A proper workplace.
Just at the end of the garden.
The way it actually feels to work from one.
Morning focus.
A quiet, insulated room that starts the day before the rest of the house does.
Client meetings.
A workspace with enough presence to invite clients into — no kitchen table apologies.
Closing the door.
A physical separation the household understands — the walk back is the wind-down.
The consultant.
A studio-quiet room for back-to-back client calls the household never overhears.
The business owners.
Two desks, real bandwidth, a room the business can actually be run from.
The creative.
A brief-led room for design, illustration, writing — space to spread the work out.
The difference between a shed and a workplace.
Made for storage.
- Uninsulated single-skin timber
- Damp, cold in winter, hot in summer
- One socket if you're lucky
- Fabric felt roof, five-year lifespan
Made for work.
- 122 mm insulated panels, engineered joint
- U-value 0.17 W/m²K — comfort year round
- Full electrics + CAT6 ethernet
- EPDM roof, 25-year lifespan
Engineered, not thrown up.
Every Arden & Oak office is built from 122 mm structural insulated panels — closed-cell PIR foam bonded between two structural OSB boards, then wrapped in cross-battens, breather membrane and cladding for a 216 mm total wall build-up. The result: a thermally efficient, engineered envelope that keeps the outside out and the calls in.
Read the insulated timber-frame construction guide
Broadband that keeps up.
CAT6 ethernet is buried from the house to the office as standard — the same speed as your indoor router, wired end to end. Full-mesh wifi, HDMI cabling, and USB-C wall plates are single-tick options.
How big does yours need to be?
Single desk
Compact but generous — desk, monitor, filing pedestal, comfortable chair.
Meeting corner
Desk on one side, two low chairs on the other — enough presence for clients.
Team office
Two desks with real separation, or a full home HQ with a meeting zone.
Actually quiet.
122 mm insulated panels plus mineral-wool acoustic detailing at floor and ceiling — the household won't hear your call.
Broadband that works.
CAT6 ethernet from the house as standard. Same speed as your indoor router.
Year-round comfortable.
The insulated envelope holds warmth in winter and heat out in summer.
May be tax-deductible.
Directors and the self-employed often expense parts of the build. See our funding & tax guide.
Models that suit an office brief.
A garden office in ten working days.
Ground screws
Foundations installed in a single day. Only localised concrete post holes — no full slab.
Insulated floor
Insulated floor cassette lifted into place, level to millimetre tolerances.
timber-frame walls
122 mm structural insulated panels, engineered off-site, up in two days.
insulated roof
Insulated roof cassette, EPDM covering, watertight the same week.
Interior fit-out
Painted birch ply, oak flooring, spotlights, sockets, ethernet — the room becomes a workplace.
Handover
Signed off, cleaned, walked around. You get keys, warranty, and the space back.
It may be tax-deductible.
For limited-company directors and the self-employed, portions of a garden office build are typically deductible — capital allowances on fittings and ongoing running costs are the common routes. Every situation is different; formal advice is your accountant's call.
Read the funding & tax guide
Price your workplace in an afternoon.
Choose a footprint, click through the cladding, glazing and interior — and see a fixed installed UK price at the end. No account, no obligation.
Fifteen years, one studio, hundreds of workspaces built.
Independent Trustpilot & Google reviews across the South West and Home Counties — from single-desk offices to full team HQs.