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Bespoke Garden Rooms in Widcombe

Insulated garden rooms designed for year-round living, not just summer. TM Carpentry manages every aspect of your garden room project, from foundations and structural framing to insulation, cladding, roofing and the complete interior finish. We coordinate all specialist trades, including electrical, plumbing and plastering where required, giving you a single point of contact and a seamless build from start to finish. Whether it’s a home office, gym, studio or annexe, you’ll have a fully finished space that’s ready to use. Available across Bath, Bristol and Keynsham

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What's included

What's included

Every garden rooms job covers the items below — always. The exact specification depends on your space and what you want it to do.

  • Foundations (ground screws or concrete pad)

  • Timber frame construction

  • Insulation to year-round U-values (roof, walls, floor)

  • External cladding (timber, composite or render)

  • Roofing — EPDM, felt or insulated panels

  • Doors, windows and interior fit-out

A real job

Recent garden room project in Widcombe

Carpenter fitting oak cladding boards to a garden room under construction, insulated frame and roof already in place

Widcombe · Garden Rooms

From a recent Widcombe job — a garden office or studio build with insulated frame, cladding, glazing, and electrics. [Real project story placeholder. Replace with the specific job: the customer, what they wanted, what was tricky about the site, how it turned out. The photo shows oak cladding boards being fitted to a garden room during construction.]

About Widcombe

What garden rooms typically look like in Widcombe

Widcombe gardens are similar to Bathwick's — 5–8m of usable rear garden depth on the Georgian and Victorian terraces closer to the station. Some Victorian semis have slightly wider rear gardens (10–12m). Most Widcombe properties sit inside the Bath Conservation Area and many fall within the Bath World Heritage Site.

Honest note: The descriptions below are generalisations — what's typical or commonly found in Widcombe, based on the area's documented housing stock and garden sizes. Every property is different, so Tom will always confirm what's actually there on the site visit before quoting.

Planning & permissions

The planning context in Widcombe

Same as Bathwick — most Widcombe garden rooms need a planning application. The Bath Conservation Area restrictions on PD apply to most streets. Tom will tell you what's needed on the site visit. Conservation Area consent is usually needed even for PD-sized rooms because of the area status.

Common garden-room patterns in Widcombe

Common Widcombe garden room patterns: 3×3m small offices (9m²) sized for the tighter gardens closer to the station, 4×3m garden offices (12m²) on the wider Victorian semis, occasional cedar-clad studios with EPDM roofs. Most jobs go through full planning because of the Conservation Area restrictions.

Local questions

Widcombe — common questions

Will my Widcombe garden room need planning permission?
Most Widcombe garden rooms do — the Bath Conservation Area restricts Permitted Development rights. B&NES standard applications take 8–13 weeks. Conservation Area consent runs in parallel.
My Widcombe Victorian semi has a 10m garden — is that enough?
Yes — 10m gives you a 4×3m office (12m²) with comfortable access around the room. PD-sized room under 2.5m ridge is the easiest path. Anything bigger or higher needs an application.
Can I put my garden room in the side passage?
Yes — Widcombe's side passages are usually 1.5–2m wide, which fits a 4m-deep narrow office. Same PD rules apply (under 2.5m ridge, under 2m from boundary). Most Bath side-passage garden rooms still need a planning application because of the Conservation Area.
What about running power to my garden room?
We coordinate with a sparky for first-fix and final connection. Most Widcombe properties can take armoured cable from the house consumer unit to a small distribution board in the garden room. The cost depends on distance — typically £500–£1,500 for first-fix and £300–£500 for connection.
Are you VAT registered?
No — below the threshold. Quotes are VAT-free.

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Our step by step process

Our step by step process

Every job follows the same six stages. Some are quicker, some are slower — but the order and what to expect at each point is fixed, so you're never wondering what's happening.

  1. 01

    Planning check

    Most garden rooms fall under permitted development. We confirm this for your specific site and flag any conservation-area or listed-building complications up front.

  2. 02

    Design and quote

    Size, position on the plot, intended use, services needed. Fixed-price quote.

  3. 03

    Foundations

    Ground screws or concrete pad, depending on ground conditions. Usually a single day.

  4. 04

    Frame and roof

    Timber frame raised, roof fitted, windows and doors installed. Most rooms take 1–2 weeks on site.

  5. 05

    Insulation and cladding

    Insulation fitted to target U-values (roof below 0.20, walls below 0.25, floor below 0.22). External cladding applied.

  6. 06

    Interior finish

    Lining board, flooring, electrics (first-fix and final). Snagging and sign-off.

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Modern garden office pod with vertical cedar cladding and large black-framed glass doors