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Create a dedicated garden office for working from home or running your business, and create a new way to enjoy the garden. Browse our range of garden offices for sale in a choice of sizes, styles and specifications, including fully insulated garden rooms built for comfortable use in every season.
This page is a great place to compare options, as you can filter by different sizes and styles to find the perfect professional setup for your garden and budget. Every building is manufactured in our own UK workshops and sold direct, so you order from the maker — with a price match guarantee, flexible finance and free delivery to most of mainland UK.
Discover our expert advice on picking the right building in our buying guide.
Check out these real garden offices assembled by our customers
Why Choose an Insulated Garden Office?
If you plan to work in your garden office throughout the year, insulation is what makes it a comfortable workspace all year round, as opposed to just in the warmer seasons. Our insulated range uses construction-grade insulation materials: EcoQuilt, EPS (expanded polystyrene) and multi-foil. These materials sit at the core of our structurally insulated panel (SIP) models, holding a more stable temperature in winter and summer, so the space stays comfortable for early calls, deep work or meeting clients.
A well-insulated office will still require heating in the coldest months, but it’s more efficient to heat, which matters when you're using it every working day. If you want a building that doubles as a year-round room outside work hours — a studio, lounge or hobby space — the same insulation that keeps you productive keeps it usable in every season. For a deep dive on these particular options, explore the full insulated range.
Do You Need Planning Permission for a Garden Office?
In most cases, no. A garden office or insulated garden room usually falls under permitted development, meaning no planning application is required — provided it meets the main criteria. It needs to sit behind the front wall of your house, have an eaves height under 2.5m (under 2.5m total height if it's within 2m of a boundary), cover no more than 50% of your garden, and not be used as self-contained living or sleeping accommodation.
The rules are stricter for listed buildings, conservation areas, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Article 4 directives, and National Parks, and a few other exceptions apply. For the full detail before you buy, read our garden office planning permission guide
Is a Garden Office Tax Deductible?
Partially. If you’re running your home business from a garden office, HMRC treats the building's structure as capital expenditure, so it isn't directly deductible — but many of the things that make it a working office, like electrics, heating, insulation and furniture, can often be claimed through capital allowances, and VAT is usually reclaimable if you're VAT-registered. The rules depend on your circumstances, so for the full details see our guide to garden office tax in the UK and confirm your own position with a qualified accountant.
Adding Electricity to Your Insulated Garden Room
Most garden rooms, especially used as an office, warrant a power supply for lighting, heating, computers and a reliable internet connection. Electricity can be run to the building, but it must be installed by a qualified electrician under Part P of the Building Regulations, and it counts as a modification to the building, so it's worth planning before you buy rather than after.
Where you position the office affects how straightforward this is. If you build your garden room closer to the house and consumer unit, it simplifies the electricity installation. For the options, what's involved and likely costs, see our guide to adding electricity to a garden building.
FAQs
Garden offices can increase property values.
Rightmove reports that the proportion of UK property listings mentioning “garden office” is now 11× higher than ten years ago (+1046%).
HomeOwners Alliance suggests that adding a garden office can add up to £17,000 to a property's value.
However, getting this to pay off could depend on a few things:
- Keep the building well-maintained, as a building in disrepair is more likely to decrease the property value.
- Surveyors may give greater valuations to buildings with a power supply and insulation.
- Avoid permanent internal fixtures so that the space can be multi-functional. This broadens the appeal for future buyers.
Adding plumbing features would likely involve creating gaps through the structure of the garden office building, which would count as a modification. So yes, you can install a toilet, but you would do so at your own risk as it would potentially void our guarantee.
If your garden office isn't close enough to your house to connect to the mains water supply, it may be more expensive. But installing a bathroom will be a fairly simple task for a trained plumber. Make sure that you adhere to Building Regulation standards.
A lot of us have transitioned to working from home (WFH) recently. So freelancers, small business owners, and employees are thinking about garden offices. They offer many solutions including:
- Being cheaper than renting office space
- Reducing time and money spent on commutes
- Encouraging productivity by having a professional space outside the home
So why not have a look at our range of garden home office buildings to see if it's the right fit for you?
A lot of our log cabins are designed to be used as home offices. Some of our customer favourites include:
- The BillyOh Kent Garden Office
- The Fraya
- The Winchester
Is a durable building with a large internal space. The multi-room feature on the two larger sizes offers distinct spaces for you and your family to enjoy. The Kent Office has various features like double doors and an overhanging entranceway. Complete with Floor, Roof and Felt as standard.
Designed to complement any garden, The Fraya is a versatile and adaptable building. It features a contemporary pent design and a modern overhang for style and practicality. You can customise certain aspects of this Log Cabin to suit your tastes and needs.
Is a traditional Alpine-style cabin. It has opening windows and windowed double doors that offer a bright and airy interior. Customise your building to suit you. Complete with Floor, Roof and Felt as standard.
Our range of BillyOh garden offices starts from under £2,000. But the initial building price may not be the only cost involved. Check out our garden office costs guide to fully plan your budget.
There are a few ways to provide a broadband Wi-Fi signal to your garden office:
- Position your garden building close enough to your house that your home Wi-Fi signal will carry. However, this will depend upon where exactly the router is positioned inside your home, and it might not provide a good enough signal after passing through several walls.
- Get a Wi-Fi extension device, connect it to your router, and plug it in inside your garden office.
