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Garden Rooms & Timber Studios in Kent
Insulated timber-frame studios with a proper foundation and a real roof.
- Free measured survey
- Fixed written quote
- Workshop-made, site-fitted
- 10-year workmanship guarantee
- Fully insured
Kent is a county of weatherboarded cottages, Victorian coastal terraces and large post-war suburbs. That is exactly the kind of building stock a garden room has to be drawn around, so we allow for it at survey stage rather than on fitting day — walls get checked for wind and plumb, floors for level, and the setting-out is taken from the worst reading, not the best.
How we approach it
Off-the-shelf units are made to standard sizes and then filled out with scribe strips. Our garden room work is cut to the dimensions taken from your Kent property, so there is no packing, no filler and no gap that opens up in year two.
How we build it
Carcass work is birch ply or MR MDF depending on span and load. Face frames and doors are solid hardwood. Everything is machined on the same setting so stiles, rails and reveals line through, and shadow gaps stay parallel from one end of the run to the other.
Finish and materials
You can have it primed for your own decorator, sprayed in any RAL or heritage colour, or left in oiled timber. Oiled finishes can be refreshed at home; sprayed finishes are harder wearing and are what we recommend for kitchens and anything at knee height.
| Guide price | from £2,200 per linear metre, fitted |
|---|---|
| Lead time | 8–12 weeks from signed drawings |
| Construction | Treated softwood frame |
| Survey area | All of Kent, including Maidstone, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford |
Want a number now? The indicative price tool gives a range in about a minute. A free survey in Kent turns it into a fixed written quote.
Towns we cover
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What happens next
Four steps, no surprises
Survey
A joiner visits, measures the opening, checks for level and plumb, and talks through how you want to use the space.
Drawings & quote
You get a setting-out drawing and a fixed written price. Nothing is ordered until you have approved both.
Workshop
Parts are machined, assembled and finished under cover while the site carries on with other trades.
Fit & handover
We fit, scribe, adjust and touch in, then walk you through care and adjustment before we leave.
Straight answers
Garden Rooms & Timber Studios in Kent — common questions
Will it add value to the house?
A properly built, insulated and powered garden room typically returns most of its cost and makes the house more sellable. A cheap timber shed with a plug socket does not.
What foundation does it need?
Either a reinforced concrete raft or a screw-pile and steel frame system. Screw piles suit sloping or tree-rooted gardens and go in within a day; a raft suits flat ground and heavier buildings.
Does it need building regulations approval?
Not if it is under 30 square metres, single storey, contains no sleeping accommodation and is more than one metre from a boundary or built from non-combustible material. Add a shower or a bed and the position changes.
What cladding lasts best?
Siberian larch or western red cedar on a ventilated batten cavity. Both silver gracefully without treatment. Thermowood is a good-value alternative with similar stability.
Is bespoke joinery more expensive than a fitted furniture chain?
On a like-for-like specification it is usually comparable, and often less. Chains price a standard carcass and then charge for every deviation. A bespoke maker prices the actual room once. Where bespoke does cost more is in the materials — solid hardwood and sprayed finishes cost more than foil-wrapped board, and they last a great deal longer.
Start with a measurement
Tell us the space in Kent — we’ll tell you what it costs
Every quote starts with a free measured survey, so the price you get is the price you pay. No deposit is taken until you have drawings you are happy with.