we have a large wooden summer house in our garden. It's DH's who has it as a games room with bar. The whole thing was around £9-£10k to buy, build & kit out. That is a hell of a lot of money for us. It is around 7 years old.
It's a shabby, shitty shit hole. I don't necessarily mean the mess, I mean the upkeep of it. By him. Or rather lack of upkeep. It was a flat pack and built by alleged carpenters. The structure moves in the summer/winter as the wood expands etc. Apparently some of the bits were missed off in the build and that is why this happens. Sometimes you can often see a little bit of daylight through the wooden slats. Due to the movement, the trunking for the electric cables has bent and moved and is now misshaped in many places. Dh hasn't bothered to stain the outside to try to preserve, in over 2 years. The wood is faded in parts due to the sun. Inside the flor is wooden, no floor covering, and beyond filthy. Behind the house are a load of leaves which are going to mulch and pressing on the back of the wooden house. I am sure there will be rot.
We have friends with similar builds. They have all done theirs out lovely inside with sofas, chairs, a proper bar, some heat etc, Nothing necessarily £££ just done properly with nice second hand furniture etc. DH can still have his games room but I just wish he would take more care/an invested interest in the summer house. I want to insulate it, put some carpet tiles in etc and nice chairs. But he wont agree to that, citing ''we cant afford it'' and he is seemingly happy to leave it as it is. I don't want to entertain friends in there as its a cold shit hole.
and to think how much this summer house cost ...