Garden offices come in a variety of different sizes and formats to suit your needs. They are not a small investment by any means mainly because you will want to store and use electrical items in there. This means that they have to be adequately protected from the elements and do not compromise the safety of electrical equipment. Garden offices like this should have insulated walls so they are a retreat all year round. It obviously helps if they come with double glazed, toughened glass, insulated floors and roofs, and gasket seals. All of this will help to keep your office warm enough to use all year round, although it does depend on the type of garden office you buy and the weather where you live.
Slow grown spruce timber is often preferred when it comes to this type of log cabin because it has a naturally greater strength and can also look better for longer. On top of this, your garden offices should be internally beaded for added protection. If you are storing computers or other expensive equipment inside your office all year round, you need it to be secure.
Summer houses don’t have to be as able to keep the weather and temperatures out as log cabins and garden offices. As their name would suggest, summer houses are primarily intended to be used through the summer months where the ambient temperature is a lot more comfortable. This does not mean that in the winter months your summer house is off limits, since it should double up as a very convenient storage feature in your garden. Common in this type of structure are french doors and windows which give a very traditional look to the summer house and can easily sit in any type of garden design.