It is a massively growing trend across the UK to have a garden room or office in your garden. Are you contemplating on whether to buy one or not? Garden rooms can be crucial when it comes to extra ways to add value to your property and can drastically increase the value with the simplest garden room there is. To help you out, here is 5 ways as to how it can add value to your property, which is very important when it comes to choosing a garden room.
1. Cost
Perhaps one of the most important, if not the most important ways to which a garden room adds value is the cost. You can easily have you home valued by someone online, and find out what your home is worth. From there, working out the full value of your house with the garden room becomes a lot easier. I'm not going to say that the most expensive garden rooms put the highest value on your property, because that would be a lie. Sometimes the cheapest garden rooms can put a higher value to a property. It is all about the next 4 points.
2. Attached or detached
Many garden room buyers always contemplate on whether to have it attached or detached from their house. It is often faster for attaching the garden room to your house and can take a minimum of two weeks. However, that is without serious planning; you may put it up and it might not match the style of your house and overall decrease the value of your property. Therefore, if you are going for speed, detached is better, as it is easier to plan as you go and it doesn't have to match the house too much (only the garden). There doesn't appear to be a sway to either one in the British people, as it is around 50/50 for each person that buys a garden room. Thus, it won't affect the value too differently, as long as both look good.
3. Size
Size is key when it comes to adding value to your property; within reason… If your garden room is tiny, it likely won't add value to your property. However, if it is huge, and takes up the full or most of the garden, it may also decrease value, for less garden space. All in all, just be sensible when it comes to choosing the size, it must leave you with a lot of garden space whilst also a comfortable, spacey garden room is built. It all comes down to what you are planning to convert it into: an office, a guest room, a summer house, a storage space, etc. It has to be comfortably fitted to that idea with ways it could change slightly for new homeowners. An example is a guest room fitted with toilet and shower for the old homeowner could be converted into a home office for the new homeowner.
4. May not need planning permission
If you are building a simple office or summer room, then you will be very unlikely to need planning permission, if the size is in the UK regulations. Usually toilets, showers and plumbing all require planning permission. It is important to check if you need planning permission or not, as it could decrease the value of your property massively if you have an illegal garden room in your garden. Usually it will increase the value of the garden room on the property when there is a bathroom and toilet etc, as some house buyers are looking for that sort of thing.
5. Practicalities (e.g. Sunlight)
One final key thing when it comes to choosing a garden room is the practicalities of it. Questions like: will the sun hit it at a nice angle? Is there a secure and nice-looking door? Is it practical for seasons other than summer? Etc. It all comes down to common sense as the question: Will it look nice? If you need help deciding whether your garden room will look nice Pinterest can give hundreds of examples to help you find a garden room that suits you.
Overall, these 5 methods can dramatically increase the value that your garden room has on your property. Using some or all of these ideas and some common sense, when it comes to buying a garden room, it should allow you to make a profit from your property. Have you made up your mind about buying a garden room yet? If not, have some time to think about it, however I do recommend the purchase of one.
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