INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW 

Garden Rooms and Buildings Market – UK 2008-2012 offers an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding Garden rooms and buildings market. Included in the definition of ‘Garden rooms and buildings’ are: log cabins, modular garden rooms and timber framed garden buildings as well as insulated tree-houses, shepherds huts and modern designs such as spherical rooms. The market is estimated at around £100 million in 2007. However, the market value when the cost of installation, electrics, lighting and other accessories are included increases to over £130 million.

The Garden rooms and buildings market has been experiencing steady growth for the last 4 years and is expected to continue growing up to 2012, reflecting growing consumer interest, increased numbers of homeworkers, improvements in design and performance, and current uncertainty in the housing market.  

Key areas in the report:

• Review of market performance – the market is experiencing steady growth and this is expected to continue up to 2012.

• Review of the major product groups as defined by Garden buildings and rooms, split by product sub-sectors where appropriate.

• Identification of key market influences – consumer interest, homeworking, product design, environment, housing transactions

• Identification of key suppliers and distributors for all product groups – shares, trends, market developments

Significant areas of coverage include:-

MARKET STRUCTURE

• Definition of the Garden rooms and buildings market – detached from main house and generally suitable for all year round use.

• Market size by value 2004-2012, including and excluding installation, electrics and other accessories added.

• Market size by volume 2004-2012.

• Identification of key influences on the market up to 2012 – planning permission, increase in homeworking, housing transactions, sustainability, price and availability of timber, second hand market. Parallel developments in the conservatory market.

• Summary of available product options on the market.

PRODUCT MIX

• Overview of key product sectors – log cabins, modular, timber-framed and ‘others’.

• Share by volume and value – differences between product sectors.

• Mix between self assembly and installed - differences between products.

• Recent trends, charges in product mix, growth in added-value designs, market prices, forecasts of future developments.

SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTION

• Overview of the market - distribution flow-chart indicating key routes to market.

• Supply structure with a table matching a selection of suppliers to product group

• Market share by volume and value for the major suppliers – key players, overview of market position, distribution strengths etc.

• Profiles of key suppliers. – buildings only suppliers/complete package suppliers etc.

• Distribution overview – DIY outlets, On-line and Mail order retailers, Garden centres, Builders and Timber merchants, Garden rooms specialists, Others.

• Channels of distribution share by volume – recent trends, future prospects.

GENERAL & FUTURE PROSPECTS

• Future trends likely to affect this market outlined.

• Review of socio-economic factors influencing this market, such as disposable income, age distribution, housing trends etc.

The report is extensive with over 60 pages and 20 tables and charts (see right hand panel for a full listing of contents including tables and charts)