Another Garden Office question...

[vetran]

I've already asked my accountant, and in her opinion I'm not allowed to expense a garden office, so the requirement for it being collapsible/ movable is no longer a concern.

What is the panel's opinion over the use of brick/logs for building a garden office? Does anyone have one/or the other, and what would you recommend? Is one easier to heat/more secure etc?

I'll get it built by someone else as I'm a complete clutz when it comes to DIY.

Posted in the professional forums in the hope of some serious comments.

Log built 45mm logs with 50mm underfloor & roof insulation, not really needed heating apart from a fan heater rarely.

Can put it up in a couple of days.

[JRCT]

I've already asked my accountant, and in her opinion I'm not allowed to expense a garden office, so the requirement for it being collapsible/ movable is no longer a concern.

What is the panel's opinion over the use of brick/logs for building a garden office? Does anyone have one/or the other, and what would you recommend? Is one easier to heat/more secure etc?

I'll get it built by someone else as I'm a complete clutz when it comes to DIY.

Posted in the professional forums in the hope of some serious comments.

I read a book on this, only last night, and the conclusion was that brick was much more secure than logs and straw.

If you are going to install a chimney, though, make sure there's always an oversized pot of water on the boil, just in case.

[darrylmg]

I had a log cabin in both my last 2 houses...

Santa?

[DelboyTrotter]

I had a log cabin in both my last 2 houses, as for heating portable electric heaters work a dream and if you set them on a timer so that they warm the cabin prior to your start of day then enough heat is generated by them.

As for security - how secure is your back garden? Get that sorted first and then worry about the cabin, I've left a 40" TV / apple TV and lots of booze in mine but make it difficult to access my back garden.

Log cabin's should be fine for planning permission as long as 1m from a boundary and not close enough to the house, yes brick built would be warmer but significantly more expensive, and limited permitted planning permission would be lead to restrictions on roof height.

[d000hg]

It seems a bit OTT to me, with modern advances in pre-fab materials.

[minestrone]

I seem to remember Suity built a brick and mortar one out in the back garden which seemed of a reasonable spec.

MF went on the council site, found the plans and conditions and discovered it was in breach

[b0redom]

I have searched, but am after more than a single viewpoint. I guess that there must be a number of contractors that work from home here. I would further suggest that more than one has a garden office.

[anonymouse]

<NLUK> Have you tried search? </NLUK>

Somebody got one earlier in the year. Flatpack type of thing.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...n-cabin-2.html

[b0redom]

I've already asked my accountant, and in her opinion I'm not allowed to expense a garden office, so the requirement for it being collapsible/ movable is no longer a concern.

What is the panel's opinion over the use of brick/logs for building a garden office? Does anyone have one/or the other, and what would you recommend? Is one easier to heat/more secure etc?

I'll get it built by someone else as I'm a complete clutz when it comes to DIY.

Posted in the professional forums in the hope of some serious comments.