Are you thinking of adding a garden room to your property? Whether you want to use it as a home office, gym, or entertainment room, it could be one of the best ways to increase the value of your home.
According to Halifax, adding a garden room is one of the easiest ways to make your property more desirable and add value. Predictions estimate that a garden room can raise the value of your property by up to 5% and that you could potentially make 5 times the amount it cost you to install the garden room.
A garden room makes your property more desirable by creating additional space attached to the property. Garden rooms can be used for multiple purposes from extra space for guests, to entertainment rooms and home offices – there’s an endless list of uses for a good quality garden room.
Garden room versus extension – which is best?
Traditionally, home owners believed that the best way to add value to their homes was to build an extension. Although, building an extension requires planning permission and extensive, disruptive works that can take weeks to complete. Not to mention the cost of an extension which costs between £1,350-£2,250 per m² of new internal space according to homebuilding.co.uk.
A garden room however is easy to install, doesn’t require planning permission and is ready to use almost straight away. When properly water-proofed and insulated, a garden room can be used for many of the same purposes as an extension. Our customers have turned them into home offices, gyms, playrooms, guest rooms and much more.
Using a garden room as a home office
With more people now working remotely and working from home, there has been a rise in garden rooms being used as home offices. In January 2021, PropertyHelp reported a 326 percent rise in property listings using the words – office, workplace ‘and’ working from home ‘
In the same article, PropertyHelp also says that there has been a 90 percent leap in the amount of people searching for properties with the keyword ‘annex’ (or ‘annexe’ as it’s often spelt.) This goes to show that there is a huge demand for garden rooms and home offices in the current property market. Adding one not only increases the value of your home, it also makes it more appealing when you decide to sell, so it’s common for estate agents to use garden rooms and home offices as a key feature on their listings.
Take a look at our full range of garden rooms and find the one that’s perfect for you. Not sure what you need? Give our friendly team of experts a call on 0330 3200888.