To buy a shed for long term working from home?

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I'm working from home and have been since March, with no end in sight. I'm currently in my bedroom, before i was in the living room.

Is it possible to cheaply buy a shed for wfh? What about heating? Or will i realistically have to wait till May/june?

Anyone done it?

Just a thought but if you spend any money on a work space it might be tax deductible.

We have a small summerhouse, non insulted but proper doors and windows etc. which cost about £3k. DH uses it a bit but has bought a powerful heater and usually keeps his coat on at present.

Unfortunately this is a long term plan for you. Do some research and if you go ahead you’ll be making better choices than just bunging a shed up and hoping for the best.

We’ve been looking for one, had a few quotes (nothing below £8k), but earliest we could get one installed is May!

My friend bought a decent size shed a couple of weeks ago from Facebook market place. That could be worth a look if you are still interested.

Caravan is a great idea. They usually have electric hook up and electric heaters on board and normal plug sockets and are quiet and you can have a sneaky lie down when you need a rest!

Get the plans and build one yourself. It's not that difficult.

I've worked from home for years, so we converted part of the garage to my office. I love that it's away from the house. There was already electricity in there. My office is all plaster boarded out, carpet etc so once you're in it's lovely. I use and electric heater during the wintertime.

DH turned our garage (brick built, concrete floor, pitched roof - floored for storage but not insulated) into a gym last winter. Stuck some electric heaters in there as the treadmill needs a minimum temp and to make it usable.
We missed the meter reader and so stayed on estimated bills for 6 months. When I got an email to send them an actual reading I got a "wtf, that can't be right" response from the system. It was an expensive 4 figure lesson.

So whatever you do, insulate the f**k out of it

In the process of converting a stand alone garage (one of those sectional concrete/pitched roof jobs that was just used as a junk store) into an office/studio. So far it's cost £2700 to studwork, insulate, plaster and self levelling floor screed. Still need double glazed windows and a door and electrics including downlights, sockets, fuseboard, armoured cable then decorating and fitting it out. Will have spent around 5k by the time I finish.
A Turnkey office installation would be double what I'm spending. No planning required as it was an existing building in my garden. I've worked from home (employed) for the past 11 years but also have a side home business so my workspace has to meet both needs. I would say go for it if you can.

I have a garden office, the actual structure itself was quite expensive (£13K) but it only cost £250 to put electricity to it, that wasn't expensive at all. I have a small radiator that I bought from Screwfix for £30. I take my laptop into the house each evening so I don't need to worry about security. So if you can get a decent shed or summerhouse I think its entirely doable, even at this time of year.

The only thing is internet connection, I have a booster but I think I should have had it hardwired when I had the electricity put to it as it is not 100% effective and sometimes I have to open the door which isn't great this time of year!

@annevonkleve that's really cheap for an electric supply. My downlighters and sockets are costing that trade price, without the separate fuseboard, cable and underground armoured cable running from the main supply in the house. Is that fully certificated by a qualified electrician ?