Asking for a Garden Room or Annexe Quote
Published: 2 August 2024
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If you are anything like me, when making a significant purchase, you like to get an idea of the price before giving away all your contact details and getting drawn into the buying process. This helps determine if it is within your price range and worth exploring further.
I know I am not alone in this approach, as one of the most common types of emails we get from prospective buyers is asking for a ballpark price for a garden room or annexe.
While we are always happy to hear from buyers, we are not the best people to talk to for a price guide. We can only point these people to our garden room market price guide or give them the contact details of the companies they should talk to.
In all the years we have been answering these emails, it tells us one thing—people are bad at asking for a quote!
Don’t Be Bad at Asking for a Garden Room or Annexe Quote
Here are some real questions that have hit our inbox in recent weeks:
- Can you give me a price for an office in my garden?
- I’m looking for a garden studio with a shed, how much?
- What is the cost of having a shower room in a garden room?
- How much for a one-bedroom granny annexe?
These are all valid questions that any garden room or annexe company would be happy to answer. However, these questions do not provide enough information for the recipient to give a realistic reply. Instead, they will just send a general price list, which is probably already accessible on their website.
Details to Include When Asking for a Ballpark Price
When asking for a ballpark quote, it is helpful to give a rough idea of the size of the building you are looking for or the space you have available.
Measure the width of the area where you envision placing your garden room or annexe. You don’t need to clear the area; you can take this measurement with existing buildings or plants in place. This measurement doesn’t have to be millimeter perfect at this stage.
Take a depth measurement. A rough figure is fine at this stage, as precise measurements will be taken during the site survey stage of the design consultation process. During this process, they will factor in the space required around the building to install it and for maintaining it in the future.
Mention Key Features
If you have important features you want in your garden room or annexe, like a storage room, cloakroom, or shower room, mention them. This allows the company to reply with a realistic price guide, and you will know what you are looking at from the start. If you are considering a shower room, bonus points if you include the distance from the proposed site to the house!
Mention Where You Live
When asking for a ballpark price, you might not be ready to give all your contact details, but it is helpful to mention where you live. For example, we would say we are in Salisbury. This allows the company to:
a) Confirm they work in your area, and
b) Mention if there is a delivery charge to consider, as delivery charges are typically based on your distance from the company’s HQ.
This should give the company a good basis to reply with a guide price that is realistic for what you are planning, and you can use this as the basis for moving forward to a design consultation. Design consultations are free and without obligation.
Start your search for garden room or annexe companies who work in your area using the Garden Room Directory.