larger sized garden structures require more materials and more labour than smaller alternatives, with prices increasing with every square metre added, an average of around £2,400 per square metre, when VAT and installation are included. It is important to consider how you will use your future garden room, as this will dictate the size structure you’ll want to be constructed; if you are looking for your new garden space to be multi-functional, maybe the combination of a home office with a gym studio, you’ll want to consider a larger sized garden room, however, if you are looking for a cosy additional living space, something on the smaller side in regards to size options would be sufficient. Whilst a larger garden outbuilding may give you more usability, they tend to be more expensive upfront and may not align with your budget, whereas, vice versa, a smaller sized garden studio may be more budget-friendly, however, the scale of the building and how you can use it may not suit your household in the long term. 

Installation Of Electricity And Water Supply

Whilst both our modular and bespoke garden room ranges at South Wales Garden Rooms come with LED spotlights and double electric sockets as standard, the addition of more complex electrics would increase the overall garden room price. For example, you might wish for an electric heating system or underfloor heating to be installed so that you can enjoy your garden studio throughout the colder months of winter, or simply wish for more electric sockets, especially if you decide on a larger sized garden room; any additions to the standard electrics provided will increase your garden room cost from the original starting prices.

Similarly, you may decide that you would like your lovely garden studio to have a water supply, especially if you are looking to use your garden room project as a self-contained living accommodation. At South Wales Garden Rooms, we do not include water supply installation as part of our standard garden room packages, however, they can be added on for additional charges. Adding a water supply can raise the garden room price, as the prep work needed to run water out to the structure would require significantly more labour, as well as factoring in the cost of digging out the drainage.

As the scope of installing a water supply and additional electrics will vary for every garden project, due to each property having different factors to consider, it can be difficult to estimate an average price for such works.

Window and Doors – Bespoke Options

All of our lovely garden studios at South Wales Garden Rooms include the installation of a high quality PVC door as part of the standard garden room costs, however, many homeowners prefer the addition of quality windows, and commonly, bifold doors or PVC double doors, to their new garden living space. 

Double-glazed windows, PVC windows and even bifold quality windows can be added to your garden room project’s bespoke designs, however, these can significantly affect your garden room costs due to the supply of the quality windows themselves, along with the labour they require for a careful installation. Double-glazed windows can ensure that your garden outbuilding attains quality control measures in terms of ventilation, as well as providing natural light to the space, allowing you to fully enjoy your light, airy space with the additional benefits of fresh air.

Planning Permission

Planning permission is commonly not required for the installation of a garden room in South Wales, however, when it is required, it can significantly increase your overall garden room costs.

Garden outbuildings usually fall under the category of having permitted development rights, which means you are not subject to a planning permission application, as long as your structure follows the conditions below:

• • They must be less than 30m2 in size
  • They must not be used as self-contained living accommodation or sleeping space
  • It must not take up more than half of your eco garden space
  • It must follow the relevant height restrictions, depending on its roof style
  • Your property is not located in a restricted area such as an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB), a national park or conservation area

If you are looking to install a garden room that will be a simple living area or garden office, and are not located in an area such as an AONB, it is likely that you can reduce your garden room costs due to not needing planning permission approval. However, whilst larger, more complex garden rooms are already higher in price due to the work and labour involved, you will likely also have the additional costs associated with applying for planning permission.

If you are not sure whether your garden room plans require planning permission or would like a quote for the cost of a garden room in South Wales, then get in touch with our friendly team at South Wales Garden Rooms by calling 02920 600 478 today.

Are Garden Rooms Good Value For Money?

A common question facing garden room companies is; are garden rooms worth it, and whether are they worth the money. 

On the face of it, garden room buildings are a contemporary solution to many homeowners feeling like they don’t have enough space in their existing property, therefore, adding a lovely garden studio to their outdoor space can give them the additional living space they desire. The addition of a garden living space is also usually a much simpler process in comparison to gaining space via the construction of a traditional home extension or upsizing to a larger, and likely far more expensive property. Garden room installations cost a fraction of the price of a ground level extension and are an easier process than the upheaval of moving home, which leads to garden rooms being extremely good value for money.

