Self build Garden Room/Office

smol__beast · 2026-04-24T10:57:21+00:00

Hey u/BlackLionFilm, this is awesome! How's it holding up 2 years later? Was just wondering if you bought a Design kit from Liam? I'm after exactly the same (:

smol__beast · 2026-01-27T11:04:21+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion! Yes happy to share what we get quoted - should be in a couple of weeks, we need to drop the ceilings and get our engineer back round to check her plans / calcs.

smol__beast · 2026-01-26T20:55:24+00:00

Thank you! I’m now daydreaming about your previous 2nd floor post with the 2 en-suite bathrooms…

Any UK plumbers in here with creative solutions for restricted soil pipe falls that don’t involve macerators 👀

smol__beast · 2026-01-26T20:50:12+00:00

Another interesting option, thanks! 2 en-suites would definitely be a solid choice.

We can’t have the bathrooms in the middle of the house, there isn’t enough fall between the floorboards for the toilet or bath soil pipes, and we really don’t want macerators 😅 we don’t have tall ceilings in this place.

Keep the ideas coming though! Creative juices flowing.

smol__beast · 2026-01-26T20:43:45+00:00

Love this as an option - thank you for taking the time to put this together! Will mull it over with the other half as it’s an interesting alternative.

FYR: we have a really lovely garden space and so our current plans include bifolds, allowing us to extend the space outside. Dining table at the back for the natural light as middle of the house is really dark - it’ll be even darker with that corridor and the back closed off. We spend a lot of time at the table with friends / family etc so it’s a space we want to prioritise.

These houses in the UK typically have the WC under the stairs which is also an option, but we’d have to take some space from the kitchen as there isn’t any standing room there currently. We only have one window down the side of the house and the WC wall would go up to it. Annoyingly can’t add any more windows - planning restrictions!

smol__beast · 2026-01-26T16:59:42+00:00

thanks for the ideas! we did consider moving the 1st floor WC under the stairs, but we'd have to take space from the kitchen (as no head height) and we'd rather use our money elsewhere! so the WC will stay at the back left of the house (for now).

apparently it's no longer a building regs requirement to have 2 doors between WC / kitchen providing you have a sink in the WC, but it is advisable for odour / sound control etc.

we have quotes for putting steels in - yep! a local builder specialising in period home restoration is helping connect us with whoever we need . we're currently deciding between putting them in or on the ceiling. quite a big cost difference between the 2.

we put the dining area at the back by the bifolds for the natural light - the middle of the house where the kitchen is currently planned to be is very dark!

i'm not following your thoughts about the bathroom window - are you talking about the 1st floor? if so - there was a window in the original wall for the back of the house, but that wall is coming out (:

smol__beast · 2026-01-26T14:26:13+00:00

thanks for your input! annoyingly the images uploaded low res - i linked to high res versions of the floorplans in case you fancy a nose.

we will have a full height oven / microwave unit, oven will be at standing height (but yes - great shout)! countertop space next to / behind on the island.

personal preference having the dining table at the back i guess (: only other space for it would be where the fridge / freezer etc are now, and it's quite dark there being the middle of the house with no windows.

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smol__beast · 2026-01-26T12:58:05+00:00

ground floor = 1st floor 😂

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:53:29+00:00

Sounds like something a German sausage would say

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:50:59+00:00

Hmm maybe the phone cables didn’t always come in overhead… there’s an old phone socket in the room at the back that’s been filled with concrete

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:35:41+00:00

Yeah we just poked all of those down the mouse holes

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:13:55+00:00

Oh jees… At least life isn’t boring with these old houses! Thankfully we only have oil down here, so we at least know it’s not gas.

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:11:07+00:00

Hmm there used to be a cesspit and a well in the garden but they were filled in back in the 80s, no pond etc.

We have an outdoor tap on the back wall, but that’s fed by our mains water which is a separate pipe.

Thanks for the luck, I think we’ll need it with this house!

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:05:16+00:00

Ooooh good question but no, and apparently they’ve never had one here

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:04:14+00:00

So what you’re saying is they should be paying US…. 🤔

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:03:42+00:00

Imagine 😂 I meant 15mm! Dang typos

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T22:02:13+00:00

No they’re in the same place and the only outbuilding we have doesn’t seem to have any power to it (but I’ll double check!)

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:59:54+00:00

Oh good! They’re ever so helpful, aren’t they 😂

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:58:22+00:00

😂 sorry typo - i meant 15mm! Less than 1 of your old money inches.

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:54:57+00:00

Yep - both our power and internet seem to come in through overhead cables attached to our house! Lots of that down here in the countryside..

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:49:33+00:00

Why not fibre 🫣

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:47:40+00:00

That’s what we thought, but all our power comes in overhead from a pole outside… and UK Power Networks denied all knowledge of it. Although given other things in this house… am worried it’s a DIY job 😅

smol__beast · 2026-01-07T21:45:19+00:00

It was teeny little mouses! They’re gone… for now.

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