Garden Office Costs in Ireland

A garden office in Ireland costs €6,700 to €10,500 for a one-desk pod of 6 to 9 m², €13,390 to €16,720 for 12 to 16 m² and €15,200 to €22,000 for 20 m², insulated and put up. Fully fitted, wired, lined and floored, an office of 12 to 16 m² is €25,250 to €27,500 and 20 m² is €32,000. The base adds €800 to €2,500 and the electrics €600 to €1,200.

Every size, what moves the price inside each range, and what a written price should say.

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€6,700 to €10,500a one-desk pod, put up
€13,390 to €16,72012 to 16 m², put up
€25,250 to €27,50012 to 16 m², fully fitted
€800 to €2,500the base

What a garden office looks like

Outside, inside, and at the size most people pick.

a flat-roofed garden office in dark cladding with glass doors, at the end of a fenced back garden — A flat-roofed office at the end of a back garden: dark cladding, glass doors, and lawn left in front of it.

a desk and chair beside a daybed under a wide window, inside a timber-lined garden office — Inside a small one: a desk under the window, a seat beside it, timber on the walls.

a dark timber building with its glass doors lit from inside, on a lawn at dusk — A bigger building with glass doors in the middle and a window each side. Light inside at dusk shows how much of the front is glass.

The building, insulated and put up

What	Typical cost	What moves the price
A one-desk office pod, 6 to 9 m²	€6,700 to €10,500	3 × 2 m up to 3 × 3 m. Insulated timber, put up. Base and power extra
A high-spec pod, installed	€11,000 to €13,420	Better glazing and insulation, or delivered finished
An office for two desks, 12 to 16 m²	€13,390 to €16,720	4 × 3 m to 4 × 4 m. The insulation, the doors and the glass
A 20 m² office, 5 × 4 m	€15,200 to €22,000	Triple glazing and thicker insulation sit at the top
A 24 to 25 m² office	€17,150 to €28,000	6 × 4 m or 5 × 5 m. How thick the insulation is
A two-room building, office plus store	€13,390 to €17,950	5 × 3 m to 6 × 4 m, with a dividing wall and a second door

Our price guide for Ireland. Ask whether VAT is in the price. Many list prices leave it out. Ask what the price includes: the base, the cable from the house and the inside finish.

Fully fitted, ready to work in

What	Typical cost	What moves the price
Fully fitted, 12 to 16 m²	€25,250 to €27,500	Insulated, wired, lined and floored, ready to work in
Fully fitted, 20 m²	€32,000	The same finish on a bigger floor
Fully fitted, 22 to 25 m²	€41,000 to €45,000	Size, glazing, and whether it is built in a factory or on site

Fitted means insulated, wired, lined and floored. Ask whether the base and the cable from the house are in the price, and whether VAT is.

The extras

What	Typical cost	What moves the price
The base	€800 to €2,500	Ground screws, a slab or pads. A slope costs more
Electrics inside the office	€600 to €1,200	Sockets, lights and a small fuse board
The power cable from the house	from €15 a metre	Distance to the fuse board, and what the trench crosses
A desk, shelving and a heater	€500 to €1,500	What you already own
An electric radiator	from €350	Size of the room
An air-to-air heat pump	€800 to €1,500	Heats in winter and cools in summer
A mesh wifi kit	€80 to €150	Only if no data cable goes in the trench
Plumbing for a toilet and sink	€1,000 to €2,500	Distance to the drains, and whether the waste needs a pump
Painting, inside and out	€1,000 to €1,800	Size and colours

These are the lines most often left off a headline price. Ask for each one in writing.

Two prices for the same size

A 16 m² office is €13,500 to €16,500 put up and €25,250 to €27,500 fully fitted. Both are real prices for the same floor area. The gap is what's inside the walls and who finishes the job.

Insulated and put up is the building: floor, walls, roof, doors and windows, erected on a base you provide. Power, the inside finish and paint are yours to arrange.
Fully fitted is the same building with thicker insulation, lined walls, flooring, sockets, lights, a heater and a small fuse board. You carry in a desk and start.

Per square metre, a complete garden building runs €850 to €1,500. Small offices sit at the top of that: a door, a window and a fuse board cost the same on 9 m² as on 20.

Where your office lands in the range

Low end: a standard size, 50 mm of insulation, one door and one window, level ground, the fuse board close by.
Middle: 70 mm of insulation, double doors, a second window, ground screws on a slight slope, a 15 m cable run.
High end: 100 mm of insulation, triple glazing, wide glass doors, no side passage so panels come through the house, a long trench across a patio.

What the written price should say

The outside size and the inside floor area.
The insulation in the walls, the floor and the roof, each in millimetres.
The doors and windows: how many, the frames, double or triple glazed.
The base, and who levels the ground.
The electrics: sockets, lights, heater, fuse board, and the cable run from the house.
A data cable in the same trench.
The roof covering, the gutter and where its water goes.
VAT, the guarantee and a start date.

A cheap garden office, and what it leaves out

The lowest price on the market is a flat pack kit, €5,600 to €16,798 for the building alone. You build the base, put it up, insulate it, wire it and line it. A kit with thin walls and no insulation in the floor is a summer room. Read office kits and flat packs before buying one on price.