Garden Annexes in Reading
Insulated garden rooms, offices and studios built across Berkshire. Free surveys, fixed written quotes, tidy workmanship.
Reading Garden Room Co. builds garden annexes across Reading and Berkshire — fully self-contained buildings with sleeping space, shower room and kitchenette. In a town where the average house costs what it does, the annexe is quietly becoming Reading's answer to two family puzzles at once: parents who need to be closer, and twenty-somethings who can't yet leave.
An annexe is also the most planning-sensitive thing a garden can hold, so we lead with the honest conversation other builders save for after the deposit.
What a proper annexe includes
Real bathroom
Full shower room on proper drainage — designed for every day, not for camping.
Working kitchenette
Units, hob, fridge, sink — independence measured in cooked breakfasts.
Heating sized for living
Electric heating, hot water and an insulation envelope specified for full-time occupation.
Layouts that live well
Open-plan studios to one-bed designs — privacy, storage and light planned like the small home it is.
The planning truth, up front
Permitted development covers buildings *incidental* to the main house — and a self-contained annexe someone sleeps in every night usually isn't incidental. The good news: family annexe applications ('ancillary accommodation' in planning language) have a strong track record with Reading and West Berkshire councils when the annexe stays tied to the main household. It's an application, not a loophole, and we prepare it with you before anything is built.
What we won't do is the wink-and-build. Retrospective planning enforcement on lived-in annexes is rare but brutal, and no saved paperwork is worth a building your mother might have to move out of.
Annexe prices in Reading
| Annexe | Includes | Guide price |
|---|---|---|
| Studio annexe 5m × 4m | Open-plan + shower room + kitchenette | £40,000 – £52,000 |
| One-bed annexe 6m × 4m+ | Separate bedroom, full bathroom, kitchen | £50,000 – £68,000 |
Including drainage, heating and complete fit-out. The comparison that matters: a Reading granny-annexe extension quotes at £150,000+; assisted-living fees pass £50,000 a year.
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