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Biggest issue you might have is height - without planning permission, you're limited to an eaves height of 2.5m (IIRC), so you'd need to make sure you have enough clear roof space internally for your swing and might mean you need a larger footprint than you'd think.
Best bet is for you to go and visit some showrooms locally to you - then you can get an idea of the internal dimensions (most places online only list external) and maybe find what you're looking for in a sale.
Don't forget to factor in the slab/foundation, and running power.I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.0 -
One way around the height restriction, is to dig down. The down side is that this adds to the cost, and the need to waterproof the lowered area. You will also need to take into account the steps needed to get down the finished floor level.
My son recently completed a tiny house build in the North of England. They spent about £10K building a 8.5m x 2.5m cabin, that was very well insulated and this cost included a small kitchen, five double glazed windows and two doors, one of which was a double. He did all the work himself. The £10K was just for materials.
I expect you could save a lot on this price, but if you want a well built, well insulated garden room that could be used all year round. I would expect to pay about £10K, and probably a bit more to have more headroom to swinging a golf club.
Andy McCelland's Youtube Channel "Gosforth Handyman" might have some useful information for you as well. For example, this video looks at the problems of buidling within permitted development rights for heights: https://youtu.be/4X3vGmQ04XE?si=NA0D52f1wBlxu5da
Unfortunately his costs for his Garden Room are only available to members of his channel, and there is a cost to access his member-only content.
The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.1 -
tacpot12 said:One way around the height restriction, is to dig down.
The stated reason where we live is for management of flood plain and potential displacement of ground water. I have no reason to doubt that reason as being genuine. Another factor that may influence would be the presence of buried services0 -
Grumpy_chap said:tacpot12 said:One way around the height restriction, is to dig down.
The stated reason where we live is for management of flood plain and potential displacement of ground water. I have no reason to doubt that reason as being genuine. Another factor that may influence would be the presence of buried services
Around here you can get pre-application advice (about £25 if IIRC) to check if permission or sign off would be needed for your plans - but it does require you to have fairly detailed plans, which would be at a cost if you can't do them yourself.I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.1
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