The guest room, Ruthin
Spare room · 5.0 × 3.6 m · Larch · 2024
Somewhere for family to stay, with a toilet and basin. People sleep in it, so it needed planning permission and building regulations approval. We applied for both.
Where we build · North Wales
Garden rooms in North Wales
We build across Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire, and along the coast as far as Conwy. The gardens slope more than they do in Cheshire, the views are better, and the planning rules are Welsh.
Building here
What’s different about a garden room in North Wales
Welsh planning rules
Wales sets its own permitted development rules. They are similar in outline to England’s but not identical, so we check each Welsh address against the Welsh rules and don’t assume. In the Clwydian Range, the Dee Valley and the national park the limits are tighter again. You’ll have our answer in writing before you pay anything.
Sloping sites
Not many gardens here are flat. Ground screws let us set a level floor on a slope without cutting a terrace or building a retaining wall: short screws at the top, longer ones at the bottom. Where the drop is bigger we add steps, and keep any deck under 30 cm.
A view worth framing
If the garden looks at the Clwydian hills or down the estuary, the room should too. We’ll move the door, set a window at desk height or turn the whole room a few degrees, so the view is in front of you when you look up.
Past builds
Rooms we’ve built in North Wales
“Elin looked up our address before we had paid a penny, found we were in a protected landscape and dealt with the council herself. We just waited for the letter.”
The hillside studio, Llangollen
Studio · 5.4 × 3.6 m · Cedar · 2023
The garden drops half a metre, so the room and its deck stand on ground screws and nothing was dug out. It’s far enough from every boundary to have a pitched roof, and the glazed gable looks up the valley.
The lifting room, Wrexham
Gym · 4.4 × 3.4 m · Composite · 2022
A stiffened floor for a rack and 200 kg of plates, and acoustic insulation so next door doesn’t hear the bar go down.
The teenagers’ den, Hawarden
Spare room · 4.0 × 3.0 m · Larch · 2021
A sofa, a screen and a door that shuts. Their parents report that the house has been quieter ever since.
Places
Where in North Wales we work
- Mold
- Hawarden
- Buckley
- Wrexham
- Gresford
- Ruthin
- Denbigh
- Llangollen
- St Asaph
- Prestatyn
- Abergele
- Colwyn Bay
- Rhos-on-Sea
- Conwy
Mold and Wrexham are half an hour from the workshop and Conwy about an hour. We don’t charge for travel anywhere on this list. Not on the list? Ask us; if it’s within an hour of Chester we probably cover it.
Planning permission in North Wales
Welsh addresses are checked against Welsh rules. Tell us the postcode and we’ll tell you which apply, and whether the garden is inside a protected landscape. Read the planning guide
Next step
Tell us the postcode and the size
Price the room first, then send us the quote with your postcode. We’ll check the planning position for your address before we come out.
- The Nook · 3.0 × 2.4 m
- from £14,600
- The Study · 4.0 × 3.0 m
- from £21,700
- The Studio · 5.4 × 3.6 m
- from £32,700
- All prices include
- VAT, foundations, electrics and installation