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Log Cabins
Our log cabins turn unused garden space into a fully‑fledged extra room for you and your family, with models suitable for occasional or year‑round use. Explore below to find the right cabin.
Every log cabin listed on this page is British made, manufactured at our site in Nottinghamshire. We deliver to the full length of Great Britain and delivery is free to most areas. For information about what to expect from the delivery experience, read: How are log cabins delivered?
✅ Crafted from spruce timber, never cheap pine, selected for strength and stability, from suppliers with replanting practices.
✅ Styles for every garden: apex, pent and reverse apex designs, in a range of sizes.
✅ Buying from us means you are buying direct from the manufacturer, meaning you benefit from prices without reseller markups, plus more direct service.
For more expert information, take a look at our log cabin buying guide so you can decide which type of log cabin kit is right for you.
We want you to make the right choice, so if you need any help, feel free to use our website’s live chat, or speak to our log cabin experts by calling 01909 768840.
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What is a Log Cabin?
A log cabin (or garden cabin) is a garden building made from thick, solid timber — the logs interlock at the corners to form the walls themselves, rather than being clad over a frame. They're robust buildings that add extra living space and functionality to your home, with multipurpose designs that suit a range of uses.
Log cabins come in all shapes and sizes, with a variety of features to choose from. They make ideal home offices, studios and workshops — but are equally good as a place to unwind. With insulated models letting you use them all year round, a cabin can add an extra dimension to your home. Alongside traditional log cabins, this range also includes our panel-built insulated garden rooms — engineered for proper year-round use.
Do You Need Planning Permission for a Log Cabin?
Our log cabins fall under 'permitted development' and won't normally need planning permission, as long as they:
- Are single-storey
- Aren't intended for permanent residential use
- Have a maximum eaves height of 2.5m
- Don't exceed 4m overall (dual-pitched roof, e.g. apex or reverse apex) or 3m (any other roof, e.g. pent) — when sited more than 2m from a boundary
- Don't exceed 2.5m overall if any part is within 2m of a boundary
- Don't cover more than 50% of your garden
- Aren't built forward of the front wall of your house
Every product page lists the building's ridge height, so check it against the limits above for the spot you have in mind. Bear in mind the base counts towards total height, so a raised base can tip a building over the threshold. Tighter rules apply to listed properties and in conservation areas, and the rules differ outside England — see our log cabin planning permission guide for the full picture.
Log Cabin Insulation for a Comfortable Garden Room
Our thicker log cabins already offer a good level of thermal insulation from the outset. A 44mm cabin, for example, uses the timber’s natural heat-retaining qualities to keep it comfortable inside for more of the year, giving you a comfortable garden room without any extra work.
Some owners choose to add their own insulation as a DIY project. It's a common modification, but it's not something we can recommend: altering the structure this way voids your guarantee, and the results vary widely depending on how it's done. If you want a fully insulated cabin, the reliable route is to choose one built for it from the start.
That's where our insulated range comes in. The BillyOh Outpost, for example, comes with EcoQuilt insulation in the roof, floor and walls plus thick double glazing — a proper year-round garden room, guaranteed, with none of the hassle or risk of insulating it yourself.
How Much is a Log Cabin?
The cost of a garden log cabin depends on a number of variables. The size of the building, the thickness of the logs, the features it has and the need for any extras all affect the cost. Small cabins sit at the affordable end of the range, with log cabin sheds cheaper still, while larger models and pre-insulated garden rooms sit at the top. Use the price filter above to set your budget.
Extra costs to expect would be the need to prepare a base, annual treatment as part of its routine maintenance, and any furniture you wish to add.
FAQs
The size of your log cabin depends on the space you have available in your garden and how you plan to use it. Here’s how to think about it:
- Available Space: Make sure the cabin fits comfortably in your garden, and leave at least 30–60 cm around all four sides for airflow and easy access for maintenance.
- Planning Rules: To stay within permitted development rights, outdoor buildings (including your cabin) should take up no more than 50% of your original outdoor space.
- Intended Use: Pick a size that suits what you’ll do in the cabin. For example:
- Home office: ~10×8 ft (3×2.5 m) is a good starting point
- Garden gym: ~12×10 ft (3.6×3 m) gives room for equipment
- Storage or entertaining: Larger layouts (e.g., 14×10 ft / 4.2×3 m) offer extra flexibility
For more guidance on common sizes and how they match different uses, see our Log Cabin Size Guide.
Unfortunately, since the COVID-19 pandemic, we do not have a showroom open to the public.
