Garden room with large glazing and landscaped patio area

APN Verified Partners

Local Professionals to Help Turn Your Garden Room Plans Into Reality

Choosing the right garden room design is only the beginning.

Once your plans are ready, you still need the right people to build it.

APN Garden Rooms is connected to the Architectural Partner Network, APN, a network of professionals working across residential construction and home improvement.

Through the network, we can help introduce your garden room project to suitable local APN Verified Partners who may be able to provide quotations and carry out the work.

What Is the Architectural Partner Network?

The Architectural Partner Network brings together businesses and professionals involved in residential property projects.

The idea is to make it easier for homeowners to find suitable people for the different stages of their project rather than starting from scratch every time they need another trade or specialist.

For an APN Garden Room project, that may include professionals involved with:

groundworks
garden room construction
carpentry
roofing
doors and windows
cladding
electrics
plumbing
heating
landscaping

The precise trades required will depend on your particular garden room.

What Is an APN Verified Partner?

An APN Verified Partner is a business or professional that has joined the Architectural Partner Network and gone through the network's verification process.

The purpose is to create a more useful network for homeowners than simply providing a long directory of unknown businesses.

When you request build quotations through APN Garden Rooms, we can look for suitable Verified Partners based on factors such as:

your location
type of project
work required
project size
availability

The final decision on who you appoint always remains yours.

Local Garden Room Builders

One of the advantages of the APN approach is that your garden room does not necessarily need to be purchased from a large national turnkey supplier.

Your plans can instead be used to obtain quotations from local professionals.

That can give you greater control over:

build cost
specification
materials
programme
who carries out the work

It can also allow you to compare quotations rather than accepting one bundled price.

Your Plans Give Builders Something Proper to Price

One of the biggest problems when homeowners ask builders for prices is that everyone may be pricing something slightly different.

A photograph and approximate dimensions leave considerable room for interpretation.

An APN Garden Room Plan Pack provides a much clearer starting point.

A builder can see the proposed:

size
layout
elevations
doors
windows
roof
construction

If you have adapted the design, the drawings can also reflect your project specifically.

This helps create a clearer basis for quotations.

Get More Than One Build Quote

Where suitable local APN partners are available, your project can be introduced to more than one business.

That allows you to compare quotations and decide which company is right for you.

Do not simply compare the bottom line.

Look at:

what is included
what is excluded
materials proposed
foundations
glazing
insulation
electrics
internal finishes
programme
payment terms

Two prices can appear very different until you examine what each builder is actually providing.

You Stay in Control

APN Garden Rooms does not require you to appoint a particular builder.

The network is there to give you options.

You can:

obtain APN partner quotations
obtain your own local quotations
use individual trades
manage the project yourself
undertake some of the work yourself

You choose the route that works for you.

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Use One Builder or Manage Separate Trades

Some homeowners will prefer one builder to take responsibility for most of the construction.

Others may manage individual trades themselves.

For example:

Groundworks → Carpenter → Roofer → Electrician → Plumber → Decorator

Managing the individual elements can require more involvement, but it can also give you greater control over cost and specification.

A Different Approach to Buying a Garden Room

Traditional turnkey garden room companies package almost everything together.

That can be convenient, but you are paying for the complete package.

This may include:

sales
design
project management
procurement
installation
subcontractors
company overheads
contractor margins

APN Garden Rooms takes a different approach.

We provide the design and technical starting point and then help you access the individual services you need.

Potential Savings of 40 to 50%

Depending on the design, location, specification and how the project is managed, it may be possible to reduce the overall cost by around 40 to 50% compared with some equivalent turnkey garden room packages.

The aim is not to build a cheaper room.

It is to give you greater control over where the money is spent.

You might choose to put the saving towards: