Garden Gym & Workshop

An outbuilding can make the most of your property, free up space in your home, increase resale value and, most importantly, make you fall in love with your home all over again.

You might be surprised just how affordable a custom outbuilding can be - like this stunning wood-framed home gym in Woodcote.

Showing what can be done on a modest budget, Neil Aldridge Landscapes created a bright and uncluttered home gymnasium in one part of this wooden outbuilding and a workshop and walk-in storage area in another.

The aim of this outbuilding project in Woodcote, South Oxfordshire, was to simultaneously declutter the owner's home whilst making the most of this unused space in their garden.

Soft wood was used throughout with 3.5m slats of overlapping feather edge cladding for strength. The frame is made from standard 4x2" timber and it took just two days for one craftsman to assemble a structure that is strong and built to last.

The roof was made from simple oriented strand board (OSB) and covered with a mineral felt top sheet to give the maximum strength for the most affordable price.

For the workshop area the emphasis was on practicality rather than looks, so we left the exposed studwork and a built a walk-in storage area where the home owner has added his own shelving units. The workshop has a separate entrance so that dust and dirt doesn't get into the gymnasium room and a window to give plenty of natural light to work by.

The home owner simply drew a plan for what he wanted on graph paper and Neil Aldridge Landscapes took it from there. The whole building measures 8.5m by 2m and is 2.2m tall at its highest point.

The gym has insulated 10mm plywood walls painted white with a wood effect vinyl floor and attractive recessed downlights. We fitted French doors at one end and a window at the side to make the room fresh, light and airy.

The doors and windows were sourced by the home owner and fitted on site by Greg from Neil Aldridge Landscapes. At the end of the job, Greg even helped to carry the gym equipment out to its proud new home!

The outbuilding has plumbing as well as electricity - hooked to the main fuse box in the house. Greg from Neil Aldridge Landscapes completed the whole project alone in under a month.

Proud of What We Do

From our base in Goring-on-Thames, Neil Aldridge Landscapes has a gathered first class reputation in South Oxfordshire and Berkshire by turning our clients' ideas into amazing landscaping projects that revolutionise everyday outdoor spaces and add thousands to property values.

We set the highest standards of professionalism, safety and value for money in every creation, from an extensive landscaping project to a simple replacement fence panel. To see what we can do, please browse this selection of galleries showing just a few of our hundreds of successfully-completed landscaping projects.