Garden studios have many benefits that make them good value for money for homeowners, as they can add valuable space and privacy away from the main home, encourage time spent amongst garden nature, and can be flexible in how you and your family can use them, their function can even change over time, such as turning a remote working space into an additional living room once the time for retirement comes.

With a 10-year guarantee provided with our garden room structures, South Wales Garden Rooms can ensure that your garden room remains a great value for money for you and your family for years to come. Our construction approach, careful installation, and use of high quality materials ensure that quality control is maintained long after the project is completed, especially in comparison to self-build options provided by other garden room companies in the industry. We pride ourselves on providing sound construction, quality timber frames, and a high level of customer service with all of our professional installations. To request a free, no-obligation quote for a modular or bespoke garden room in Cardiff, call our team at South Wales Garden Rooms on 02920 600 478 or contact us here.

Does a Garden Room Add Value to Your Property?

Garden rooms are an excellent way of increasing the value of your home, without the costs and hassle of the construction approach of a traditional home extension. Investing in a bespoke garden room extension is the perfect contemporary solution to adding much needed extra space to your property, and a well-designed garden studio that’s had a professional installation can often add in excess of 150% of the cost of the garden building project to the property value.

As garden room extensions can be fully customised, having usage options in the form of garden gyms, garden offices, an extra bedroom, or even lovely garden studios for artists, they can boost your home’s specification and increase market interest, should you look to sell in the future. At South Wales Garden Rooms, our garden studios are made from quality timber frames and can be fitted with PVC windows and doors that match your existing home during our careful installations and construction approaches. Coming with a 10-year guarantee on the structure, our garden rooms can add value to your property by ensuring that it will remain a high quality, sound structure for years to come.

Overall, garden rooms are often a quality investment for any homeowner, as they tend to pay for themselves (and more!) should the property be sold in the future. Whilst they can be expensive upfront, with starting prices of around £8,000, the resulting increase in your property value often makes them worth it.

South Wales Garden Rooms – A Summary

To conclude, there is no blanket answer as to how much a garden room costs. Whilst average starting prices can be found within the garden construction industry, your proposed garden room cost will depend on the various choices you make during your design process, as well as factors such as how extensive the preparation and construction work will be, and whether or not you will need to acquire planning permission. Whilst this can be fairly unhelpful if you are planning a garden room in Cardiff, our experts at South Wales Garden Rooms can assist you in planning your new garden space, to whatever budget you have in mind. We can discuss the costs involved in your garden installation, and break down any additional luxuries that you may desire so that you can end up with your dream garden room without breaking the bank. To get started on your garden room quote, book a free consultation with our team at South Wales Garden Rooms by calling 02920 600 478 today, or send us an enquiry online here.

South Wales Garden Rooms is Cardiff’s leading garden room provider, also covering South Wales. We offer both modular (prefab garden structures) and bespoke options and can create the perfect garden room for you and your family, whatever your budget. Our bespoke options for garden outbuildings are fully customisable, with a wide range of options available for quality windows (including PVC windows and double-glazed windows), doors (including bifold doors and PVC double doors), laminate flooring, and electrics. We can even supply your new garden room project with water supply and waste. We take pride in being able to provide your home with the additional space it needs, with starting prices to suit any budget or cost restraints, and without the need for the construction of traditional home extensions or loft conversions. 

Our expert team will advise you throughout the entire process, from the initial design consultation of your garden room designs right through to our careful installation construction approach, so that you have nothing to worry about during your garden building project. We take pride in our customer-focused ethos, making sure your new garden room building is perfectly customised to be your new functional living space, and even offer a 10-year guarantee.

For more information regarding bespoke options for a new garden room in Cardiff, including size options and luxurious extras, or to get an average price for the professional installation of a garden room project, request a free, no-obligation quote from one of our garden room experts at South Wales Garden Rooms on 02920 600 478, or send us an enquiry online here – our team can advise you further on garden room prices in South Wales.