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Edinburgh Bespoke Garden Room

Our Edinburgh clients wanted to put a shady and unused section of their garden to good use and this is what we came up with. Stylish, practical and multifunctional; here’s what our client had to say about their new bespoke Lowlander Garden Room:

Bespoke Screw Pile Foundation

We are delighted to collaborate with Radix on JML’s unique modular building at the Scottish Crannog Centre. Radix installed the bespoke screw pile foundation for the building, allowing us to land each module quickly and efficiently on site. Find out how it was achieved here:

https://radixgroup.co.uk/case-studies/the-scottish-crannog-visitor-centre-loch-tay

Bothy Fire Pit

It’s perfect weather for lighting the fire pit and toasting some marshmallows. The JML Bothy is available to view at our head office in Aberuthven. Get in touch to arrange your visit.

The Scottish Crannog Centre Update

Starting to see how this amazing building sits comfortably on its new lochside home at The Scottish Crannog Centre.

JML Bothy

Keeping cosy in the JML Bothy. Visit our head office in Aberuthven to tour the inside.

Garden Rooms Optional Extras

Bespoke garden rooms are our bread and butter, and with our list of optional extras you can design a space that has everything you need.

The Scottish Crannog Centre Cafe

Our modular structures for The Scottish Crannog Centre’s new café are in place at Loch Tay. It was a big operation, taking 2 days, 3 huge lorries and a police escort!

Entrance Pod to The Scottish Crannog Centre Café and Museum

The Scottish Crannog Centre’s entrance pod to the new modular café and museum has landed on the shores of Loch Tay!

A Match Made in Heaven

Western Red Cedar cladding and Millboard deck are a match made in heaven. This complementary pairing brings warmth and style to the surrounding greenery.

Home Office Transformation

A dramatic transformation we recently completed - swapping our client’s tired and outdated structure with our Lowlander 2 design. We’ve created a home office that makes going to work a treat.

BBQ Hideout

It’s finally time to tear the cover off the BBQ and get grilling. Good thing we’ve got a Hideout to keep us dry in case of showers!

Living Magazine, Hairdressing Salon Garden Room

We were delighted to be featured in Living Magazine recently for a client in Auchterarder who has established her hairdressing business from home, greatly improving her work/life balance.

Coffee break time in the JML Bothy

Time out with Lottie the spaniel for coffee in the cosy JML Bothy thanks to Quince & Cook’s wonderful Everhot stove keeping us toasty. The perfect heating and cooking solution for glamping pods, home offices or garden rooms.

Best of Houzz Design & Service

We are delighted to have won the Best Of Houzz 2023 Award for Design and Best of Houzz 2023 Award for Customer Service on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. Best of Houzz is an exclusive programme that recognises just 3% from over 2.7 million active home building, renovation and design industry professionals on the Houzz platform.

Garden Rooms Operations Manager - exciting job opportunity!!

Exciting Job Opportunity with JML Garden Rooms!!
GARDEN ROOMS OPERATIONS MANAGER
We are looking for an Operations Manager to join our small dynamic team. Click here to read more.

Snow Dog

Taking a quick snow break from planning permission and organising site visits. #snowdog #officedog

Competition - Origin Fitness

WIN an Origin Fitness exercise bundle worth £260. Perfect for transforming your garden room into a home gym and kickstarting a new year of fitness. Competition ends 25.01.23. UK entries only. To enter, visit our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page, Share & Follow. Good luck!

Bothy Winter Glamping

Didn't our bothy suit a coat of snow? Perfect for winter glamping.

Competition - Quince & Cook

We’ve teamed up with Quince & Cook to give away a £100 gift voucher to spend in store or online. You can buy a gift for your pals or treat yourself to something beautiful for your garden room. To enter, visit our Facebook or Instagram page, Share & Follow. Good luck!
Competition closes 21/12/2022. Winner will be chosen at random from entries on Facebook and Instagram.

Perfect Little Home Away From Home - The JML Bothy

For the perfect little home away from home, our new Bothy combines mod cons with traditional style.

Autumn Maintenance Tips

With winter fast approaching and leaves falling, it is a beautiful but often untidy time in the garden and our time is more likely to be spent tidying up and putting things away until the spring.
Here at JML Garden Rooms we have a few tips below to help with the care and protection of your Garden Rooms too.

Speedy Office Solution

Need a speedy office solution? We’ll deliver a ready-made office straight to your garden!