Our log cabins are designed as garden rooms, not residential living quarters. So, if you're looking for a holiday log cabin or an annexe for guests to sleep in, this is not the right place!
While there is nothing to prevent customers from modifying these buildings to have plumbing and other house facilities (although this would void the guarantee), a building used as a domicile would require planning permission and Building Regulations approval. It would also need to meet health and safety standards for living quarters, which these cabins are not designed for.
Log Cabin Kit
Our self-assembly log cabins are delivered in parts to be put together at your home. With these DIY log cabin kits, each log must be individually stacked, slotting together with tongue and groove fittings and crossing over at the corners. This provides the distinctive corner appearance that is definitive of a log cabin. We provide clear instructions to guide you through the process, and all you will need are some basic DIY tools and one other person to help.
To give you an idea of how this will go, read our guide on how to build a log cabin.
Here are some more useful guides to help you:
What is the Ideal Log Cabin Thickness?
Log Cabin Planning Permission Guide
Tips for creating a log cabin gym
Types of Log Cabins
There are many different types of garden cabin for you to choose from, with some crossover where a building can come under multiple categories. We have prefabricated log cabins in both modern and more classical styles, to match any type of garden.
Log Cabin Summer House
A Log cabin with large windows can be used as a summer house. The traditional use of a log cabin summerhouse is to relax with a good view of the garden, perhaps with some food and drink, sheltered and away from any wind. Throw open the doors to embrace the heat of a warm day, or retreat with the doors closed to enjoy the garden in comfort if the weather turns.
Log Cabin Shed
If storage is what you’re looking for, a log cabin shed might be the right choice. Rather than a basic shed, these buildings retain the attractive looks, sturdiness and warmth of a log cabin. Many of them also offer enough space to be used as workshops for your DIY projects. Browse our log cabin sheds range.
Corner Log Cabins
If you’re thinking about putting your log cabin in the corner of your garden, these are the models for you. Tucking neatly into the corner to save space, some of these buildings present wide, diagonally-facing entrances, while others allow you to choose which side the doors and windows will be on. To see if these are right for you, browse our range of corner log cabins.
Log Cabin Office
Working from home? How about working from the garden? More and more people are finding it useful to take their work out of the house and into a garden cabin to improve their focus. This is also perfect for people who are running their own business or meeting customers, maintaining privacy outside the main house, making it the perfect investment for a working professional.
Log cabins also make excellent photography studios, hair salons, or pet shelters. Or you could use it for more leisurely purposes, like a gaming room or a garden gym. The possibilities are endless.
To see the log cabin kits that are ideal for this purpose, check out our garden offices.
Insulated Log Cabins
The naturally insulating qualities of wood make our log cabins already some of the warmest garden buildings on the market. However, if you are planning to use your garden cabin all year round, you will want it to be fully insulated, which will make it nearly as warm as your house. Browse our range of insulated garden rooms.
If an insulated garden cabin is too much, you can also achieve extra warmth by selecting a thicker timber cladding in the options on the product page. We offer thicknesses of 19mm, 28mm and 44mm. For the warmest options, browse for a 44mm log cabin.
Maintaining your log cabin
As outdoor products, log cabins do require some looking after to keep them in good shape.
Treating your log cabin
All log cabins require a preservative treatment in order to protect the timber from the weather and to be eligible for our guarantee. To make this more convenient, most of our log cabins are available to be purchased with pre-applied pressure treatment - look at our range of treated log cabins to see the selection.
Pressure treatment is much longer lasting, giving you many years without needing to worry about maintenance and extending the BillyOh Guarantee to 15 years. For more information on how this works, read all about pressure treatment.
Without pressure treatment, you will need to paint your cabin with preservative annually (we recommend during warmer seasons, in time for autumn).
For more essential advice, read our guide to log cabin maintenance.
Log cabin sizes
A small log cabin can be a compact 8 by 8 feet, which can be plenty if it is being used as an office or a summerhouse for a small number of people. Log cabin sheds can be even smaller than this if needed. At the larger end, log cabins are available up to 16 by 14 feet, which equates to around 20 square metres.
One of the most popular sizes is a 10x8 log cabin, which provides ample space for all manner of uses, from storage to a gym, without breaking the bank.
Log Cabin Finance
You can buy your log cabin on finance, thanks to our partnership with Novuna. You’ll find all the information below the ‘Add to basket’ section on the product page. As long as your purchase is at least £560 and with a minimum deposit of 10%, finance is available for up to 48 months, so you can pay monthly rather than all at once. For the full terms and conditions, please read our finance page.
If you would rather talk it through, speak to our UK team on 01909 768840.
Customer Testimonials
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