If you have a reasonable sized garden and are running out of room within your home for certain activities, whether that’s work or leisure, then there’s a strong chance you may be thinking of buying a garden building for your outdoor space. For instant results, people often head to the nearest large DIY store or garden centre. But if you are prepared to wait a little longer – and invest a little more money – you’ll find that made to measure summer houses or garden offices will pay dividends. Here are five reasons why.
1. The Perfect Match for Your Garden and Home
Everyone’s garden is a different shape and size, and off the shelf sheds simply can’t take that into account. If you buy a ready made or DIY outbuilding, you have to find the right space for it to fit into. There’s even less choice if you want a corner-shaped structure. A custom built garden building, on the other hand, can take into account any odd angles. You can request for it to be designed to a shape and size of your choosing; either to fit in with the style of your home or to provide a striking contrast, if that’s what suits.
2. Better Design Features for Individuality
If you don’t want your shed to look just like everyone else’s, a custom built structure is far easier to make your mark with. There’s simply more choice. From different styles of windows and doors to unique roof detailing, with or without a verandah, in different stains and finishes… the options are almost infinite with made to measure garden buildings, so yours will be unique in your neighbourhood.
3. Materials That Last
Cheaper sheds and other garden structures can often be made of materials that don’t stand the test of time. And what’s worse, if you have an existing, older shed with a corrugated roof, it may even contain asbestos which can be breathed in and cause harm if the material is disturbed. Paying more for a new, solid wood structure from a company that builds these to your specifications means a longer lasting building that stands the test of time, giving you a better return on investment.
4. Eco Friendly
Good bespoke garden buildings makers will offer you a choice of materials too, so you can specify that you would like your shed or garden chalet to be built from environmentally friendly, sustainable materials right from the outset.
5. Adds Value to Your Home
Because of all the above reasons, opting for a made to measure shed instead of a DIY store mass produced one is more likely to mean your garden building, whether it’s a shed, a summer house or a garden office, will add extra value to your home. Look after it during its lifetime and it will prove an asset, not only when you pay out for it but in years to come, if you decide to sell your home.
For custom built garden chalets, summer houses, sheds and much more in Southampton, Winchester or Hampshire and beyond, speak to The Cottage Workshop today.