Space to Grow

Our Highlander Garden Room in a small Edinburgh garden saved this client from an expensive house move in the city.

Lowlander Office

Speed was a priority for our client’s expanding business, so we built this Lowlander office in just 2 weeks. He is delighted and can now separate work from home, with just a few steps out to the garden.

Joiner Vacancy

We're recruiting! We are looking for experienced joiners to join our team of installers working on a variety of building projects throughout the country. More info and details on how to apply below.

JML Bothy

We were on the move again with our JML Bothy to attend the Black Isle Show. Featuring NorDan UK windows and doors, we’ve loved collaborating with their great team on this seamless and striking design.

Garden Annexe

A Garden Annexe is a perfect solution if you’re planning to welcome a family member to live with you. They can retain their independence with our standalone option which includes a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living area. Find out more and see how this design could work for your family http://ow.ly/tjpS50JOI4v

Bespoke Garden Office, Bike Store & Sedum Pergola

As part of our bespoke offering, we worked alongside Secret Garden Design on this Highlander garden office for an Edinburgh client. Part of a larger landscape project, our client’s brief was for a garden office and a bike store at the rear. Our team also built the beautiful, bespoke pergola with a sedum roof, which is a highlight of the project - both beautiful and practical.

Dunkeld Lowlander

Another beautiful Lowlander handed over. Our client in Dunkeld is moving into his new home office as we type! This garden room was finished off by the stepping stone path we laid.

Bespoke Highlander with WC

A bespoke Highlander with added WC; a flexible space that works as an office or a spare bedroom. This project required planning and listed building consent, as well as a building warrant, but we were able to arrange all of this on behalf of our client.

Bespoke Lowlander, Houzz Review

We are delighted to receive another glowing review from a customer on Houzz:

Spring Strava Challenge!

We’re kicking off our Strava challenge for Team JML for a second year. In case you missed it last year, we’re encouraging the team to hike, run or walk to reach a target step count. It’s all part of our effort to boost mental and physical wellbeing. A great piece of advice we picked up is from The Guardian and how you can cultivate wellbeing through gardening. Every little helps right? #JMLSpringStepsChallenge http://ow.ly/tjPR50IzWWQ

Do I Need Planning Permission for a Garden Room?

Everything you need to know about planning permission and your Garden Room. Find out how to build an amazing garden room and navigate the difficulties of planning permission.

Do Garden Rooms Add Value to Your Property?

Wondering if a garden room will increase the value of your property? Read our helpful guide to find out everything you need to know.

What Are the Benefits of Garden Office Pods?

Garden offices can be an excellent addition to your property, giving you a tranquil space to work in the sanctitude of your garden. Find out everything you need to know about garden offices.

Houzz Awards 2022

We are delighted to have won the Best Of Houzz 2022 Award for Design and Best of Houzz 2022 Award for Customer Service on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. Best of Houzz is an exclusive programme that recognises just 3% from over 2.7 million active home building, renovation and design industry professionals on the Houzz platform.

Peek-a-boo!

Peek-a-boo! A well placed window can make all the difference in any living or working space. The addition of this eye-level window adds a touch more natural light in the back corner of the garden room.

IsoPod For One

For a home office for one, the JML IsoPod is just the ticket. It provides isolation, comfort and all the mod cons. You can even take it with you if you move! Ready and in stock for immediate install (subject to access).

7 Great Outdoor Garden Room Ideas from JML

A Garden Room is a fantastic addition to any home. It allows you to extend your living space without the expense of architect's plans and planning permission, or the disruption to your home with building works to your house. Garden buildings act as flexible, functional, and customisable extensions to your current home.

Bonfire Night!

Our bonfire creation for this year - a phoenix rising from the ashes!

Lowlander 1, Haddington

A Lowlander Garden Room (which our client will be putting to good use as a home office) and a lovely outdoor seating area in Haddington. The deck was built on site and our skilled joiners fitted the decking around the tree. It makes a beautiful feature and well worth the effort by the team to get a snug fit.

Grand Designs Countdown!

Our sister company, JML SIPs, supplied and erected the SIPs kit for this project in Kinross which has been followed by Kevin McCloud and the Grand Designs TV crew! The episode will be aired live on Grand Designs at 9pm on Channel 4 this Wednesday 15th September! Two more sleeps to go ..... !

Latest Hideout

The firepit is great for conversation, but thanks to the inbuilt heater we added to this Hideout our clients can use their outdoor space all year round.

