When choosing a timber building, you need to check the specifications to ensure it will have the strength to last. So always check out the thickness of the timber, whether it’s made from redwood or the cheap inferior whitewood, how thick the framing is etc. Are the doors and windows joinery made, meaning they will last a long time? Does it has toughened glass for safety or imperfect horticultural glass, plastic or perspex? All important questions.
On many of the buildings available on the web, you will find that they will deliver them to your house and leave them for you to build. You can save a little money this way, but you will have to build it yourself. That’s OK if you are a good DIYer, but it will still be hard work. The best option is to take advantage of 1st Choice’s FREE assembly option on the Diamond and Platinum buildings. They will do all the hard work – all you need to do is build a level base for it to go onto. And they can even arrange that for you as well if you wish. This way, you can be sure your new building will be built correctly, and all you need to do is enjoy it.
We have a large range of
garden shed sizes for you to choose from and in several styles. However, we specialise in making buildings to suit your needs. Whether it needs to be taller, extra or fewer windows, the doors and windows moved, we can do that for you. Ensure you buy the building to suit you and your family with no compromises. Give us a call on (0333) 800 8880 or visit our showroom and discuss what you would like. We are happy to provide a quote to suit you with no pressure.
To make the most of your new building, it’s a good idea to have it
lined and insulated to get the most use out of you all year round. Doing so will keep the building cooler in summer and warmer in winter. It’s possible to do this yourself if you feel confident. However, there is an option to do this for you on all the
Platinum buildings. It can be seen as a luxury, but you will be glad you did on those hot summer days or cold winter days. Just contact us, and we will arrange a free quote for you.
We provide 9×6 sheds with a protective treatment but why not consider a building painted with Sadolin (Diamond Buildings) or Valtti (Platinum Buildings) paints. Both are available in a range of colours so you find a colour to suit you. You can find more details about
painted sheds here. Or, just contact us, and we will arrange a free quote for you.
Sadolin Superdec 'Clover Leaf'
Free Fitting Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Sea Step' +
Free Assembly Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Four By Two'
Free Fitting Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Outside'
Free Installation Included
Tikkurila 'Sage Green' Wood Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Chestnut Brown' Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Charcoal Grey' Wood Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Oakwood' Wood Stain
Erected Free Of Charge
Before deciding on a new 6×9 shed for your garden, you should always do your homework (sorry!) as it’s very easy to be taken in with a flashy website leaflet or colour brochure. Try to find time and make a trip down to our showroom where you can examples on view. By doing so, you will then be able to decide what you may be buying. We have a large collection of wooden buildings that you are welcome to view. We will be delighted to show you the different buildings and answer any queries you may have. We can provide quotations as well. Another thing to do is to take a look at the
feedback from previous customers which can be enlightening.
All of our timber sheds which we sell are not the 'cheap and cheerful' buildings you can buy online made from inferior materials and down to a price. After 40 years in the business we know what is important in making a quality garden shed - one that will last and will look good in your garden.
Don't risk buying a 'bad un'. Do your research and always, if possible, go and look at your intended purchase before signing on the 'dotted line'. Don't end up in the situation - if only! Visit one of our show sites and see for yourself how good our sheds are. You won't regret it.
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Diamond Sheds
Free Assembly Included
Platinum Sheds
Free Installation Included
Bespoke Options
The White Cliffs of Dover – a truly English landmark and one of the crown jewels of England – known throughout the world is home to some
garden sheds with a superb view out into the English Channel. The opportunity to buy some of this supreme Kentish land with its rugged beauty and isolation don’t come up very often so now is the time to bag these 9X6 sheds, along with 13 acres of prime land.
Admitted you need to have a very large pocket or to have won the lottery but someone will become the proud owner. The Hope Bay Studio complex at Kingsdown near Deal is available on the open market. This comes with 13 acres of garden for your own personal use. Within this complex is a range of white & blue bungalows and garden sheds, also included is a unique light and airy artist’s barn which feature high ceilings.
Whilst these attractive and functional garden outdoor buildings are an incentive to buy then the truly breathtaking views from the garden extending through 180 degrees and giving a fantastic vista is surely the cherry on top. As far as you can see to the left and right is the English Channel and in front of you, on a good day, you can see all the way across to France.
There is only 21 miles between this superb spot and Europe and the only house closer is an house in St Margraret’s-at-Cliffe. And strangely when you get home your mobile automatically switches to a French mobile network, which might not be what you are expecting whilst on the English mainland.
Justin Ramsey, who was brought up in the house with his late father, Dennis, said on a clear day you could even see the Normandy coast in detail. It was Dennis who had his 9 x 6 studio workshop there in the garden and I’m sure that the beautiful setting and views was a great inspiration to him and aided his creativity. He did say on a rough day that France would be out of view but there is still plenty to look at with the Channel ferries moored out at sea waiting for the wind to drop so they can reach harbour. Sometimes there could be 4 or 5 ferries out there tossing about with passengers wishing they were on dry land, the White Cliffs so near but so far!.
I do know that the sea front in the bleak winter is a special place, totally enchanting in a strange way, from my childhood in Cleethorpes. Walking along the sea front down as far as Grimsby, well wrapped up, was a lovely feeling.
The contrast inside the 9ft x 6ft garden studio against the crashing of the waves could not be greater. Superbly tranquil and the celebrated artist, Pietro Annigoni, who was a god father to Justin, had written about the serenity at Hope bay. He wrote in one of Ramseys Snr’s catalogues ‘The studio is surrounded by silence.’ He also wrote ‘A silence enhanced by the sea, the wind and the seagulls, which make it all the more profound and solemn’.
Being 10 minutes from the main road, it’s not a place to be if you need the company and security of people and the access to Hope Bay Studio is down a pot holed bumpy and rutted lane. After you leave this road you the follow a narrow stretch of cliff top tarmac, also not good if you don’t like heights or being close to the edge of a cliff. The only sign of human life is the boats and ships out at sea and maybe the odd tractor on the gold course adjoining. This is the price you pay for being 8 miles away from Dover in the north eastern direction.
However, this remoteness is Hope Bay’s main claim to fame. Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and who lived nearby, set the headquarters of Sir Hugo Drax in his blockbuster film, Mookraker. Sir Hugo, who is building an atomic rocket, as all these mad people want to do so they can conquer the world, created a landslide to try to stop James Bond and his gorgeous companion, Gala Brand (what a name!!) Luckily they survived so that another 20 films of so could follow on.
Back to real life, Hope Bay boasts 5 bedrooms in the main bungalow and also 2 bedrooms in each of the outlying bungalows. Mainly used for guests and staff in the past the main attraction is the view. Along with many out buildings and sheds and other 9X6 utility buildings, someone will certainly have a complete change of scenery and purpose in their life, maybe it should be you moving?
