Open the door to a new garden experience with the addition of a wooden summer house. Browse our full range of garden summerhouses below, and if you need help deciding, check out our summer house buying guide.
A summerhouse lets you showcase the splendour of your garden through its large windows while providing premium comfort in both rain and shine.
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The classic garden house, created from timber and built for relaxation. A place for peace and quiet, a place to spend those long, sweltering summer days. A typical design maximises the amount of natural light that reaches the interior and keeps the separation between outdoors and in to a minimum. But when it comes to style and shape, our wide variety of buildings gives you the freedom to pick to your preference.
The heavy-duty cousin of a regular building, you’ll find these log cabin summerhouses provide comfort that can be enjoyed throughout the year. While still providing a dedicated place to relax, and full of features that let you make the most of summer, the thicker log walls afford a more comfortable interior better suited for the colder months of the year and adding to the usability of your summerhouse.
Utility is guaranteed with a summerhouse shed. The name tells you all you need to know - these buildings bring together relaxation and functionality by marrying shed and summerhouse. This usually takes on the format of a primary sunroom and a side room which is designed for storage, meaning that the spaces don’t interfere with each other.
In-built insulation expands what you can do with a summerhouse. It becomes so much more than a place to relax, with the ability to use the building as an office or studio space. With reduced heat transfer due to the insulate features - like insulation foil and double glazing - these insulated summerhouses aren’t just for summer, but can become a whole new room in your home.
Not only do metal summer houses look different from their timber counterparts, they can be used a little differently too! The sleek metal finishes create an ultra-modern exterior that is more than able to handle bad weather. These buildings are low-maintenance, incredibly secure, and packed with useful features to create a sleek, modern garden house.
Made for those awkward spaces and unused corners - add a place to relax and unwind. Specially designed for right-angle spaces, a corner summerhouse is the perfect way to start making the most of your garden by adding a place to relax. The design of these buildings is great for sunlight, with windows on two sides to help make the interior bright and airy.
FAQs
The most common use of a summer house (or garden house) is as a sheltered outdoor lounge area or a sunroom. On a bright, warm day you could have the doors open wide and relax in an armchair in the shade while watching the children play outside. The summerhouse makes a great place to sit during a family party or a barbecue. If the weather turns, not to worry - you are still sheltered and comfortable with a good view of the outdoors.
Summerhouses also provide spectacular views of your garden at night, especially if you have garden lights.
Our summer houses are manufactured from Scandinavian spruce, never cheap pine. The trees are replanted after the timber is acquired.
Our BillyOh wooden summerhouses are guaranteed for 10 years against rot, decay and insect infestation. Good maintenance can see these buildings last many years longer than the guarantee.
If you buy a pressure treated summerhouse, the guarantee is extended to 15 years. Pressure treatment is a process where wood preserver is forced deep into the timber by a high-pressure machine. The preservative protects the wood from moisture, rot and insects, keeping it healthier and stronger for longer.
Traditional summerhouses are perfect for lounging in the garden, keeping you cool on a hot day, and allow you to continue enjoying your outdoor space even if it rains.
As an extra room, summerhouses can also be used for other activities, especially those that come with thicker walls. A summerhouse can be used as a garden office, for instance.
You will find even more potential from a large summer house. If you have the space to spare, be sure to check out our larger size options.
Traditionally, summerhouses are designed as sitting areas for enjoying the garden during the warmer half of the year. They also provide a way to enjoy your garden during rain or cold winds.
While many models have thin walls, meaning they do not hold onto heat through the colder months, a log cabin summer house offers an alternative if you're looking for a room to use for more of the year.
Benefits of a summer house
By far the best thing about a summer house is that it makes your garden pleasant to sit in even when the weather turns grey. Spring and summer rains are no longer an issue when you can simply close the doors, sit down, and enjoy the view with your family or your favourite comforts, while still maintaining an outdoor vibe.
Summerhouses are also excellent for garden privacy, as they can hide you from the view of nosy neighbours, block noise, and give you a space for private conversations.
Customisable wooden summerhouses
Our wooden summerhouses are built from tongue and groove cladding for an attractive, watertight construction. Many of our models utilise pre-assembled wall panels which are simple to install. However, if your summer house is a log cabin style, it will need to be assembled from individual boards.
We would encourage you to paint and decorate your summer house to truly make it your own. Hang decorations, mount a TV, put down a rug, and enjoy your new garden experience! For decorating inspiration, check out our blog about painting a summer house.
Please note that pressure treated wooden summerhouses should not be painted within 4-6 months of purchase due to the preserver needing to fully dry.
Summerhouse Sunroom Options
Between size, price, style and treatment, there are a lot of factors to consider when you are looking at a building to transform your garden. Don’t forget to link it all back to how you plan to use the building when all is said and done.
