Hello
We have a very small cottage in the uk, with a large garden. I’m wanting to build some outbuildings for us to live in a little more easily.
Our first project is to build a small space that I can use as a workspace. I have a corner spot, nicely tucked beside our poly tunnel, that’s about 10ft x 10ft.
I’m trying to figure out the most cost effective (and easiest) way of building something that can be used all year round.
The plan is to use this as a bit of a test, and see what works well for us and what doesn’t, for when we go into build the other outbuildings that are needed.
We are both very handy people, but are pressed on time and finances. So we don’t mind getting stuck in, but we need it to be a fairly simple process.
Also to complicate things, our plot isn’t rectangular, so we have lots of awkward angles. I know my partner is eying up a triangular plot that is closer to the house for his studio in the future, rather than a big rectangular space at the end of the garden.
I was thinking a straw bale construction, with a simple slanted roof made of insulated corrugated sheeting, with reclaimed windows and doors, and a rocket mass heater inside. As it seems economical and within our capabilities to do.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?
