Advice & Guides

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Straight answers on planning, specification, installation and ownership — no sales fluff.

Guides & how-tos

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Alex Answers Frequently Asked Questions

Alex answers common questions about what's included in the website price, why Booths stopped supplying timber studios, and the benefits of the studios being portable.

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Alex Answers Frequently Asked Questions 2

Alex answers more questions on the zero-maintenance studio exterior, how the studios are configured, and window layout options including tilt windows on all windows.

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Cedar and Timber Garden Office Maintenance

Cedar and timber garden offices need ongoing oiling and weather unevenly — a zero-maintenance QC garden studio keeps its 'just installed' look for 25 years with no painting.

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Chill Out and Enjoy the View from Your Garden Room

Even a small garden can be a joy to overlook from a well-designed, light-filled garden room — all the inspiration of nature, with no exterior maintenance.

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Complicated Decking for Your Garden Studio

Alex explains how Booths Garden Studios can now offer more complicated decking, with video showing a garden office before and after decking installation.

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Electrical Spec for Garden Office Installation

An explanation of the electrical specification for a garden office, including using a local electrician for Part P certified final connections, with Rob Booth's pricing.

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I'd Love a Flyover Roof on My Garden Office

Flyover roofs and matching decking are available in 3ft, 6ft and 9ft depths, adding shelter, shade and rain protection — a 21' x 12' QC8 with 3ft flyover is £30,967 fitted.

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Garden Office Installation Date

The QCB5 is the UK's best-selling zero-maintenance garden office, with seven key advantages and a fully refundable £100 deposit to secure an installation date.

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Guest Bedroom in Garden Studio

Many garden studios include a bed — often a sofa bed for occasional guests — and Booths can add partition walls, doors and a compact ensuite with mains shower and toilet.

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L-Shape Garden Annexe — No Planning Permission Required

Booths' biggest-selling garden annexe — an L-shape 24' x 12' plus 12' x 8' with dining area, kitchen, separate bedroom and bathroom — installed under the caravan act with no planning permission.

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The New QCB Garden Annexe for Your Family Members

An affordable QCB garden annexe with bathroom, kitchen and bedroom that needs no planning permission, ideal for housing a family member with extra space and privacy.

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12' x 9' QC6 Garden Studio Pod / Office

A customer's 12' x 9' QC6 garden office with anthracite windows, French doors, recessed blinds and studio skirting, plus advice on the gap below every garden office.

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Installing a Garden Studio on a Severe Slope

Booths garden studios can be installed on severely sloped gardens using the FabSlab base system and support struts, avoiding expensive groundworks.

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Skirting on Your Garden Studio or Garden Office

Iain explains the gap that can appear below a garden studio, when skirting is used, its 1 year guarantee, and alternatives like decking, brick foundations or planters.

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How Tight a Space Can a Garden Office Fit?

Because the exterior needs no maintenance access and the designs are fine-tuned for close boundaries, a Booths garden office can be installed in a very tight space.

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Virtual Garden Office Tours

Four virtual 360° tours of the QCB5, QC6, L-shape annexe and rectangular annexe, letting you move freely around the inside of the studios with mouse or finger.

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Moving a Garden Office to a New Location

David bought a used 16' x 8' QCB5 office, had it relocated to Twickenham, and saved nearly £3,000 over buying new.

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Specification updates & offers

• Update Air Conditioning Videos for Garden Office →
• Update 24' x 8' Annexe — Bedroom, Kitchen & Bathroom →
• Update The 5.5m x 5.8m Garden Studio Flat →
• Update Update on QCB Garden Annexe Specification →
• Update Update on the New QCB2 Garden Office Specification →
• Update New Slimmer QCB5 Garden Office with 6ft (1820mm) Depth →