The Orchard Office
- Use
- Home office
- Size
- 3 × 4 m
- Location
- Long suburban garden
A one-person office at the end of a long lawn, with a desk that faces the garden rather than a wall.
Read the The Orchard Office case study
Garden offices
An office at the bottom of the garden.
A quiet, warm, well-lit place to work. Thirty steps from the kitchen, and a world away from it.
Why it works
Somewhere to go to work. Somewhere to leave it.
- 01
A door you can close
On the laundry, on the doorbell, and at six o'clock on work itself. Separation is the whole point.
- 02
Warm at half past eight
Heating on a timer and insulation on every side. The room is ready before you are.
- 03
Calls without the echo
Soft finishes where they're needed and a hard-wired connection from the house, so the video doesn't freeze.
- 04
Light without the glare
We place the desk and the glass together, so daylight falls across your work and never on your screen.
A day in the room
A working day, thirty steps from home.
08:30
The heating came on at eight. Coffee in hand, across the lawn, door shut.
13:00
Doors open. Lunch on the step with your feet in the grass.
18:00
Laptop closed, lights off, key turned. Work stays where you left it.
Layouts
Three offices, drawn to scale.
Starting points, not a catalogue. We move the desk, the door and the windows around how you actually work.
Solo office
2.4 × 3 mA full-size desk, a wall of storage and space to push the chair back.
Office for two
3 × 4 mTwo desks side by side, with a soft chair by the door for reading and calls.
Office and meeting corner
3 × 5 mA desk at one end, a table for four at the other. Clients come to you.
Specified for work
The details a working room needs.
- Data
- Hard-wired connection from the house
- Power
- Sockets at desk height, positioned to your layout
- Heating
- Electric panel heater with thermostat and timer
- Cooling
- Opening windows as standard; air conditioning as an option
- Glazing
- Double-glazed, and positioned to avoid screen glare
- Security
- Multi-point locking and toughened glass
Projects
A garden office, from brief to handover.
Questions
Garden offices, answered.
How much does a garden office cost?
Mostly it comes down to size. A one-person office is usually one of our small rooms, from £17,950; an office for two is a medium room, from £25,950. Glazing, finishes and your site account for the rest. The configurator gives you an indicative figure for your own combination in about five minutes.
How big does a garden office need to be?
2.4 × 3 m is comfortable for one person with a full-size desk and storage. For two people, or a desk plus a sofa or meeting table, 3 × 4 m is the usual starting point.
Will my Wi-Fi reach the garden office?
Often not reliably, which is why we offer a hard-wired data connection from the house. It runs alongside the power cable and gives you the same connection you would have next to the router.
Will it be warm first thing in the morning?
Yes. Heating can run on a timer or thermostat, and a well-insulated room of this size warms up quickly. An electric panel heater with a thermostat is the usual choice; air conditioning that both heats and cools is the upgrade.
Is a garden office secure enough for computer equipment?
Doors and windows lock as they would on a house, with multi-point locking and toughened glass, and we can wire for an alarm or camera.
Can I run a business from a garden office?
Working in a garden office the way you would work in a spare room is common. Uses that bring regular visitors, staff or deliveries may be viewed differently. Planning requirements depend on the property and the proposed use, and we can advise you on the next steps.
What would yours cost?
Most garden offices start from a 2.4 × 3 m or 3 × 4 m room. Price yours in about five minutes.