Building my garden room / office in 9 minutes (with prices - labour plus materials)

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A client asked me to build them a bespoke garden room with aluminium bifold doors. They wanted to fill a specific space around 6m by 4.5m on the left hand side of their garden where an old garage used to be.
They were absolutely thrilled with the result, particularly that we started work immediately without the need for any planning permission and we use all of the materials you would find in a normal extension (bricks aside!) without any of the mess or inconvenience of one!
This went so well we have since been asked to build 3 more and have set up a separate business-
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[@NicksHomeRenovations]

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[@LivingwiththeLynches]

For those waiting for the grand total it was about £23,000

[@im_095]

Cheers mate, found it quite annoying he listed the prices but not the total, not everyone has a calculator when they're watching mindless things on KZbin in the toilet!

[@theimpaler9465]

And at the end he threw in a 3 seater sofa, a mini bar and a tablet on the wall 🤷‍♂️ i just can’t get it

[@MegaVinny73]

That's one expensive shed!

[@AJ-ku7nm]

23k 3years ago. Let’s just say we add on 30% for materials in 2023 and call it £30,000!

[@actionreplay8235]

@@AJ-ku7nm 30k.. thats what i was expecting for a 27sqr mtr brick build. but getting quotes over 50k!! some builders are absolute jokers charging so much. My material costs i've costed to 15k- then double for labour so I would expect £30k as well.

[@joycelish5429]

This book is Awesome! I love the Lean-To-Shed the most (page 98). The plan kzbin.infoUgkxe9yi0sulKgsp0VJJCIrLWWkvVqcU7LFR is to attach it to the back of my brick house. I also like how they walk you through the many different steps of construction, which is important for the less experienced like me.

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Definitely!

[@eduardvaneindhoven4447]

Well, thanks a lot.... now my wife thinks I should be able to build a shed in under 9 minutes....

[@wynneconnolly2729]

Lol🤣

[@ttvjn08_alt9]

😂😂

[@SueKerriganHarrisArtist]

😂🤣😂

[@nxvasix8696]

She should look for a new husband if you can’t 🤣

[@Gaming51519]

A moment of silence 😔

[@ReecePowell]

Yes bro! LOVE it! We're on similar journeys dude, I've literally just rewired my house and I'm currently fitting the new kitchen! Such a great experience and so so glad I documented the project!🙏👌

[@King.Mark.]

800 for paint job lol if you ever need it painted again give us a bell 🙃

[@B1gDave2010]

That’s just what I was thinking

[@richardjones8546]

Me too 🤯

[@lala_land86]

I thought the same, I'll do it for 250 lol

[@wilf7042]

Why was it cheaper to plaster than paint? Unless they used some mega expensive paint

[@vinlondon8904]

@@wilf7042 even farrow and ball doesn't cost that much:) .

[@BrandonTran]

Wow nice design and build! I hope mine turns out close to this good. I've been working on it for 10 days now. I'm way behind for a 9 minute project.

[@abdulaziza]

Enjoyed watching those big mammoths of clouds moving during your construction

[@TheDougies]

Enjoyed watching that! Looks great, good work!

[@emlish]

This just reinvigorated my dreams of one day having a guest house at the end of my garden ... something exactly like this but with a little kitchenette and toilet on the ground floor and a little loft with a bed. Need to be able to afford a house with a garden first though lol.

[@osmanamjid2432]

Same but instead of a loft full size basement

[@JustAnotherChannel123]

The dream!

[@seminolejockey]

A couch, a big screen TV, a decking area with armchairs and a bar. I take it you had a slight change of heart after telling the missus you were building an office...😂😂

[@briandevitt6903]

Da Vinci must have painted the ceiling looking at what you paid.

[@ReecePowell]

Hahahaha brilliant

[@alisonmckenzie1415]

Job well done Nick !!

[@tonymay999]

Was I the only one mesmerised by the clouds in time lapse 😂

[@TheDeterminedRunner]

Great video, I'm looking at getting something similar but smaller made, this has helped, sweet finish 👌

[@Bro_Miftah]

waaaooww amazin, living big on the tiny house, good job bro

[@danzman101]

Top quality build, that. I can usually point out a fault, or two -but this..none! Top marks

[@1spiders1]

Really nice finish btw

[@BS2Dos]

Solid. British. Workmanship. Probably. 👍👍

[@lynpromDi]

Ganito ung kulay ng gusto ko, kahoy w/varnish sa labas pero light gray paint sa loob w/white baseboard

[@GetInOurHome]

This is brilliant! Wow

[@farting505]

Thanks for this! Superb vid

[@jaydravecky8202]

Looks fantastic. Now I'll need to watch a video "How to extend your garden in 7 minutes", as my garden is too small for an office/man cave/shed. :-(

[@platalibertad9177]

Epic. Inspiring !!!! Great !!!

