I have a long, thin garden: 20m x 4m with a raised concrete patio at the far end where I want a shed OF DREAMS.
(Actually I have a long, thin patch of grassless dirt without fences but with lots of old ivy and bramble roots I am slowly conquering, cat poo, and one jasmine, but it will eventually be a garden.)
Talk to me about sheds! I have £1,000 to spend but this includes installation (I'm unwilling to DIY something so costly), levelling the raised patio base (it both slopes and has a slight crack. And cat paw prints!), and the shed itself.
The raised bit is deeper than it is wide and enclosed on 3 sides, and we'd like to leave space around the shed for maintenance and endless hacking back of bastard neighbours' ivy and brambles and godawful trees, so I think I'm looking for a 6x4 shed (or 7x5) with windows on the 6 side and door on the 4, with the short side facing the garden.
Is guttering and a water butt worth it? We plan on doing raised beds for veg in front of the shed, like a mini allotment, and the other end of the garden with the water butt on the house is obviously a long way off.
I think what I want is one with a roof that looks like a child's drawing of a house (as per pic, which is a ridiculous £3k dream shed), pressure-treated wood not dip, but I am lost when it comes to the endless customising options of shiplap and tongue and groove and the framing and the floor and the optional bases...
Do I need a base as well as the concrete bit? I've got oodles of old slabs and bricks if it needs to be raised up to provide space for rats and foxes. Is painting it a twee and whimsical colour a hiding to endless year-on-year repainting? Are felt upgrades worth it? Talk me out of cedar roof shingles but they're so pretty!
I need something with space for all the DIY stuff, garden stuff, mower, etc, (all currently lurking in the house), small potting table, but I'm happy to trick out every square inch with tool hooks and shelves and hanging doofreys to maximise space even if I can't have a whopping Dutch barn style. Really it's: what's your ideal shed – both beautiful and practical ideas, please? Do you have climbers on it or is the structure sacrosanct? Where did you buy it and was their delivery/customer service/etc OK? Did you do the install yourself? Tell me everything.