If you are considering a garden room, you might be asking the question, are garden rooms a good investment?
Garden rooms are a smart investment and one of the most valuable ways to add extra space to your home without changing the existing footprint.
Unlike traditional home extensions, garden rooms can be designed and built with minimal disruption to your household, making them a practical and stylish solution for modern living.
More than just an additional room, a garden room can transform how you live day to day.
A garden room provides a private, versatile space for work, entertaining, hobbies, or relaxation, with the added benefit of outdoor connection and increased property appeal.
Recent research suggests that a garden room can increase a property’s market value by up to 7.5%.
In this guide, we will explore whether garden rooms are a good investment, the benefits of garden rooms, what they cost, practical steps to designing a garden room, and why they are a great addition to any home.
Are Garden Rooms a Good Investment?
Based on our experience and expertise, a bespoke garden room is a fantastic investment because it enhances your home’s functional living space and its overall market value.
Estate agents often highlight garden rooms as desirable features, meaning if you ever intend to market your property, you can expect to recoup a significant proportion of the build cost when selling.
More importantly, garden rooms increase the usable living space, which is a major selling point in today’s property market.
The Benefits of a Garden Room
There are many benefits to a garden room. Unlike a spare room indoors, a garden room acts as a dedicated space, offering:
- Flexible use that is ideal for entertainment spaces, home offices, guest rooms, gyms, hobby spaces or garden lounges.
- Improved work–life balance with a clear separation between home and workspace.
- A connection to the outdoors with natural light and garden views.
- Year-round usability with proper insulation, heating and electrics.
How Much Does it Cost to Build a Garden Room?
As your garden room is a bespoke design and build project, the cost will depend on size, specification and finish.
Costs are mainly influenced by elements such as groundworks, insulation quality, glazing, electrics, plumbing, heating and internal/external finishes.
At Winslade Landscapes, we offer a free design consultation so you can explore the possibilities for your new garden room with no cost or obligation.
During this consultation, we will look at costs vs your budget to ensure you get the highest quality build possible, within a comfortable price point.
While a garden room is an investment, you can rest assured that we only use the highest quality materials, and our professional installation ensures longevity and reduces future maintenance costs.
Tips for Designing a Garden Room
Designing your garden room is a great opportunity to get creative and shape a brand-new space that fits perfectly with your home, your lifestyle, and your favourite hobbies.
Here are some practical tips to consider when designing your garden room.
- Sunlight and Privacy: Think about where the sun hits your garden throughout the day. Your garden room should allow plenty of natural light, but you also want to make sure the room feels like your own private sanctuary.
- Comfort All Year Round: Do you intend to use your garden room all year round? If so, we will consider insulation and ventilation options to ensure a space that stays warm and cosy in the winter and fresh during the summer.
- Power and Connectivity: Think about where any furniture might go, for example, if your garden room is to be a home office, where would you like your desk to go? This makes it easier to plan elements such as plug sockets, lighting, and Wi-Fi boosters.
- Connecting to Nature: Your garden room should feel like a natural part of your landscape. By carefully choosing your views and considering your soft landscaping, we can make the transition between indoors and outdoors feel seamless.
- Thinking Ahead: Families grow, and your needs might change. We will design a flexible space that can work as a home office today, but could easily become a gym or a hobby room in a few years.
As award-winning landscapers and gardeners, we believe the space around your garden room is just as important as the room itself.
Our goal is to create a cohesive design where the room and the garden work hand-in-hand, ensuring the new space feels like a natural part of your home and property.
Thinking About Adding a Garden Room to Your Home?
If you are thinking about adding a garden room to your home, contact us today for a free design consultation.
Winslade Landscapes is a family business with over 20 years of experience in the landscaping industry, and we have completed several garden room projects for clients throughout Surrey.
Whether you are looking for an entertainment space, a relaxing home office, a gym or a hobby space, we offer a complete design and build service.
We are experts in both hard and soft landscaping, and also offer garden care plans.
Why not take a look at our website or Instagram for examples of our completed garden room projects?
