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We create bespoke Garden Rooms | Hospitality & Leisure Buildings | Offices & Studios in the Lake District

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09/11/2026

It's the question we get asked more than any other. Do you need planning permission for a garden room?

Most of the time the answer is no, because most garden rooms fall under permitted development. That changes if it's within two metres of a boundary and over 2.5 metres tall, if it sits in front of the house, or if you want to sleep in it or rent it out. Listed buildings are different again, and inside the Lake District National Park the rules are tighter.

That's why we check every site properly before any design work starts, so there are no surprises later.

If you'd like us to look at yours, send us a message.

02/11/2026

We popped in on one of our live garden room builds in Kendal this week 🧱

Will talks through how the project is going, what's been done so far and what comes next before handover. We'll share the finished room once it's complete, so if you've ever wondered what happens between the drawings and the final reveal, keep watching!

30/10/2026

The most expensive mistake we see on garden room quotes isn't the price at the top. It's what's been left out.

A quote can look great until you realise it doesn't cover groundwork for a sloped garden, or only insulates the walls, or leaves the electrics for you to sort. By the time those extras turn up, work has usually started and you're committed.

We've put together the six things every quote should include. Check any quote you get against it, ours included.

If something on a quote doesn't make sense, send us a message and we'll talk it through.

28/10/2026

Anyone with teenagers will know the feeling of a house that suddenly seems a lot smaller than it used to.

The Crook was designed around that, a garden room that gives the teenagers in the family a space of their own for friends, films and gaming, while the main house gets a little calmer in the evenings. It sits just far enough from the house to give everyone some separation, but close enough that the snacks are never far away.

It’s insulated and built to be used all year round, which matters at this time of year when the evenings draw in and most garden buildings get locked up until spring. Built properly, a space like this grows with the family too, so when the teenage years are done it can become an office, a guest room or a quiet retreat.

Would your teenagers move out to the garden given the chance? Let us know in the comments, and if you’re thinking about adding space, message us to start the conversation.

26/10/2026

We get asked this a lot at this time of year. Can you really use a garden room through a Lake District winter?

The honest answer is that it depends entirely on how it's built. Ours are insulated with locally sourced sheep's wool, sit on a base designed for the ground they're on, and are clad in timber chosen to cope with Cumbrian rain. That's the difference between a space you use all year and a summer house you avoid from October onwards.

Living somewhere with more sheep than people, using their wool to keep you warm just makes sense.

If you'd like to know more about how we build for winter, we're happy to talk it through.

23/10/2026

The clocks go back this Sunday, which means dark evenings by half four for the next few months.

This is The Jurd in Kendal, a garden room that works as an office during the day and a snug in the evening. Scorched timber on the outside, insulated properly on the inside, and only a short walk from the back door, so the darker months don't change how much it gets used.

If you'd like something similar before winter properly sets in, we're happy to talk it through.

21/10/2026

Would you use a space like this for yoga, stretching, meditation or something else entirely? Let us know in the comments, and if you're thinking about one for your own garden, we're happy to talk it through.

19/10/2026

Saturday night, the lights are down, the film’s on and nobody’s kicking the back of your seat. A garden room cinema gives you that just a short walk from the back door, in a space that’s completely separate from the rest of the house.

15/10/2026

Every garden room we build starts in roughly the same place, a patch of ground that isn’t doing much and a client with an idea of how they’d like to use it.

If you’re thinking about adding space without extending the house, send us a message and we’ll talk it through.

12/10/2026

There are a few things we should probably say sorry for.

We ask a lot of questions at the start, because a home office, a gym and a guest room each need different heating, power and light. We also won't use cheap cladding or skip groundwork that nobody will ever see once the room is finished.

We see this a lot on site. Someone has had a garden room that looked fine for a year or two, and then the cold or the damp got in because those parts were rushed. Every room we build has to last decades through Lakeland winters, so we build the parts you can't see as carefully as the parts you can.

If you're weighing up quotes and want to know what's actually included in ours, we're happy to walk you through it.

Address

Chapel Ridding
Windermere
LA231NL

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 7pm
Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 12:15am
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Website

http://www.gardenroomdesign.co.uk/

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