Living Wage Employer

As a proud Living Wage employer we were thrilled to hear from Living Wage Scotland that there are now 2000 Living Wage employers in Scotland! We've helped to contribute to over £240 million of extra wages to low paid workers in Scotland.

Highly Commended, SIPs Supplier of the Year

We're thrilled to announce that we have been awarded Highly Commended in the SIPs Supplier of the Year category of the Homebuilding & Renovating awards 2021. A testament to our talented team and all of their innovative work.

Best SIPs Supplier of the Year Nomination

We’ve been nominated for ‘Best SIPs supplier of the Year’ in the Homebuilding & Renovating awards. A testament to our fantastic team!

North Kessock IsoPod

One of our IsoPods being delivered in North Kessock - fully built off site and lifted in. Full SIPs structure and Siberian Larch cladding. We keep these in stock - please contact [email protected] for more details.

IsoPods ready to go!

Two new IsoPods manufactured at our factory and ready for a quick delivery to site - the home working solution.

New Designs!

Introducing our new JML Garden Room design. This Highlander 3 / Lowlander 3 comes with a Hideout (sheltered outdoor seating area) attached and is perfect for these socially distanced times as it can house a fire pit, pizza oven, jacuzzi, seating area or outdoor kitchen. You can choose a feature and design that best suits your life and style. Please get in touch for further information.

Trees for Life

We’re starting the year with a positive impact on the environment by planting a tree in Scotland for each of our employees on our Trees for Life grove. We support this charity across all three of our businesses. Here’s the website details if you’d like to plant a tree for someone or mark an occasion with this environmentally friendly gesture www.treesforlife.org.uk

Winter warmth with SIPs

The decking might be out of action in this weather, but the 100mm thick SIPs core of this Lowlander means you can enjoy the snowy views in comfort all winter long.

Competition Time - Garden Room Gym Equipment!

We've teamed up with Origin Fitness (www.originfitness.com) to give away £375 worth of home exercise equipment. With the gyms closed, this is the perfect opportunity to keep fit and healthy in the comfort of your Garden Room. The competition will run until Saturday 23rd January, UK only, on our JML Garden Rooms Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn platforms. To enter simply follow our account on that channel and share / retweet the post. Good luck!

Home Schooling

Good luck to all those starting home schooling again this week! Our JML Garden Rooms provide the perfect outdoor space for online learning, away from all the distractions in the home.

Kindling being cut by Freddie Langley getting ready for Christmas orders! All off cuts from Garden Room cedar cladding. Best kindling ever!

Highlander 1 nestled in a beautiful landscaped garden designed by Mhairi Auld Garden Design

A lovely image of a recently completed Highlander 1 with upgraded slate roof and windows. Nestled in a beautiful landscaped garden designed by Mhairi auld Garden Design.

BUILD's 2020 Architecture Awards

We are proud to have our team's hard work and commitment to quality and customer servce recognised by winning BUILD's Best Family-Run Garden Rooms Business 2020 - Scotland award. BUILD's awards recognise and reward the incredible works conducted by the world's most innovative, imaginative and dedicated designers and architects.

Perthshire Hideout

A beautiful Hideout in Perthshire. Our clients are planning to use it as an outdoor entertaining space by adding a fridge, pizza oven and BBQ. With the ever-changing COVID guidelines keeping us outdoors again, having this perfect outdoor socialising space can help us all stay safe and in touch with family and friends.

New Member of the JML Team

Introducing Poppy, the latest member of the JML team.

Best Family-Run Garden Rooms Business 2020, Scotland

We are delighted to have received our award for Best Family-Run Garden Rooms Business 2020, Scotland, from Build Architecture Awards,which is now taking pride of place in our meeting room!

IsoPods

We are excited to introduce our new IsoPods to our current range – an ideal solution for balancing home life with working from home. LED lighting and four double sockets with USB connections Pre-finished floors and walls in a choice of designs Full height glazing and sliding doors creating a light, airy environment Maintenance free

Latest IsoPods

Business Connections – with the emphasis remaining on working from home wherever possible, it is now evident that this is a workable solution for businesses and will remain in place long after the current crisis has passed. With our vast experience in the design and production of Garden Rooms and Office Pods, JML offer a

Back to Business, COVID-19 Update

Following phase one of the exit from lockdown in Scotland, we are delighted to confirm we are re-commencing Garden Room installations. We have policies in place to ensure the safety of our employees, their families and our clients. The team have been issued with sanitisers, masks and gloves for use when required and, as always

New Garden Rooms Logo

We’ve refreshed our new logo – we hope you like it as much as we do! We’re currently working on a new website for JML Garden Rooms which we hope to launch in May….watch this space!

