Forget the myth that you shouldn’t buy in autumn! While many believe spring is the time to buy, autumn offers a unique blend of practical and financial advantages for installing a year-round garden building. Why wait? Start enjoying your new space today!
1. Enhanced Hosting and Entertaining Opportunities
As the summer barbecue season fades, the need for extra space for indoor gatherings. A garden building is the ideal solution to expand your usable space:
- Festive Overflow: Seamlessly accommodate guests during the busy autumn and winter holiday season, from Halloween parties and bonfire nights gatherings to Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
- Essential Storage: Clear clutter from your main house by using the new building for secure, accessible storage of decorations, outdoor furniture, seasonal gear, and, if you’re lucky, gifts.
2. Maximise the Beauty of the Season
Don’t let the cooler weather end your connection to nature. A garden building provides a protected front-row seat to autumn’s spectacular display:
- Kaleidoscope Viewing: Immerse yourself in the stunning colours and unique wildlife of the season from a cosy, weather-proof vantage point.
- Year-Round Retreat: Your enjoyment doesn’t have an expiration date. Create a protected, warm space for hobbies, reading, or just relaxing, regardless of the wind or rain.
3. Smarter Construction and Installation Timing
Choosing to construct your garden building in autumn often results in a faster, smoother, and less disruptive building process:
- Improved Availability: Cooler weather typically means reduced demand, making it easier to book experienced craftsmen and potentially reducing build times.
- Quicker Planning: With fewer applications in the pipeline, local planning permission (if required) may be processed more quickly.
- Preserve Your Spring Garden: Building in autumn minimises disruption to your planting beds. With fewer plants in the ground during colder months, the likelihood of accidentally harming delicate spring-flowering bulbs or established beds is significantly lower.
4. Capitalise on Autumnal Deals and Savings
Smart timing can lead to substantial financial benefits:
- Peak Season Pricing: Since spring is often thought of as the peak season for garden building sales, demand-driven sales are far more likely to occur in the quieter autumn months.
- Black Friday Advantage: Take advantage of major retail events like Black Friday to get a good deal on garden building, and enjoy the considerable savings that can be found.
5. Essential Winter Preparation and Protection
Installing your garden building before the worst of the weather hits is a crucial move for protecting your valuable belongings and delicate plants:
- Secure Storage: As the weather becomes more turbulent, provide secure, weather-tight storage for high-value garden equipment and furniture that could be damaged by heavy rain or frost.
- Protect Your Greenery: Use the building as a sanctuary for delicate plants:
- Combat Frost: Guard tender plants against frost.
- Deter Pests: Provide a dry environment to shield plants from pests like slugs (which thrive in the damp) and prevent squirrels from digging up bulbs for their winter stores.
- Manage Moisture: Easily control water levels and avoid the overwatering that inevitably comes with continuous, heavy winter rainfall.
Whether you decide to shop in autumn or any other season find your ultimate garden building, here at Dunster House. Our garden buildings are designed to provide you connection to your garden year-round. From the insulation included with our garden offices to the pressure treated timber found with our sheds to expansive 4mm toughened glass panels of the summerhouses and the tongue and groove cladding of our log cabins; these really are garden buildings for you to use at any time.
So what are you waiting for? Start exploring Dunster House garden buildings today!
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