In today’s fast-paced world, having a home that meets all your needs is more important than ever. As families grow, remote work becomes the norm, and hobbies demand more space, homeowners find themselves needing extra room. However, traditional extensions can be costly, time-consuming, and subject to complex planning permissions. Fortunately, there’s a solution that allows you to gain additional living space without the need for a full-scale home extension - a garden room.
Garden rooms are versatile, stylish, and practical, offering a separate sanctuary without the hassle of a major renovation. Whether you need a home office, a gym, a creative studio, or simply a quiet retreat, a garden room provides an elegant way to extend your home without actually extending it. Let’s explore why a garden room might be the perfect solution for your space needs.
Cost-Effective Alternative to Extensions
A traditional home extension can be a costly endeavour, often requiring planning permissions, structural changes, and long construction times. In contrast, garden rooms are a more budget-friendly option, typically costing significantly less while still offering the benefits of additional space. Prefabricated designs and modular options further reduce labour and material expenses, making them an attractive choice for homeowners. In addition at Pod Space we have an in house architectural design team so you avoid additional architects fees.
Avoid Planning Permission
In many cases, Pod Space garden rooms fall under permitted development rights, meaning you don’t need planning permission as long as they meet certain criteria (such as height and property restrictions). This eliminates the bureaucratic hurdles associated with home extensions, allowing you to have your extra space up and running much faster.
Quick Installation
Unlike home extensions, which can take months to complete, garden rooms can be installed in a matter of weeks. From starting on site we can have you up and running with your Glide Pod garden room in two weeks, and just a week for a Neo Pod. For most of our clients we don’t need access to your home so you completely avoid disruptive building works.
Versatility to Suit Your Needs
A garden room can be tailored to fit a variety of uses. Whether you work from home and need a dedicated office space, want a home gym, or dream of an artist’s studio bathed in natural light, a Pod Space garden room can be designed to suit any purpose. With high levels of insulation, timber flooring and cosy under floor heating, your space can function year-round, making it just as practical as any room inside your house.
Enhances Property Value
Investing in a high-quality garden room can add value to your home, making it more appealing to future buyers. As more people look for flexible work and leisure spaces, a well-designed garden room can be a unique selling point.
Designing the Perfect Garden Room
At Pod Space we have in house architectural designers so we can offer a full design service, avoiding the need for using multiple different services to get your project in place.
A Pod Space shouldn’t be confused with a shed or more traditional garden room. To make your garden room usable year-round, proper insulation is installed to a level comparable with many modern houses. Double-glazed windows and doors, and underfloor heating as standard will keep the space comfortable in all seasons, just like an extension to your home.
Once your foundations are in, we offer a full turn-key service and we’ll handover a building which includes recessed LED lighting as well as flush mounted sockets, switches and data. We can customise the building for your use also so if you are putting in gym machines we can design in floor mounted sockets or air source heat pumps for summer cooling.
You might want to stay connected to the house also so we include a data point to enable internet connections and the building needn’t be located right at the end of the garden. Imagine a whole new room for your home, just a few steps away.
The style of our buildings is also in keeping with most modern homes with plastered painted walls and timber Oak flooring as standard, it really will feel like a solid extension of the home.
For many of our customers our eco-friendly approach is also a worthy consideration. Timber framing is at the heart of our buildings and we specify natural FSC timbers for cladding. We also make use of natural sheep wool insulation so you are avoiding some of the less sustainable feature of a traditional home extension.
We have something to suit everyone from the small Neo Pod that can tuck in to the corner, to the sleek and stylish Fjell Pod that makes a statement within any landscape design.
Get in touch to see what we can do to get your home extension, without extending!
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