Why move or extend when you can grow in your garden...
Many people are finding it stressful and expensive to try to move to a larger home. But within the permitted development laws you can have a timber framed structure built in your garden that does not require any planning permission, allowing you to extend your home and living space without the red tape or the price tag!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Do you offer free quotes?
Yes we offer free, no obligation quotes. For your convenience, these usually take place at evenings or weekends.
Call Jason on 07825 854017 or email jason@robertsongardenrooms.co.uk to arrange a suitable date and time.
What areas do you cover?
We cover mainly the Essex region and have undertaken projects in the following areas:
Basildon ▪ Benfleet ▪ Billericay ▪ Brentwood ▪ Chafford Hundred ▪ Chelmsford ▪ Chigwell ▪ Dartford (Kent) ▪ Feering ▪ Gidea Park ▪ Grays ▪ Great Bardfield ▪ Hanningfield ▪ Horndon-on-the-Hill ▪ Hornchurch ▪ Herongate ▪ Hutton Mount ▪ Laindon ▪ Langdon Hills ▪ Leigh-on-Sea ▪ Nazeing ▪ North Weald ▪ Ongar ▪ Orsett ▪ Ramsden Bellhouse ▪ Rayleigh ▪ Romford ▪ Shenfield ▪ South Stifford ▪ South Ockendon ▪ South Woodham Ferrers ▪ Southend-on-Sea ▪ Stanford-le-Hope ▪ Upminster ▪ Welling (Kent) ▪ Westcliff-on-Sea ▪ Wickford ▪ Woodford
What’s included in the price of a Robertson Garden Room?
We offer a turn-key solution meaning your garden room is ready to use on completion.
This includes:
▪ A fully clad, insulated room usable all year round
▪ Ground preparation and foundations
▪ Doors and windows
▪ All internal and external electrics connected to your home supply
▪ Flooring and internal decoration
Cladding options
- Canadian Western Red Cedar
- Siberian Larch
- Cedral lap (fibre cement board), low maintenance and available in a range of colours
- Composite (traditional or slatted), low maintenance and available in a range of colours
Will I need planning permission?
The majority of outbuildings, including garden rooms, do not require planning permission as they are considered permitted development, as long as:
▪ You don’t intend to live in it and there is no sleeping accommodation
▪ The garden room won’t take up more than half the area of land around your ‘original house’, that is, as it was first built or as it stood on 1st July 1948 (if it was built before that date)
▪ The maximum eaves height does not exceed 2.5 metres. A maximum overall height of four metres is allowed with a dual pitched roof or three metres for any other roof.
For further details please refer to the government’s planning portal:
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings
How much will it cost?
As a guide Robertson Garden Rooms are priced around £1,200-£1,400 per square metre* which is based on a fully insulated room with 3 panel aluminium bifold doors, no partition walls and no additional windows. Depending on your specification the cost will be adjusted accordingly. All prices are subject to VAT at the current rate. *Subject to fluctuations in the cost of building materials.
Do you offer finance?
Yes! We've partnered with Kandoo so that we can offer a financial solution to potential customers that want to spread the cost of a garden room investment. Find out more >
How does this compare to an extension?
A brick-built ground floor extension on the back of your home measuring 3m x 6m would cost in the region of £38,000-£43,000. A Robertson Garden Room the same size would cost around £22,000, depending on the specification, and there's a lot less mess and disruption!
I’d like some extra features in my specification – what can you offer?
As each Robertson Garden Room is unique, we love to create the perfect space for our clients. Here are some of the features you can find in our case studies and special features section:
▪ Split-face wall, backlit with LED lighting
▪ Bar with sink, LED lighting and installed fridges
▪ Integral storage shed
▪ LED lighting in dropped ceiling
▪ Air conditioning/heating
▪ Extended decking area
▪ Integrated hot tub
▪ Infrared sauna
▪ Shower/WC for a pool room
▪ Integral blinds in bifold doors
▪ Pergola to match garden room
▪ 'Hidden' door - clad in cedar to match the garden room, it blends into the background
How soon can I have my own Robertson Garden Room?
Once a site visit has taken place and the quote has been agreed, we will book your garden room in the diary. Currently we're taking bookings from October 2024.
Any questions we've not covered?
Please get in touch with Jason who will be happy to answer your questions:
Call: 07825 854017
Email: Jason@robertsongardenrooms.co.uk
Contemporary, bespoke garden rooms for any size garden.