Ixobayeou Insulated Garden Office

A fully insulated garden office — a proper year-round workspace with large glazing, a solid insulated floor, walls and roof and room for a desk, storage and a meeting corner. A timber-framed, fully insulated and clad building with double-glazed doors and windows; delivered in sections, set on a firm, level base (concrete or ground screws) and assembled and weatherproofed by a competent installer, with the electrics installed and signed off by a qualified electrician. A garden office or studio can need building or planning approval — check before you build.

• Type: insulated year-round garden office
• Build: timber frame, fully insulated floor/walls/roof, double glazing
• Install: on a firm level base, assembled by a competent installer, wired by an electrician; may need approval

A garden office or pod is an insulated outdoor building and must stand on a proper, level base — a concrete pad or ground screws sized to the building — and be assembled and weatherproofed by a competent installer. A garden room used as an office or studio, one over a certain size, or one near a boundary can need building regulations approval or planning permission, and the rules differ by location and use — check what applies before you build. An electrical supply to the building must run from the house consumer unit in the correct (usually armoured) cable, through an RCD, and be installed and signed off by a qualified electrician — never run a garden building off a trailing domestic lead. Insulate, ventilate and heat it per the specification to control condensation. These buildings are not a permanent dwelling unless local rules allow it. CE marked where applicable. The statutory 14-day right of withdrawal applies to consumers.