Exterior Listening Room

[DUVET]

Has anyone built a dedicated music / movie room in the garden . Caroline and I are starting to look at property as hopefully my flat will soon complete . Rather then making the new house fit the system I mentioned the idea of a music room but in the garden . She seemed very keen on that idea for some reason

 

[Rockchild]

I assume you are talking about an outbuilding Danny?

 

[DUVET]

Yes most definitely

 

[rabski]

I assume you are talking about an outbuilding Danny?

My grandparents used to have one of those. You probably wouldn't have wanted to put a hifi in it though...

 

[Rockchild]

Yes most definitely

Good cus the kit would get wet otherwise
That’s a good idea. Obviously the size of garden will potentially dictate how big and what material you will use to build it. Not forgetting potential planning permission issues.
Before I found our house with the benefit of an extra room, I did think of a solid log cabin with sound and insulation proofing. It was about 6x5m internally and would have cost 23k done probably. Sounds a lot but going from a three bed to four bed house costs the same.
If you don’t need loads of bedrooms and can find a nice house with a good size garden, it’s a great idea. I was very close to it.

 

[DUVET]

My grandparents used to have one of those. You probably wouldn't have wanted to put a hifi in it though...

Not on a cold winters night

 

[Sumdumgi]

Has anyone built a dedicated music / movie room in the garden . Caroline and I are starting to look at property as hopefully my flat will soon complete . Rather then making the new house fit the system I mentioned the idea of a music room but in the garden . She seemed very keen on that idea for some reason

@Lee M converted a detached garage I seem to remember, and very nice it is too.

 

[DUVET]

@Lee M converted a detached garage I seem to remember, and very nice it is too.

This will most likely be away from the main body of the house . I don't mind rolling up my sleeves Les and watch someone else build it .

 

[Rockchild]

This was the Garden I nearly got but the house fell through. The sun house you can see was going to be the location for the room
Would have been great but the house did need a lot of work.

 

[DUVET]

Nice little par 3 there

 

[Lurch]

I believe the general rule of thumb for additions to a property (attached or stand alone) are <30m² & single storey doesn't need planning permission provided it doesn't use up more than 1/3rd of the garden. However if it's of timber construction & single storey then it's classed as a temporary building so the regs are a bit more flexible.
If I was you I'd look at bungalows as they normally sit on good sized plots.

 

[Rockchild]

Nice little par 3 there

At the time, you’d be surprised at what you could afford in Cornwall
I have to admit, my heart was ruling my head a bit lol

 

[DUVET]

I believe the general rule of thumb for additions to a property (attached or stand alone) are <30m² & single storey doesn't need planning permission provided it doesn't use up more than 1/3rd of the garden. However if it's of timber construction & single storey then it's classed as a temporary building so the regs are a bit more flexible.
If I was you I'd look at bungalows as they normally sit on good sized plots.

Thank John . I don't intend to buy a timber summer house which can be relatively cheap and then customise it. I have a few friends in the trade so I am thinking solid construction .

 

[George 47]

Roy Gregory built one before moving over to France.

That garden looked big and I thought our 3/4 acres was reasonable.

 

[Blzebub]

Has anyone built a dedicated music / movie room in the garden . Caroline and I are starting to look at property as hopefully my flat will soon complete . Rather then making the new house fit the system I mentioned the idea of a music room but in the garden . She seemed very keen on that idea for some reason

If it was truly outside, with perhaps cover for the gear, then at least you'd have no room modes to deal with.

 

[DUVET]

Roy Gregory built one before moving over to France.

That garden looked big and I thought our 3/4 acres was reasonable.

Might make my fledgling reviewing career for the wam a lot easier

 

[DUVET]

If it was truly outside, with perhaps cover for the gear, then at least you'd have no room modes to deal with.

True but also she doesn't like half , no 75 % of sh*t I play

 

[Sumdumgi]

This will most likely be away from the main body of the house . I don't mind rolling up my sleeves Les and watch someone else build it .

Sure there haven a few ‘proper’ builds from members here and over on PFM. There was someone over on PFM posted copious photographs over a period of months with a great build but that was a few years back. I’d be rolling up the sleeves making the tea and keeping well away from any tools

 

[Lee M]

@DUVET @Sumdumgi We converted our garage, its not attached to the bungalow but a few ft away. I was looking into getting a big log cabin type built but it was cheaper and more beneficial over all to do the garage. Overall its perfect for our needs. The main objective was a room for everyone for all year round usage.

There are so many companies now doing the prefab panelled rooms that it's easy to get a decent sounding room which is easy to maintain and looks good.

 

[DUVET]

Thanks Lee . I'm also quite conscious that there is no point doing this unless its soundproof and I might add before some smart arse that is not because of my musical tastes .