REF: 6555
This bespoke garden office and store combination in South West London maximises the gardens width to create a stylish, insulated home workspace and practical storage solution.
Location:
Southwest London.
Style:
Small Garden Office
Aliumnum slidding door upgrade
Size:
2.9m x 2.5m Office + 2.3m x 2.5m Store
Designed to remain under the 2.5m planning height rule ( inc base )
Construction & Structure:
Steel and timber framed base (installed through the house).
10 Year warranty with zero maintenance.
MTX V100 cladding to front.
Roofing & External Finishes:
EPDM rubber roof.
V100 MTX cladding and fascia.
External paint finish: Black.
Base coat preservative applied.
Doors & Windows:
Upgraded 2.4m aluminium, window two pane sliding door in black.
Toughened double glazing.
Internal Finishes:
Insulated and laminated floor in Louisiana Oak Natural.
MDF internal walls and ceiling (V1200). Farrow & Ball Sulking Room Pink
Acupanel rear feature wall.
Electrical & Services:
Full electrics package.
Additional external light included.
Internet connection.
Our clients based in South West London contacted Bakers Garden Builidings to help complete garden renovation at a classic mid-terrace property. Working within London terraces often presents unique logistical requirements, particularly regarding access. For this project, every single item and material required careful transportation through the main house. Despite these restrictions, we successfully delivered a substantial building that maximises the entire width of the garden, providing a seamless solution for both professional work and household storage.
The homeowners had beautifully developed their mid-terrace property and required a solution to separate work and home life while reclaiming storage space lost during a recent loft conversion. The office is now the business hub for Ruth Gaunt, owner of a businsess creating One Day Websites. Previously working from a bedroom in a busy family home, Ruth required a dedicated workspace to maintain professional focus while remaining close to the family.
The primary workspace is our Jay model, sized at 2.9m x 2.5m, providing ample room for a comfortable home office. The interior design is striking; the clients furnished the room themselves, choosing a 'colour drench' technique with Farrow & Ball Sulking Room Pink applied to both the walls and the ceiling. This is complemented by a stunning feature rear wall of acoustic panelling (Acupanel), which creates a perfect backdrop for video calls and mirrors a design element found inside the main house.
All our garden offices are fully lined and insulated to the four walls roof and floor, giving you a cube of insulation, this ensure the room is functional year-round. We installed Tennessee Oak flooring for a warm, durable base and a Wi-Fi lighting upgrade to control the internal and external lights remotely. Full high-speed internet connectivity ensures the client can run her digital business with continuous service.
To address the storage shortage, we created a bespoke, extra-wide storage section measuring 2.3 metres. Crucially, we constructed the rear and side walls using a fire-rated, zero-maintenance cement board. This technical specification allowed us to position the building right up to the boundary lines safely and legally, ensuring every inch of space was utilised. The front of the building is finished in our premium MTX 100 cladding.
We also paid close attention to the existing landscape; we carefully offset the storage door to preserve a mature tree, which softens the view of the building. To match the high standard of the main house, the clients upgraded to black aluminium inline sliding doors. These offer a sleek aesthetic and perfectly match the bi-folding doors at the rear of the property, creating a strong visual link between the two structures.
We are really proud of this project, it demonstrates our ability to handle challenging access to create a lifechanging multifunctional space which tands as a self-contained sanctuary that supports business growth and family storage in equal measure.. The client expressed their absolute delight with the transformation:
'We are soooo over the moon with our new garden office and store. It has already made such a difference to our day to day life and everyone comments on how amazing it looks! I'm so happy to have found Bakers Garden Buildings! Thank you so much for being a delight to work with!'
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