[@agw1996]

Hi Nick really enjoyed the video and well done on a building a fantastic garden room. Just a quick question what was the roof span and what size of roof joists did you use?

[@joostvanpoppel]

Very nice build & extension to the house :-)

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Thanks Joost

[@georgegalpin7352]

Looks like a proper job. I hope those prices are materials & labour resulting in a total cost

[@damienmcmahon4281]

Hi. I'm building a similar size. Just wondering what size ope did you have for the bi fold doors and what size lintel? Is it a timber you use support over the door head? Grwat job BTW. Looks great. Thanks. Damien.

[@InaayaInaaya-oj6ru]

Beautiful very nice video thanks So much

[@seanmichaelo9777]

First of all , nicely done . Looks smart and good choice on gear . Secondly , very honest and thanks for sharing materials list and prices . Thirdly and the only thing would say as a minor negative , is if I would of rang any one of my suppliers with that materials list ( apart from bi fold doors ) I would of got that gear atleast 20% cheaper if bought all at once on one order delivery . Nice job and thanks for the vid 👍

[@truebro77]

beaautiful!

[@willrobertson2117]

Great job, looks fantastic! Out of interest what width cedar did you use and type of groove? Well done :)

[@leowilliambourke5755]

What's protecting the insulation within floor build up? (To the underside of the floor)

[@jaspermillerlandscaping6174]

Looks mint 👌

[@sheegs1]

The most unbelievable part of this is that for 6 weeks in the uk it wasn’t pissing rain!

[@ReecePowell]

No chance this year😅🙈

[@newlinkdirect]

Nice job !!!

[@arsenbortnikov8377]

МОЛОДЦЫ!!!! КРУТО!!!!!

[@antwonefernandez7554]

Excellent!

[@potsyg]

Should have just bought next doors house with how much you’ve spent on that 😂

[@MrOrchardsWorld]

I priced up something similar and building it all myself it came to less than £6K.

[@KARLOS121]

@@MrOrchardsWorld not with todays wood prices

[@redmanuk9211]

Awesome video Nick really inspiring. Can I ask where did you source all the parts from can you get a flat pack?

[@MrRobTheLEGEND]

Your office looks suspciously like a bar...

[@robkettle1971]

great job I'm well impressed, may I ask where you got your cedar cladding from?

[@hassasinali7979]

Serious seshs going down in there right now.

[@harshtruthengineer1382]

Nice work bud

[@timmade]

What size beam did you use you over the door? How did you calculate what you needed?

[@brianpeterson3752]

Amazing.

[@paulpatterson1972]

Great build nick. 👍 couple of questions for you. What size timber did you use over the main door ? Also with regards the cedar cladding, should it not be have double battens to allow air to flow?

[@sumitrousyk8188]

Didn’t look like much did it. It looked like a laminated 90x45

[@Prof.Polymath]

Just out of interest? What happens to the open sided unprotected kingspan on the underside? Wouldn’t you also cover that to Protect the fibres from wicking up moisture? Thanks.

[@roheedkhanofficial6477]

definitely a project i want to do

[@ReecePowell]

Literally just rewired my house dude.. I'd love to be able to do it full time🙏🙏🙏

[@JosephStealin]

9 mins you guys work fast!

[@CraveThatCoin]

Very impressive

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

CraveThatCoin Thank you

[@palanivisu1344]

Very nice. Could you please share what is the overall size of the structure

[@distortion_plus]

Is that ceiling insulated? Can't see any going in before boarding...

[@3rhys85]

Hi, great video. I'm about to start my own project and had a thought about a floor design which i cant find an example of on the internet with regards to timber sheds. I'm going to use a level concrete slab as my main foundation/base. Originally for my floor, i was then going to frame out floor joists and insulate inbetween and board ontop, however i have had a thought of whether i need floor joists at all! Could i use a 50mm x 100mm pressure treated soul plate fixed to the concrete along the perimeter of the shed. Lay DPM over the site (so ontop of soul plate and folded down ontop of know internal concrete slab). Then have a floating floor of 50mm rigid floor insulation butted together and taped, with t&g floor boards floating ontop. Is there a problem with this design? could i get away with it? Any advice from anyone would be much appreciated.

[@CraigToddOfficial]

Alright Rhys, just do it the same as modern houses, if you're doing a concrete slab, simply damp proof, insulate and laminate it or carpet or whatever your flooring will be.

[@enrico8985]

How long would the wood framing on the bottom hold in a pretty rainy area?