Garden Summer Houses by Price
Our garden houses start from less than £800. If you need to budget carefully for your building, we have a range of cheap summerhouses that may be the most accessible for you.
Buy a Summer House from a UK Manufacturer Established for 20 years
With over 20 years of experience providing British-made summerhouses, Garden Buildings Direct is one of the most trusted summerhouse manufacturers on the market. The product sent to you is a building kit with full instructions. All you’ll need is a few basic tools and another person to help put it together.
Types of Garden Summer House
If you need to budget carefully for your building, we have a range of cheap summerhouses that may be the most accessible for you. But you should also consider where you are positioning your summerhouse and how you plan to use it.
Log Cabin Summerhouse
Built from individual logs, customers choose log cabin summerhouses due to the natural insulation properties of the heavy duty timber.
Summerhouse with Side Shed
Gain a multifunctional building by choosing a summerhouse shed. Store everything from garden tools to furniture to bikes, without intruding on your relaxation space. Two of our models here are summerhouses with side storage: BillyOh Tianna: a log cabin summerhouse featuring a cosy room and a convenient storage cupboard to the side. BillyOh Penton: a corner summerhouse with a wide view of the garden and slightly larger double-doored storage.
Corner Summer House
Planning to put your summerhouse in the corner of your garden? Corner summerhouses feature a diagonally-facing door, so you always have a great view of your full garden and don’t have to choose a direction to face.
Long Lasting Garden House
Our BillyOh wooden summerhouses are guaranteed for 10 years against rot, decay and insect infestation. Good maintenance can see these buildings last many years longer than the guarantee. If you buy a pressure treated summerhouse, the guarantee is extended to 15 years. Find out more in our guide to pressure treatment.
Summerhouse finance
Don’t forget that you can also buy your summerhouse 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. For the full terms and conditions you should read our finance page.
Summerhouse roof types
The type of roof on your garden house not only affects its aesthetic appeal within the garden, but also affects how much vertical space you have. An apex summer house offers a classic look that will blend with most rustic style gardens, particularly for people with a stone house or a listed building. Due to its raised height at the centre it also provides more internal space overall, in which you could hang extra lighting or decorations.
In contrast, a pent summer house is a more contemporary style that will blend well with any modern garden.
What size of summerhouse should I get?
The size of your summer house will depend on what you plan to use it for and how much space you have. Remember that it needs to take up less than half your garden, in order to avoid the planning permission legal process. You can find out more about that in our guide to summerhouse planning permission.
One of the most popular sizes is a 12x8 summerhouse (measured in feet, equating to about 3.6 x 2.4 metres). This size provides ample room for it to be used as a relaxing family lounge area, a garden office, a garden gym, or a host of other purposes.
The best approach is to decide where you would like the summerhouse to stand in your garden and measure the width and length of that space with a tape measure. This will give you an idea of the size range you should be looking at.
Buy a Summer House with Free Delivery
We deliver our summerhouses free to most of Great Britain. Delivery charges apply to addresses furthest away from our headquarters in Nottinghamshire, and additional charges will apply to log cabin summerhouses due to the heavier mass of individual logs. You can see a full breakdown of whether delivery charges will apply to you on our delivery information page.
Garden House Buying Information
For more information on types of summer house, answers to frequently asked questions and tips on how to make use of it, check out our summerhouse buying guide.
If you need help deciding or making a purchase, contact our summer house experts on 01909 768840.
Customer Testimonials
Elodie's Picton Corner Summerhouse
It’s allowed us to spend so much more time outside no matter what the weather. We’ve even been out there in the winter with our coats and blankets on, it really is usable all year!
Stacey's Renna Summerhouse
The large windows and double doors provide an uninterrupted view of the garden and plenty of room inside to enjoy the view. My favourite thing - hands down, has to be the ability to sit and enjoy a space away from home.
Izzie's Holly Summerhouse
I just loved the design of the BillyOh Holly summerhouse from the outside and I wanted something that was the same width and length to fit perfectly into the corner of my garden.
Emma's Bella Summerhouse
It’s allowed us to have a space away from the house to enjoy with friends so we don't wake the kids up! Also, over the last year it’s allowed us to feel like we are sort of going out, even if it is just to the bottom of the garden!
Farayi's Penton Summerhouse
We chose this building for storage and somewhere to sit and enjoy the garden. We now have a solution for both which is just amazing. It’s really allowed us to sit and admire the view and still be in the garden all year round.
Lisa's Tessa Summerhouse
It had more windows than everything else, and the dual aspect doors made for a flexible space. We chose Garden Buildings Direct because of the good value and a good selection of summerhouses.
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