- Ask your broadband provider about installing a broadband cable to your garden office.
Options 2 and 3 will require your garden office to have an electricity supply (although, if you are planning to use a computer in it, you probably already considered this). For more, see our post on installing utilities in your garden building and how to install Wi-Fi in your garden office.
Whether you plan to use your garden room as a traditional computer office, a meeting room, or even a photography studio, a lot of work will go into creating the ideal garden workspace. Check out our guide to designing your garden office to make sure it is suited to the work you plan to do.
If you choose one of our pre-insulated garden rooms, you're all set.
It is possible to add retrofit insulation, which some of our customers have done. However, this is done at your own risk and can void the anti-rot guarantee, as we can't guarantee against user modifications.
To that end, we have a series of guides for insulating garden buildings. Whether yours is made from wood or metal, the principles for insulating them are the same across the board, so you can make use of our guides to insulating a shed or insulating a summerhouse. You will also want to consider damp proofing your garden office for extra protection.
An office kit could save you time and money. While we don’t offer installation, all our buildings are designed to be simple to build.
Our BillyOh garden rooms come supplied as pre-cut tongue and groove panels, cut and measured by our expert craftspeople. Your prefab garden room will come in pieces designed to fit down side entrances or through the house. Each modular unit comes with a comprehensive guide meaning that, with the help of friend, you can have your building up in no time! We recommend costing up the process before you begin - you can find out more about the costs of a garden office in our linked guide.
What our customers say about their garden offices
These are real comments from customers who bought and use their buildings as garden offices, in their own words.
"We loved the look and style of the Kent Garden Office — it fits perfectly with the rest of our garden decor, and we love how customisable the building is, both before and after purchase. It's now our office, gym and relaxation space; somewhere we can go to get away from the noisy family house. It gives each of us a little sanctuary for quiet time, concentrating on work, or a quick run on the treadmill. I also loved how easy it was to erect — I completed the main structure myself in less than 4 days (excluding base and interior finishing). The style is perfect for our house and the price was very appealing too."
— Ben from Newquay, BillyOh Kent Garden Office
"The size was perfect for our needs when we planned out the space, and we loved the modern design. We use it primarily as an office, but it has a sofa and entertainment system we use in the evenings when we want to be outside. It allows me to work in peace — it's so enjoyable feeling like you're outside with the comforts and set-up of a real office inside."
— Sophie from Yorkshire, BillyOh Fraya Pent Log Cabin
"It allows me to work away from family interruptions, washing machine noise and so on — separating home and work. I love the space, the light, and that we can use it at the weekend as a garden room to relax in when it's still a bit chilly outside."
— Ali, BillyOh Fraya Pent Log Cabin
"I have it in my garden and work from home as a nail technician. I loved the layout of the doors and windows, and I love the roof! Having it in the garden is so great, and I can separate my work and home life a lot more easily now. A friend recommended Garden Buildings Direct — I looked at the website and fell in love with so many of the options on there."
— Evie, BillyOh Darcy Log Cabin
"This cabin and size is perfect for my business — I love that I can use it as my beauty cabin to offer treatments. The experience was fantastic, delivery was on time, and the cost was brilliant for my cabin."
— Beauty business owner, BillyOh Devon Log Cabin
How to Choose the Right Garden Office
The best garden office for you comes down to three things: how it’s built, the roof style, and the size you need for the way you’ll use it. Here’s how to weigh them up — and whichever you choose, almost every building can be customised to suit your garden, from cladding and colour to windows, doors and layout.
Build style: log cabin or panel
Our garden offices are built in two ways. Log cabin offices use interlocking solid timber walls for a classic, robust look, with insulation coming from the thickness of the timber itself. Panel-built offices use insulated wall panels, which give a cleaner, more contemporary finish and stronger year-round thermal performance. As a rule of thumb, choose a log cabin for a traditional feel at a lower price, and a panel build for a modern look you’ll use comfortably all year.
Roof style: apex or pent
The two main roof options change both the look and the feel inside. An apex roof rises to a central ridge, giving a traditional shape and extra headroom through the middle — a good fit for larger offices or a more classic garden. A pent roof slopes gently in one direction for a flat, modern profile that suits contemporary buildings and tighter spaces, and sits more discreetly against a boundary or wall.
Size and layout
Think about how you’ll use the space day to day. A compact office around 3.5m × 2.5m is ideal for a single desk and a focused, distraction-free workspace, while a 4m × 3m build leaves room for a desk plus seating or a meeting area. If you need multiple workstations, storage or a dual-purpose studio, look at our larger 5m × 4m offices. Browse the most popular sizes below.
- 3.5m × 2.5m garden offices — compact, single-person workspace
- 4m × 2.5m garden offices — a little extra width for a single-desk setup
- 4m × 3m garden offices — desk plus meeting or seating space
- 5m × 3m garden offices — generous single room or workspace plus storage
- 5m × 4m garden offices — multi-desk or studio use
Why Buy Your Garden Office from Garden Buildings Direct?
All of our garden offices are designed by our in-house product team and made in our own UK workshops, using sustainable spruce timber from forests that are continually regrown. We’ve been manufacturing garden buildings for over 25 years, so you buy direct from the maker — with a price match guarantee, flexible finance, free delivery to most of mainland UK, and a 10-year guarantee on the building.