[@mushtaqmanzoor2001]

Just the outside looks good . The inside is just like sitting any other room in the house. I believe the garden room should be different from the rest of the house.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

Every day he goes to bed regretting that he didn't make his garden room to your exact specifications

[@rodtaylor9912]

Fine looking build. Might I ask. Did u insulate the roof or did I miss that bit ? Cheers

[@peterisadumans8495]

Hi, are they really 6x2 (150x50mm) joists for the base? Asking because when you insterted 60mm insulation it matches with the thickness of timber joists

[@branofattrebates2847]

Is that a 2x4 frame for the floor and if so are the calcs right I would like to now if the floor is well springy?? Just a query 👍👍

[@markanne54]

You could've made that into a terrific home cinema using one end as the screen and a projector in the shed bit shining through a window.

[@Probity100]

He wanted a garden - room office, show us yours instead of telling others what to do

[@markanne54]

@@Probity100 You mean like you're doing?

[@CraigToddOfficial]

I agree with you Mark, but when you look at what he spent around £26k would be an expensive cinema, I'd use it as an office/gym. Office to get away from noise kids family TV arguing the wife etc ha ha or gym to save filling your house with gym equipment. I'm building one of these in my own garden, diy style. I reckon i could build the same for about £6,000 + couple crates of beer for unwilling helpers ha ha

[@Probity100]

markanne54 I have a lovely large garden that I am very happy with. I also enjoy seeing others carrying out DIY on their homes, without critiquing or telling them what they should have done.

[@markkelly8461]

Chris maybe it was a suggestion rather than a tell. Hope you’ve chilled a little! 😀

[@emlish]

£22570 at least for materials (I don't know the square footage for some of the calculations).

[@DrunkDelilahBrewery]

buy one off the peg for that and get someone to build it !!! Not sure why he paid £800 to paint 1 room either !

[@darrengreen2265]

@@DrunkDelilahBrewery yip i was thinking the same & £750 for rubber roof aswell🤔 I think this is what he told the missus🤥🤣

[@Crsf84]

22k for a shed is silly money. if he wanted somewhere away from the house to have a pint he should just go to the pub or if all else fails buy a flat close buy and go there .

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

@@Crsf84 haha

[@arbit3r]

The prices include labour as well as materials..

[@chrisgarcia9629]

Wow! Looks great!!

[@joshuacallis3136]

Amazing video! Really helpful! I’ve been trying to find the cedar cladding you used, but I haven’t had any luck :( any chance you could comment the link to it please?

[@2wheelspy]

How did you secure the frame floor to the posts in the ground?

[@Strang3rman]

I don't think you have to, I'm sure it just sits on top

[@JollyGreen79]

All that effort and attention to detail yet no ceiling insulation. Why not? Still and awesome outbuilding!!

[@pauldunne9437]

The only cost that would change would be the cedar. You could clad it in a different finish

[@brewzh]

looks mint, top build quality aswell with no cut corners - but for close to 25 grand id be sick

[@KARLOS121]

But that's what it costs. I can't see many doing it cheaper unless you can get materials at cost and no vat. But your normal guy who hasn't got there own business it will cost

[@Dressagevids]

Just what I was thinking.....

[@jameswhite85]

@nickmorris what dimensions is the cedar boards you used?

[@Racelinekarting]

Looks great. Were those material costs only you listed or including labour for the construction? I’m a professional decorator and you were royally ripped off at £800. I would have done it for less than half that including paint, and would have also done it properly.

[@robefc358]

Not bad for 100k 😁😁

[@baer1204]

top Job 👍👍

[@felixthecat3n2]

Is it really necessary to wrap internally and externally? Wouldn't externally be enough?

[@giotto4321]

Nicely done, appreciate the static camera positions for the time-lapse. Think you over-engineered the floor structure personally but hey-ho! Good job.

[@aleksandrstankevics9575]

Hi! Very nice! Did you put any varnish on cedar wood outside?very nice colour! If yes coud you give brand of varnish thanks.

[@balconygarden2885]

no foil at the bottom? I saw you put foil on top of the floor insulation, but not at the bottom?

[@Kebabayeb]

Mate I cheered when I recognised the Bexley garden waste bin 😂😂

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

😂😂😂

[@action4898]

King of the noggings

[@lawresmith2294]

question with this shed does the wall need a air vent ?

[@AngusMcGregor]

They shouldn't need an air vent. They have breathable membrane on the outside vapour barrier on the inside. the battening on the outside before the final cladding and plaster board on the inside also allows the air to move.

[@benh6826]

Yes, put an air vent in.............don't listen to this guy

[@AngusMcGregor]

@@benh6826 Do you not think the breathable membrane and the vapour barrier is sufficient?

