With generously sized sliding doors on the facade of the garden room and a full-width window to the side, the Cotham garden room offers almost panoramic views out into the garden around you.
The Cotham is available in a range of sizes but this is one we think is truly impressive at full scale.
The perfect pod for…
| Size | Thermowood | UK Cedar | Shou Sugi Ban |
| 2m x 3m | £14,016 | £15,120 | £15,928.80 |
| 3m x 3m | £16,080 | £16,944 | £17,932.80 |
| 3m x 4m | £18,316.80 | £19,176 | £19,948.80 |
| 3m x 5m | £20,398.80 | £21,420 | £22,176 |
| 4m x 5m | £23,860.80 | £24,240 | £25,752 |
| 6m x 4m | £26,236.80 | £26,976 | £28,684.80 |
| 6.5m x 4.5m | £29,764.80 | £30,960 | £31,696.80 |
Bespoke sizes, styles and cladding available, please fill out an enquiry form or send us an email to discuss options.
*Additional fees will apply within 60 miles or 1 hr drive of Bristol
Thermowood is a beautiful sustainable timber manufactured by a chemical free heat treatment to very high temperatures. Preservatives are injected into the wood to ensure durability and zero maintenance
Thermowood is created by heat treating Scandinavian softwood to temperatures ranging from 180 – 230°. Thermowood is resistant to rot and fungi.
British Cedar is narrow and white in colour and the heartwood is reddish-brown. When freshly felled, the heartwood often displays a marked variation in colour; that from the centre of the log may be dark chocolate-brown changing to salmon pink nearer the sapwood, or the wood may be variegated with alternate dark and light zones.
After drying, the wood assumes a uniform reddish-brown tone, but after long exposure to the weather the colour is lost, and the wood becomes silver-grey. The weathered appearance is sometimes purposely sought by architects, but a further peculiarity is its ability to take and hold stain of the finest without discolouration.
Shou Sugi Ban is an ancient Japanese architectural technique that was used to preserve wood by charring the surface with a hot flame. Shou Sugi Ban is also known as Yakisugi and traditionally was performed on Sugi wood, which is a Japanese cedar. The process involved charring the wood, cooling it, cleaning off any soot or burnt debris on the surface.
Another option is to add a UV protection oil; we recommend OSMO UV Protection oil, it enhances the natural character of the wood and contains biocides to protect against algae, mildew and fungal attack.
UV-Protection Oil has been developed to maintain the wood’s natural colour and slow the greying process by (UV factor) 12 times in comparison to untreated wood.
As a growing company, it’s important to make sure that we are doing everything in our power to be as eco-friendly as possible and reduce our impact on the environment and natural resources.
All the timber we use on our projects is FSC certified and sources from sustainable forest programmes. We do this to not only be sustainable, but also to enable us to source only the best timber we can get our hands on.
Our vision for 2022 and beyond is to focus more on becoming a more positive climate workforce and to make a conscious effort when it comes to sourcing materials and recycling.
We’re proud have joined the Ecologi movement, click the logo below to view our Ecologi profile.
Included in our cost is the main electrical connection from your house consumer unit to your new garden office run in (SWA) steel wire armoured cabling up to 20m (this does not include any trenches dug that maybe required) *conditions apply.
*Trenches can be dug for a pre agreed cost if required (please discuss prior to site start date) conditions apply and a pre site visit is normally required.
It’s a legal requirement that a qualified electrician undertakes any domestic electrical work including the connection of the electrics in your garden room to your home’s main supply, we offer a full turnkey service for added piece of mind and to limit the need to use any other trades for a quicker turnaround.
We have various solutions available to provide internet connectivity to your garden studio, please call to discuss various options available.
All of our Vivid Pods are decorated white as standard.
We use a concrete pier foundation system which lets us construct on all levels of existing ground. The base and frame is then constructed using a timber construction method.
All of our garden studios are very well insulated and thermally efficient insulated. Vivid Pods are comfortable to use 365 days a year whatever the weather outside.
Our garden rooms start at 1.8m x 2.4m for the popular EcoPOD, we have a flexible design approach and can build to pretty much any size. Please discuss if you are interested in our bespoke design service. Our designs help to minimise the overall building footprint while utilising the available internal space.
All our garden rooms have been professionally designed. Whilst we have a range of designs and styles many of our clients enquire if it’s possible to make changes to the designs.
This is not a problem and we offer this service free of charge. We understand there is a multitude of uses and requirements for our Vivid Garden Pods and we are determined to create the best possible solution for our clients’ needs.
All of our garden buildings come with one or two wall-mounted glass 1kw panel heaters as standard depending on specification. Other options available are; Underfloor heating, Air Conditioning.
Our garden rooms normally do not require planning permission as they fall within permitted development guidelines. To be accepted as an ‘outbuilding’ under the guidelines it should not contain sleeping accommodation and should be no higher than 2.5 metres. Our garden rooms are built to comply with permitted development as long as certain criteria are met. If you do require planning permission we can help.
Before foundations can be installed please ensure that the chosen site is free of trees, branches and plants that could restrict access. Any pipework that needs to be installed for water or sewerage should be carried out at this point.
*We can clear sites for a pre-agreed price if required (please discuss prior to site start date).
Vivid Pods that are less than 15m² internal in size will need a minimum of 400-500mm from the external walls of the building to any boundary, this also helps with ease of installation and future maintenance, greater than 15m² (internally) require up to 1m gap from the property boundary in order to comply with current regulations.
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