Escape to the Garden...Where do you go?

September 9, 2004 -- Garden retreats are rivalling pubs as the place where men seek sanctuary from the pressures of family life in the UK. One third of men admit to visiting their sheds more than they take a bath with 26% of respondents heading down to the garden shelter to escape their spouses and get some peace and quiet.

Steamy Windows
It appears that we're also taking a leaf out of our Nordic neighbours' books, with 9% of the people surveyed converting their sheds into saunas.

Shed Loads of Fun
Garden buildings may be havens for men but they can also give mums a well deserved break with 13% of Brits utilising their garden shed as a playroom for the kids and providing some peace and quiet for the adults!

Retreat in Style
Budding amateur garden designers all over the UK have been adding value to their home this summer by creating a styled garden. But, more often than not they miss out the most vital part – the garden retreat.

"Make a feature of your garden buildings," suggests Dr Michael Benfield, MD of national timber frame company Benfield ATT. Dr Benfield's team have just secured a partnership with Europe's largest Timber Products Company to provide Good Life easy-DIY garden rooms to the whole of the UK, at affordable prices.

The Good Life range of garden cabins solidifies Benfield ATT's entrance into the lifestyle market, whose other products include high-quality individually-designed Leisure Lodges , Home Offices , Home Extensions , Garages and Self-Builds .

"Benfield ATT aim to become a one-stop-shop for all sustainable timber buildings, and this relationship is an example of the value people are placing on their gardens, as well as their time alone" said Dr Benfield.

Garden rooms for You
The Hytti Cabin , priced at £627, is an ideal hobby room for the garden…
The BBQ Cabin – performing exactly as it suggests – is all-inclusive at £1,520, and designed specially for dedicated British Barbecuers, who insist upon creating great charred food, whatever the weather! Cook the meal and host your dinner party all outside, under an elegant timber canopy…

The Talo Cabin - priced at £3,367 has internal walls to separate the shed from the multi-functional main room, so as not to disturb your home gym, sauna, summerhouse, or whatever you choose to make of it!…

Good Life Log Cabins provide the perfect quiet retreat, guest house or playroom for those wanting to add more space to their home without the stress of getting the builders in. For those who want to design their own garden building to live in – an office, granny annex, gym, sauna or similar - Benfield ATT also offer their proprietary range of high-specification Leisure Lodges, which are fully insulated and warranted to conform to building regulations.




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