Garden office or studio
Hardwired internet, proper heating and 100 mm of insulation, so it works in January as well as it does in June. Howth and Balbriggan are two we built this year.
From EUR 25,000Bespoke garden rooms, Dublin
Garden rooms in Dublin, built properly. From EUR 25,000.
Full builds with a proper kitchen and bathroom from around EUR 50,000. Designed in 3D at your kitchen table, then built on site by Paddy and Dara, the two carpenters you met on the visit.
Book your site visitEUR 25,000Minimum project
EUR 50,000Full build with kitchen and bathroom, from around
- Over 50Garden rooms built
- 20 yearsCombined experience
- Fully insuredDesign and build
- DublinKildare and Meath for bigger gardens
What EUR 25,000 buys
What every garden room includes, from the concrete base to the last coat of paint
Every room is a full build, not a shell with a price list of extras. This is what EUR 25,000 covers.
- Cedar or composite cladding, natural cedar or anthracite composite as you prefer
- 100 mm insulation throughout the floor, walls and ceiling
- EPDM rubber roof with a 50-year manufacturer's guarantee on the roofing membrane
- Sliding or French doors, up to 4 m wide
- Full electrics, recessed soffit spotlights and up-and-down exterior lights
- Hardwired internet on its own dedicated cable from the house
- A wall-mounted TV, 40 to 50 inch, fitted before handover
- Heating, flooring and painting, electric radiator, wood flooring, Colourtrend paints
- Groundwork and site clearance, concrete base, old sheds and slabs removed
- Full kitchen and full bathroom on the full builds, plumbed by our own team
Three ways to use it
Garden offices, gyms, cinema rooms or a second home in the garden
Gym, cinema or games room
The Hill of Howth cinema room has bi-folding doors, acoustic insulation, Dolby Atmos surround sound and electric curtains. A gym gets the same insulated shell and the same lighting.
From EUR 25,000
Self-contained, with kitchen and bathroom
A proper kitchen and a proper bathroom, not a toilet beside a sink. Guest space or a place for a parent, built under the 2026 garden home rules.
From around EUR 50,000Full builds
Garden rooms with a kitchen and bathroom, from around EUR 50,000
From around EUR 50,000, we build the whole thing: foundations, structure, plumbing, electrics, a fitted kitchen, a full bathroom, flooring, painting and the finishing touches.
Under the 2026 planning rules a detached garden home of 32 to 45 m² can be built under Class 3A if it is started and finished by 31 December 2030, with 14 days' written notice to your council, subject to the conditions in the regulations. We design within those limits and talk you through the conditions at the visit.
Everything in the quote comes from our own range of doors, cladding, kitchens and sanitaryware. If you want something outside it, you pay the difference in cost, nothing more.
Talk to us about a full build
How it works
How it works: designed in 3D at your kitchen table
No showroom, no sales rep. The two people who will build your room come out, measure the garden and design it with you on the laptop that evening.
Book your site visit
Pick an evening or a weekend slot. We ask that both decision-makers are home, so the design can be settled in one sitting.
We measure and design it in 3D, on the spot
Paddy and Dara walk the garden, talk through what the room is for, and model it in 3D on the laptop while you watch. Thirty to sixty minutes.
A fixed quote from our range
The quote is usually built at the table before we leave. Everything in it is from the ATC range, with the inclusions above. Upgrades cost the difference, and nothing is hidden.
Built on site by the two of us
We build it ourselves with our own small team, from the base to the handover. You get the same two faces from the first visit to the last day.
Planning, plainly. Since 27 July 2026 a garden room is exempt from planning subject to conditions, including: all garden buildings together stay within 30 m², it is not for living in, at least 25 m² of garden is kept, and height limits apply. Detached garden homes of 32 to 45 m² can go up under Class 3A if started and finished by 31 December 2030, with 14 days' written notice. There are rules, and we design to them.
Recent builds
Recent garden rooms across Dublin
Kitchens and media walls
Media walls and fitted kitchens in Dublin
Bespoke media walls, built-in units and fitted kitchens, made and fitted by us. The Ballymun wall is 5 m wide with a 55-inch TV over a 55-inch electric fire and six lit shelves.
Sockets relocated, units built floor to ceiling, drawers inside every cupboard. The same care as the garden rooms, in the room you already have.
Ask about a media wall or kitchen
About
Two Dublin carpenters who build every room themselves
ATC is Paddy Anderson and Dara Togher. About ten years on the tools each, 20 years between them, and over 50 garden rooms built across Dublin.
We do every design visit ourselves and we are on site for every build, with Davy, Andreas, our electrician and our plumber. We don't cut corners, and we don't do discounts. We do the job properly, once.
Paddy AndersonCarpenter, co-founder
Dara TogherCarpenter, co-founder
Questions
Garden rooms in Dublin: what people ask us
Straight answers to what comes up at most design visits. Anything specific to your garden, we answer at the visit.
Planning answers checked against S.I. No. 338 and S.I. No. 340 of 2026 on 2 November 2026.
Do I need planning permission for a garden room in Ireland?
Not if it meets every condition. Since 27 July 2026 a garden room is exempt from planning permission under Class 3 (S.I. No. 338 of 2026), subject to conditions. The main ones: all sheds and garden buildings on the property together come to no more than 30 square metres, it sits behind the front wall of the house, at least 25 square metres of garden is kept, it is no higher than 3 metres with a flat roof (4 metres with a tiled or slated pitched roof), and it is not lived in and is used only for purposes incidental to enjoying the house. We check your garden against the conditions at the design visit. If anything is unclear, your council can give a formal Section 5 declaration.
Can you build a self-contained garden home?
Yes. Under Class 3A (S.I. No. 340 of 2026), a detached garden home of 32 to 45 square metres can be built in the rear garden if it is started and finished by 31 December 2030, with at least 14 days' written notice to your council and subject to the conditions in the regulations. It is lived in together with the main house, cannot be sold separately or used for short-term letting, and connects to utilities through the main house. We design within those limits and talk you through the conditions at the visit.
How much does a garden room cost?
Our garden rooms start at EUR 25,000. A full build with a proper kitchen and bathroom starts at around EUR 50,000. The fixed quote, from our range, is usually built at the visit; if you want something outside the range, you pay the difference and nothing more.
Can you put a kitchen and bathroom in a garden room?
Yes. A real kitchen and a real bathroom, plumbed by our own team, not a toilet beside a sink. That is our full build, from around EUR 50,000.
What happens at the free design visit?
Paddy and Dara come out on a weekday evening between 4 and 9, on Saturday between 9 and 1, or on Sunday between 9 and 12. We walk the garden, talk through what the room is for and design it in 3D on the laptop while you watch. It takes 30 to 60 minutes, and the quote is usually built before we leave. We ask that both decision-makers are home.
Which areas do you cover?
Dublin first, and Kildare and Meath for bigger gardens.
Are you insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. The EPDM rubber roofing membrane we fit carries the manufacturer's 50-year material guarantee.
Book your site visit
Free design visit, evenings and weekends
Tell us about the garden and what the room is for. We come out, design it in 3D with you and usually leave you with a fixed quote the same evening.
- VisitsMonday to Friday 4 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 am to 1 pm, Sunday 9 am to 12 pm
- Telephone+353 85 203 1001
Book your site visit
5 quick questions. Takes under a minute. Then we ring you to pick a time.