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Garden rooms

Constructing a garden room can be a brilliant way to make your home bigger. Both a freestanding building located somewhere on your plot or a garden room rear extension are possibilities – and either could prove a huge asset. What’s more, a garden room can be constructed for a relatively modest cost considering the space it adds and, if you opt to build it away from the house rather than adding on to your home, the process is a minimally disruptive way to add space.

If it provides a home office, a garden room creates space to work that doesn’t impinge on the interior of your home, which can be important psychologically, separating work and the rest of your life with physical distance. But there’s a whole host of

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