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Garden office

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Mydogisamassivetwat · 01/01/2025 15:00

Anyone have any recommendations for decent garden offices that don’t cost the earth?

Dh works from home and current office is in the box bedroom, but we would like that room back.

I don’t know where to start really, just thought I’d try and get some ideas from people who alreasy have one!

we have the room, currently have an 8x10 dilapidated shed in the garden that we are getting rid of when the weather is less grotty.

Having some building work done on the house in the summer so would be a great time to do it all together.

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Carlfredrickson · 01/11/2025 09:53

seize · 10/10/2025 16:43

@Carlfredricksonnow you’ve had it for a few months how are you getting on with it, how was it in the cool weather and then the hot summer? Thinking about getting their smallest office pod.

Sorry for the slow reply. I haven't been on Mumsnet for a while. We love the Hully. My husband uses it as his office. It did get very hot in the summer, so he needed a fan and has put a shade on the door. It's positioned in the sunniest part of our garden though (probably a mistake in retrospect) so I think a lot of that is on us.

CeciliaMars · 01/11/2025 11:20

We did one as cheaply as we could. The wood was cut down from our garden. Our brilliant handyman built it, charging £150 a day for labour which was about 6 hours a day. We sourced second hand insulation and bought a door off ebay. We bought windows new from Screwfix and bought corrugated iron for the roof. Wood panelling inside - painted it ourself. We then paid an electrician to come and sort the lights and internet out (we connected to wifi linked to our house as it is about 20m from the house.) I then furnished it with a second hand desk and chairs, plus shelves and a few pictures. The total cost was £8k and I don't think we could have done it any more cheaply.

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