[@benh6826]

@@AngusMcGregor I did mine thinking it would be and it wasn't I'd suggest a vent either side of the shed to allow air to circulate whilst not in use

[@ozzyefc44]

@@benh6826 double batten the outside before you put the cedar cladding on that way air can move about between the cladding and the breathable membrane . Airflow is sufficient then

[@MuhammadNadeem-gq2gy]

Hi Mate, can you pls tell which size timbers are used for ceiling ?

[@domenicacozzetto6400]

Hi this looks great, was just wondering what thickness EPDM did you use, and did it come in one piece?

[@naj114]

I used 1.2mm EPDM and got over 30sqm as one single piece (see video in my channel)

[@Jimboi87]

How long would something like this last before the base frame rotts or would this be a permanent structure?

[@virus1]

Im to lazy to get a calculator! How much in Totally? I might just pay someone to dso the job! It was hard working looking at the video :) Nice finish!

[@TubeFinlay]

I'm currently designing up my own garden room and it's not too dissimilar to this. Is the dual 2x4 header over the bi-fold doors strong enough for it being a load bearing wall? Genuinely interested as I'm putting 3.6m doors on a non-bearing wall and everywhere seems to recommend dual 2x10s on their side, I'm doing the framed surround feature like on this and they're making the roof very deep, so much so i've switch to a cold roof. Any advice would be welcome

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Cool! Speak with the company you are buying the doors from, they told us how to strengthen above the door frame and bifolds always need to be stronger than just regular sliding doors. Wouldn’t want to advise as all bifolds are different weights/sizes! Good luck with the garden room!

[@TubeFinlay]

@@NicksHomeRenovations cheers for the reply, makes sense to ask the supplier One more question, if I wanted to put the weatherproof membrane directly onto the exterior side of the studs and then cover it in exterior grade plywood sheeting, would it cause any issues?

[@neilaux]

wonderful result! enjoyed watching this. did you have to get a building permit for that size of a build?

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Thank you. No as under 300 sq ft was permitted development

[@slick147]

Hi Nick, very nice. Do you have a video on the garden room with a snooker table?

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

kenny w Thank you! Unfortunately the client didn’t want that one to be filmed 😭

[@kameliaborisova111]

I would like to have one like this but with including a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen how muxh could be cost?!

[@challyho6375]

Thats an extension not a garden room it looks better than the house 😂

[@ttvjn08_alt9]

😅😅 😂 😂

[@televisionhighlights8730]

Anything to avoid council consent fees lol

[@dougmurray2638]

Where did you get the ground screws?

[@user-wu4rk2oh9r]

Top draw work mate

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Tiger sanchez Thanks 😊

[@user-wu4rk2oh9r]

@@NicksHomeRenovations would you consider doing a job in west Midlands or you do stay around London?

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Tiger sanchez no we work on these all across the UK. You can email me at [e-mail] if you want to discuss further 👍

[@SoldierDemps]

Was the timber for the roof free why no costs or dimensions?

[@2wheelspy]

How do you make the small cladding boards above the door so level?

[@CraigToddOfficial]

If they're all cut to the same size they have no option but to be level.

[@ozzyefc44]

It’s a thing called measuring usually with a tape measure or put a stop on a table saw so that they all cut the same length

[@personaldevelopmentk1982]

Nice though really nice

[@Paul-xk5os]

£800 for painting, with dulux. Where did you buy it?

[@nikolapejcic4183]

Did you make your own building plans or did you buy them? I'm interested, and might want to build something like this on a smaller scale.

[@Hulmey02]

You can get an architect to draw some up for you.

[@realgaming8188]

Had to watch it twice. First time i just watched the clouds🤣

[@fencer39]

As of November 2022. I have priced a very similar spec cabin to yours and come to the conclusion ( going buy your prices) you bought most you materials at John Lewis and Harrods ?

[@rusurazvan12]

Hi there! So nice project. Please let me know, how big is that house? Thx, regards!

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

The garden room is 6m by 4.5m externally, so no planning permission is required.

[@lynseybell811]

Nice work. Maybe I missed this but why did you prioritise the walls vs roof for insulation?

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

Walls, floor and roof all insulated. The roof insulation was done when installing the EPDM roof 👍

[@christopherschellander3439]

I’m intrigued as to why you insulated the. Floors and walls, but not the roof/ceiling?!? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NicksHomeRenovations]

We did, just hard to film it and any of the roof (thinking of doing a separate video on just the roof as didn't really capture any of it!) :(

[@rajaumariqbal9077]

Where did you buy the cladding from?