Large Summer Houses
At Bakers, our approach is simple: we aim to provide you with a high-quality, insulated summer house that perfectly suits your needs. A large summer house offers a versatile and spacious area ideal for entertaining guests, creating a dedicated home office, setting up a personal gym or enjoying a peaceful space to relax.
What Can You Use a Large Summer House For?
A large summer house can be the perfect extension of your home. Here are some of the most popular ways our clients use their summer houses:
- Entertainment Space: Host friends and family in a stylish setting, perfect for summer parties, dinners, or even a garden bar.
- Garden Office: Create a productive and comfortable home office away from household distractions.
- Home Gym: Set up your fitness space with all your equipment, allowing you to work out at your convenience.
- Creative Studio: Whether you're an artist, musician, or writer, a garden studio offers a peaceful place to focus on your craft.
- Multi-Use Family Room: A perfect space for kids, teens, or the whole family to enjoy year-round.
Whatever your vision, a large garden summer house can be customised to suit your lifestyle.
Large Summer House with Side Shed
If you need both a functional summer house and a practical storage area, our Garden Room with Shed is the ideal solution. This design features a large summer house with an integrated side shed, allowing you to enjoy a stylish living space while keeping garden tools, bikes, and outdoor furniture neatly stored away.
- Efficient Use of Space: A dedicated storage area keeps clutter out of sight, maximising your summer house’s functionality.
- Separate Access: The storage section can have its own external door for easy access, ensuring convenience without interrupting your main space.
- Seamless Design: The shed blends into the summer house, maintaining a sleek and stylish exterior.
Do You Need Planning Permission?
In most cases, if your property has permitted development rights, you can build a garden room without needing planning permission. The main restriction is that the total area of all outbuildings (including sheds, pathways, and driveways) must not exceed 50% of your garden space.
Even if you have a smaller garden, this usually allows for a generously sized summer house. However, it’s also important to consider building regulations, which affect larger structures.
For more details on planning permission, visit our Planning Guide and watch our explanation video.
Building Regulations to Consider
While planning rules may allow a large garden room, building control regulations impose additional restrictions based on size:
Buildings over 30 square metres of internal space require full building control approval. This means your garden room will be treated as a small house, requiring:
- Structural calculations
- Compliance with insulation, fire safety, and accessibility regulations
- Approval from building control at multiple stages
- Significant additional costs and time delays, as the process involves inspections and certifications
- Uncertain pricing, as requirements may evolve throughout the project
Large Summer House Restrictions & Regulations
Here at Bakers, we only produce buildings of 30 square metres or under, avoiding building control restrictions and regulations. This allows us the freedom to produce buildings that ensure they conform to planning without the need to inform building control.
If you're looking for more than 30 square metres, you can consider installing multiple buildings, as long as they are at least 1 metre apart. Building control treats these as separate structures, allowing for a spacious setup while avoiding unnecessary regulations. They can even be linked with doors or a covered walkway for seamless functionality.
Check out our large summer house projects!
If you're looking for a large summer house or garden room but want to avoid unnecessary costs, delays, and on-site disruption, we can help. Get in touch with us today to discuss your requirements, and let’s find the perfect size and design for your space!
Small Garden Office with Store in London
This project involved creating a functional garden office for a growing family in London, who needed a dedicated workspace after a bedroom was repurposed for a new baby. We helped them navigate planning permissions, transformed their garden, and delivered a space that not only enhanced their productivity but also added lasting value to their property.
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Poolside Room with a Hot Tub and Canopy in Surrey
With a canopy over a hot tub, a bar and living space, this multi-purpose garden building is the ultimate poolside room.
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Bespoke Endless Pool Room and Gym in London
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Garden Room with Outdoor Lounge, Utility Room and Potting Shed
This combination room has a large lounge, separate utility room and a potting shed, making it the ultimate multi-use garden room.
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Bespoke Black Garden Gym Room in West Sussex
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Pool Room with Hot Tub Canopy, Home Gym, and Bar in Warwickshire
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Endless Pool Room with Gym and Outdoor Kitchen in Berkhamstead
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