Garden Project With Summerhouse

DannyW · 12 Mar 2014 at 20:52

Hi guys just some pics of garden im tidying up at the minute, there used to be a koi pond years ago but now well overgrown, going to flattened out, block pave it and then get a summer house

Can anyone tell me about these summer houses, there around the £400-500 mark everywhere I look 7x7x7 foot size, are they any good? guess mine will be protected a lot from wind by the bushes

guess ill be a couple of weeks digging out that soil out so will post more pics soon

bitslice · 12 Mar 2014 at 22:46

Hah, I thought these were before and after shots,
and was thinking damn that guy is fast

What do you want a summerhouse for though?
Afaik nobody actually sits in them.

Psycho Sonny · 13 Mar 2014 at 01:15

WTF is a summerhouse and what do you use it for?

looks like a fancy shed to me and a complete waste of money. why not patio the area, stick in a gazebo and you can have barbeques?

ci_newman · 13 Mar 2014 at 08:09

Even in that example image the summer house is being used to store a vacuum cleaner

Pug · 13 Mar 2014 at 08:29

i'd suggest it's an exercise bike tbh

boxman2000 · 13 Mar 2014 at 08:38

Quite like that boarder around the edge of the patio - anyone know where you can get something similar?

As for those summer houses, I personally think those wooden gazebo type things you see in B&Q and other garden centers are pretty good. My uncle has one and really does the job and looks great.

tom_nieto · 13 Mar 2014 at 11:48

What exactly do you use a summer house for? Even if that example is an exercise bike, surely it would be better stored in a shed and brought outside when the weather is nice? If it's raining, you're not going to run across the garden to use it. I simply don't understand them

Good luck with the garden though!

Psycho Sonny · 13 Mar 2014 at 12:49

boxman2000 said:
Quite like that boarder around the edge of the patio - anyone know where you can get something similar?

As for those summer houses, I personally think those wooden gazebo type things you see in B&Q and other garden centers are pretty good. My uncle has one and really does the job and looks great.

if it was a lot larger then yeah it could be useful, but a tiny one then all it is a fancy shed.

why you would need to spend £500 to store an exercise back in your fancy shed in the back garden though is beyond me, i would rather the exercise bike be in front of a TV or something and inside the home.

otherwise get a normal bike and cycle outside. the example photo looks stupid to me.

OP what do you plan on using the summer house for? if it's entertaining then a patio with a normal gazebo would be fine. if you need storage space then get a shed.

LeeUK · 13 Mar 2014 at 19:11

ci_newman said:
Even in that example image the summer house is being used to store a vacuum cleaner

Pug said:
i'd suggest it's an exercise bike tbh

Some where to store the exercise equipment, which again no one uses.

What I want to know is what happened to the fish, were they left to die?

Attu90 · 13 Mar 2014 at 21:37

boxman2000 said:
Quite like that boarder around the edge of the patio - anyone know where you can get something similar?.

http://www.brickslipsdirect.co.uk/index.php sell thinks like that, you can build it with breeze blocks and use brick slips to face it up.

DannyW · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:54

so no one liking summer houses then haha

AHarvey · 15 Mar 2014 at 04:04

Personally, not summer houses, I don't see much use for them as they are just too small.

I think i'd be looking at building something there but bringing it as far out as the clothes pole in the 1st picture.

Insulate it, book cases, desk and maybe a tiny log burner or heater and use it all year round as an office

Or don't bring it out quite as far, add some decking to bring it out to the pole then just throw some massive bean bags, pillows, hammocks etc in there and bookshelves and have a proper chill out room

ElliorR · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:46

tom_nieto said:
What exactly do you use a summer house for?

To stay out of the rain.

AHarvey · 15 Mar 2014 at 13:52

ElliorR said:
To stay out of the rain.

and that's what a normal house is for...

You can stay out of the rain in a big house with a kitchen, food, running water, a bathroom and entertainment OR a shed...

DannyW · 15 Mar 2014 at 19:56

Weathers been rubbish so far (Friday and today) not really done much else

DannyW · 5 Aug 2014 at 21:53

I forgot I made this thread - Sorry to disappoint I never bought a summer house (bought a bathroom, windows & doors instead!)

Anyway heres some pics

Randomly dumped tarmac !