Paid for a garden room that hasn't been delivered

Manxman_in_exile

Just to add to the above - I wondered whether the OP meant that the garden room was to be used as storage etc for nine months worth of clothes and luggage rather than as "accommodation" to live and sleep in?  That might make more sense.

In addition to luggage etc they bring to the UK with them, I'm sure they will also accumulate a lot of purchases and presents etc over nine months to bring back to Oz.

Silvertabby

My money is on OP intending to sleep in the garden room, because their daughter's house doesn't have enough bedrooms. 

Manxman_in_exile

Silvertabby said:

My money is on OP intending to sleep in the garden room, because their daughter's house doesn't have enough bedrooms. 

That had crossed my mind.  But then I wondered whether the garden of the daughter's house would be big enough to take a £17000 garden house to sleep in?

I don't know how old the OP is - I'll be 64 next month - but I'd rather sleep on a floor for nine months than spend £17000 to sleep in a garden room!    

sheramber

A garden room could be rather cold in many months of UK weather.  

A garden would usually be permitted development but not if using it to sleep in. Then it requires planning permission and to comply with building r regulations,

TELLIT01

Our neighbours had a timber lodge put into their back garden.  Lodge is approx 30 ft x 15 ft with one bedroom.  Cost of the building, erected was about £21k.  That didn't include the base or anything else apart from the insulated building.  Kitchen, bathroom etc was all additional costs.  Their planning permission was for 'occasional use by visitors' but their parents actually live in it full time!

Bardiann

Thanks for all your comments. 

photome

Bardiann said:

Thanks for all your comments. 

Not sure anyone can help as there are so many unanswered questions