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Love the idea of promoting wild life. About how much is this structure

2 years ago

How much would be this to construct?

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Fenton Roberts Garden Design
2 years ago
Hi Hazel. Are you asking about the bin storage structure?
Hazel Bradley
Original Author
2 years ago
Yes.
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Hi Chloe, Thats an exciting project! We were in a very similar situation, with a very similar budget about 6 months ago and I have to say I think Jonathan's advice is very sensible; unless you really feel you haven't got enough space I would definitely focus on reworking the space you have rather than adding to it. Any type of extension will really eat Into your budget and limit what else you can do, whereas just reworking the space and changing walls etc will leave you with a lot more to play with :) As Jonathan and OnePlan mention concept planners are amazing... I'd never heard of them either until I was lucky enough to stumble across a few on here at the start of our project! It's worth noting that there are a couple of choices to consider; firstly an independent concept planner who'll look at the space and recommend the best layout for you, so you pay purely for their expertise in space, layout and optimal positioning of everything. There are a few on this site who seem to come highly recommended reading other people's posts (like OnePlan above) Your second option is an interior designer who offers exactly the same as the first option (concept planner) but in addition to that, looks at the style and finish of all the items in the room (so how to compliment the colours and textures of your soft furnishings, paint colours, decorative items, lighting plan and flooring) and helps you pull it all together so you get that beautiful polished look. Its also worth mentioning that if the concept planning plus interior design is more of interest than just concept planning, then I know several of the concept planners will also offer the interior design too- like OnePlan :) Personally we looked into both options but felt for the small additional cost of the interior designer service over just the concept planner, that we wanted both the layout and all the styling pulling together. I just wasn't confident I could pull everything together on my own and was worried it might be a bit 'flat' and had spent too much time dreaming about my 'perfect' space to risk getting it wrong. Its all very personal though and some people are much better at pulling a polished look off than others... unfortunately I'm not one of them :) One final thought to share- any good interior designer or concept planner will also pass on their trade discounts and what we saved on our designers trade discounts exceeded what we spent on fees! We used Create Perfect on here and would highly recommend her- she was amazing! As with anything it's worth getting a few quotes and comparing them so you get best value for your money and are able to ensure you're comparing like with like :) Whatever you decide to do, I think for such an important project it would be worth an investment of a few hundred pounds to get the look that you've spent so much time thinking about and to give you the confidence you're doing the right thing and making the right decisions. Having a professional onboard took all the worry away for me and made the whole thing lots of fun! Good luck!!! beat wishes, Claire
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