FAQs

Whatever you need, we can design and build for you. An initial consultation usually allows us to scope out the location and make suggestions as to the type of features that may be desirable in your perfect garden room. These are the most popular uses in the UK today:

• Home office

• Gym

• Games room

• Home cinema

• Music room / home studio

• Treatment / Consulting Room

• Artist Studio

• Family Room

• Sauna / Spa Room

• Granny Annexe

Here’s the very good news: According to ‘Housebuilder and Developer’, most garden rooms add around 5% to the value of a property.

Robert Ellis of Nutbrook Property estimates that the value-added would be around 1.5x the cost of installing the building. So not a cost, so much as a great return on investment.

Absolutely. We begin with a solid and durable concrete base, onto which a timber built frame is added – sometimes with steel supports, depending on the design.

These panels are strong, thoroughly insulated and are pre-made off-site, ready for assembly. BBA approval ensures that stringent regulations for safety, durability and strength are adhered to.

Quite often your garden room is designed and built within ‘Permitted Development Rights’. We will happily discuss your options with you on our initial survey visit. You can find out more at: https://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/

Where planning permission is required, or you wish to apply for a Certificate of Lawful Development and we can help make the application on your behalf.

We design and build garden rooms in Lancashire, the Lake District, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. For bespoke projects we will always give consideration to projects further afield.

We can advise on this when we meet you and undertake a site survey. The vast majority of our garden rooms and garden studios either meet or exceed all aspects of building regulation controls, but often don’t require a formal application to be submitted, avoiding inspection by Building Control officials.

Wherever building regulations are involved, we ensure that all standards are met and the relevant certification is acquired. All electrical installations are carried out by qualified experts and our customers receive a Part P certificate. All buildings with 15 square metres floor area that are within 1 metre of the boundary of your garden require fire spread protection measures. This information is included in our specifications.

As our buildings are pre-fabricated off site and flat packed, in most situations, these are easily moved through limited access routes. Our site survey will determine how we overcome any access challenges.

We can even carry out full installations when the only form of access is through your home and this includes measures to avoid any potential damage.

Our expert, highly skilled team of employed carpenters, electricians and tradespeople carry out the build with the minimum of disruption to the highest possible standards of care and workmanship.

When the build is complete, your garden room is thoroughly cleaned and the work area tidied – as if we had never been there, leaving you to enjoy your new space.

Absolutely. We offer complimentary site surveys to discuss your vision, take measurements, photos and gather all the relevant details that we need to design your dream garden room. room. Above all – we listen to what you want and may suggest preferable options and courses of action. We want to know everything that is important to you about your garden room. Then we can create a design plan that offers wow factor, practical functionality and any extras that can be added to make your garden room unique and somewhere that you’ll love to spend time.

We offer a planning service with both overhead 2D plans, pen and ink visuals, 3D Computer generated visuals and even animated fly-throughs from your home, up to the garden room.

We do this so you can be involved at every stage and feel a part of the design process. With us, you can feel assured of the finished build before we begin the foundation work.

Of course. We offer full hard and soft landscaping design and execution, paving, patio areas, fencing, Wi-Fi connectivity, exterior lighting and much more besides.

We can even install Smart Home technology or link into your existing system to control heat, lighting, media, security and more besides.

Everything that you need, nothing that you don’t. We provide you with a fully detailed and all-inclusive quotation so you can see a breakdown of the costs.

No hidden ‘extras’ – just all the information you need to make an informed decision about your new garden room, plus an indication of the value it will add to your property.

Yes. All our garden rooms offer a ten year structural warranty, providing protection for your deposit payment.

Yes indeed – all our garden rooms are built and installed to be one of the most highly efficient and robust structures you can buy. They exceed all current building regulations for heat insulation and air-tightness and are fitted with secure double glazed aluminium windows and doors.

This means that your garden room can be enjoyed all year round, no matter what the weather is doing outside.

Yes of course. Your power supply is usually brought in from the main consumer unit in your home. Sometimes this supply may need modification and our qualified electricians will ensure that you are provided with a safe, effective and fully certified system.

Water and drainage can also be linked to the main services at your home. Pumped waste systems are commonly used, providing your garden room with fully functioning toilets, sinks, showers and kitchen areas.

Förme Garden Rooms can recommend the optimum kind of foundation system to perfectly meet your needs. We always assess the ground conditions on site and the surrounding area, taking into account trees and adjacent buildings.

This is done at the initial survey stage. We often use Jackpad footings, concrete pads, helical screw piles & concrete slabs.