My project for the year....

[JustOne]

Is the garden.

I took a photo of the garden and then drew a quick design over the top of it using MS Paint

 

[bluewolf]

Ooh, I like that. Are you building it yourself? Have you designed it as well. I'm thinking of something similar at the bottom of my garden and can't decide whether to build it with timber, or get a builder in to build it wth breeze block.

 

[CMAC]

Is the garden.

I took a photo of the garden and then drew a quick design over the top of it using MS Paint

looks way better- but it keeps dissapearing

 

[JustOne]

Yeh I'm building it myself out of 2x2" timber frame and ship-lap. The materials for the shed are £800 ship-lap, £300 frame timbers, £75 screws/nails. I also did a 22'x16' concrete base which was £600.

I've also done the fence, built the raised flower bed to the right, built a pergola over the patio outside and another one covering the 'seating area' down next to the shed.
Right now I have the old metal shed sitting in the 'seating area' but it'll be gone in a few days.... it looks like this right now.....

 

[Lump]

will this not need planning permission? I know its only a shed, but I heard stories of jealous neighbours letting local councils know that "building" are being built without notice?

 

[JustOne]

You're allowed to go up to 50% of your garden I believe under 'permitted development' (which mine is nowhere near) and also 2.5m high.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings/miniguide

 

[JustOne]

Looking back at the house when I just got started....

and the other day....

It's a pokey little house so it's not exactly going to be Kew Gardens but it feels a lot better when I sit out there for a ciggy now. I'm feeling a lot better about taking a year off golf now (saved £1250 and spent it on the shed).

 

[CMAC]

thats a great improvement- well done


p.s is the ladder not a burglars dream?

 

[BubbaP]

Yeah, height is key - not quite enough to swing a Club I expect.

Did a small home office on previous house. Roof from a DIY conservatory place, concrete base, timber and shiplap. Insulated plasterboard inside. Was a mini den.

 

[JustOne]

thats a great improvement- well done


p.s is the ladder not a burglars dream?

Cheers, :thup: appreciated.

Not much to steal in my gaff. It's on a locked bracket that is pretty flimsy if you tried to climb it, even the cat doesn't bother

Also a terraced house so you'd have to go across several neighbours gardens to get to mine.

 

[Smiffy]

Also a terraced house so you'd have to go across several neighbours gardens to get to mine.

As I found out to my cost when I dived out of your bedroom window one afternoon.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Looking good,but £600 on a concrete base

 

[Imurg]

Looking good,but £600 on a concrete base

Well, the Sussex Mafia do charge for the added extras in their mix......:mmm:

 

[JustOne]

Looking good,but £600 on a concrete base

8 bulk bags of ballast and 40 cement

22ft x 16ft, 6 inches deep, poured in 4 sections of 11x8

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Cracking effort. Looks so much better.

 

[Slime]

Fantastic improvement already, James.
You're doing a grand job and certainly putting me to shame!
A mate of mine is big into building and associated works, if you need any advice you know where I am :thup:.
Fingers crossed for some dry weather. Do you have a target completion date?


Slime.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Its amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it

I knocked up this Summerhaus a couple of years ago.

Yours is looking good James

 

[the smiling assassin]

Building reg approval required if over 15sqm footprint and within 1m of boundary...

 

[JustOne]

Building reg approval required if over 15sqm footprint and within 1m of boundary...

I built it as 2 sheds (arranged in an 'L' shape). The larger shed is 13.4m². What I'm not entirely sure about is what happens if you have 2 sheds and you screw them together - do they become 1 shed? I don't mind separating them by 0.25" if necessary Totally understand that one huge open-spaced shed would need to be considerably structurally sound (roof/supports etc)

You're doing a grand job and certainly putting me to shame!

What are you up to then? I was hoping to be done by Xmas but weather will probably stop that. Going to cover the roof with fibreglass and that probably needs bone dry boards,.. so next July

 

[bobmac]

I have 2 sheds in my back garden that are passed their sell by date and I have been looking at the prices of new ones. I hadn't even considered building my own till I saw your efforts James. Food for thought.