Garden office
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A garden office is an office
in a garden
. This is usually separate to a house, being
used as a dedicated office space by a professional homeworker
or by a home-based business.
In the UK, planning permission
is not normally needed for a garden office if it is similar in size and construction to a garden shed. The cost will depend upon the facilities and will be between £5,000 and £60,000. Internet and phone connections may be required and this can perhaps be achieved by use of a wireless network
based in the main building.
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
in a garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
. This is usually separate to a house, being
used as a dedicated office space by a professional homeworker
Homeworker
Homeworkers or home workers are defined by the International Labour Organization as people working from their homes or from other premises of their choosing other than the workplace, for remuneration, which results of a product or service specified by the employer...
or by a home-based business.
In the UK, planning permission
Planning permission
Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning...
is not normally needed for a garden office if it is similar in size and construction to a garden shed. The cost will depend upon the facilities and will be between £5,000 and £60,000. Internet and phone connections may be required and this can perhaps be achieved by use of a wireless network
Wireless network
Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment...
based in the main building.