Adding a toilet to your garden office is a sensible investment, making your garden office more comfortable and useable in the short-term, and adding value to the building in the long-term.

Of course, it’s not essential to have a garden office with a toilet. But if you’re planning to spend the whole business day or longer periods of time in your new home workspace then having fundamental comforts and necessities included from the get-go will make homeworking so much more relaxed and pleasurable.

By adding a toilet to your garden office you also have the option to use the water supply for other comforts such as a sink and tea and coffee making facilities. Having fresh water on demand means that you can refuel and stay hydrated throughout the working day to maintain productivity.

If you’re using your new workspace to host clients or work with employees, then having a garden office with a toilet makes perfect sense and allows you to offer your clients and staff the necessary comforts without having to invite them into your main home. This is particularly great for beauty businesses and customers using their garden offices as treatment rooms or home salons. Including a garden office toilet and a water supply opens you up to a number of other options such as adding a shower room or a sink for hair washing. Anything is possible and we can build all of our garden offices with toilets.

Adding a toilet to your garden office design will not require a planning application.

Our garden offices are purpose-designed to meet the planning guidelines for permanent garden buildings, adhering to necessary specifications to avoid the time and cost of a planning application. Installing a garden office with a toilet will not affect this in any way, and in most cases you will be free to proceed without planning permission. As long as you don’t intend to live or stay in your garden office overnight, adding a toilet will not change its intended use.