Finance Partnership with Trustpilot 5 star rated Pegasus

There is no better time to make that decision to enhance the use of your outdoor space with a multi-functional JML Garden Room, be it to work, live or play. We are proud to have teamed up with Pegasus Finance to help that dream become a reality allowing you to spread the cost with flexible

Covid 19 Update

Covid-19 Update As the Coronavirus continues to dominate everything that now happens in the UK and the world, we hope this message finds you and yours safe and in good health. Like so many businesses at this present time, we took the decision to temporarily suspend all JML Garden Rooms work in our factory and

Homes & Interiors Scotland, Luxe Edition

Great to see an article in Homes & Interiors Scotland’s Luxe Edition magazine on one of our Lowlanders, built as a textile design studio for Laura Spring

Laura Spring Textile Design Studio

Laura Spring, Textile Designer, Lowlander 1 Studio We sat down with textile designer/maker Laura Spring to hear all about why she choose a JML garden room for her business.

Houzz Awards 2020

We are delighted to have won the Best Of Houzz 2020 Award for Design and also Best of Houzz 2020 Award for Customer Service on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. JML Garden Rooms was chosen by the millions of homeowners that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 2.5 million active

Herald Luxury Magazine

Delighted to appear in The Herald’s Luxury Magazine, featuring one of our Lowlander Garden Rooms in Edinburgh

Save The Hedgehog!

An interesting and very useful article by diygarden.co.uk on how to help save hedgehogs from extinction – numbers have plummeted by a third in the last 20 years.

Broughty Ferry, Lowlander Home Office

A great wee spot at the bottom of the garden and with the attached decking, this newly finished Lowlander home office can be used for socialising too.

Isle of Mull

We are very proud to receive this wonderful review for a Lowlander 3 recently built on the isle of Mull.

Homes & Interiors Scotland Magazine

We are delighted to see this article about one of our JML Garden Rooms featured in this summer’s Homes & Interiors Scotland magazine.

Houzz Best Craft Rooms & Creative Spaces

We loved getting handpicked to feature in Houzz‘s article on the best craft rooms and creative spaces. This garden room / artist studio is one of our most recently completed. http://ow.ly/6STQ50pjy2u

Houzz Editorial Ideabook

JML Garden Rooms have been hand-picked by a Houzz writer to be featured in an editorial ideabook on their homepage.

Executive Magazine

Delighted to receive coverage in Executive magazine recently, featuring our office pods as well as our garden rooms and annexes.

The Herald’s Luxury Edinburgh Magazine

Delighted to be featured in the May/June issue of The Herald’s Luxury magazine in Edinburgh.

COMPETITION TIME

Now that our Hideout is fully furnished and ready for action, we’ve been thinking about the perfect alfresco tipple to enjoy there. So we teamed up with The Garden Shed Drinks Company to give away two bottles of their delicious botanical gin.

OPEN DAY, Thursday 2nd May, 12pm – 5pm

Please drop in at any point during the afternoon for some refreshments and the chance to see our selection of luxury garden rooms on show at our offices.

Scotsman Article, Lowlander 2, Artist’s Studio

A great article in The Scotsman recently featuring our Lowlander 2, a wonderful space for an Artist’s studio.

Artist’s Studio, Lowlander 2

A recently completed Lowlander 2, a wonderful creative space for an artist’s studio.

Meeting Room

Our new meeting room is keeping the staff cozy on cold and frosty mornings. It’s the perfect spot for everything from brainstorming to 2019 planning.

Newly built Lowlander 2, Cupar

Another 13 sqm Lowlander just completed for a client in Cupar, Fife. A cosy outdoor sitting room with great views of their garden.

DIA Awards

We are delighted to sponsor the ‘Best Small Project – Domestic’ category at this year’s Dundee Institute of Architects awards last night.

Kilmarnock Garden Room

A perfect spot at the bottom of the garden, and a perfect spot for enjoying the sounds of Kilmarnock Football Club. Here’s hoping that our client is a fan!

Office Pod Study Zone

A-level season is nearly over, just one final push for all those studying heroes! Good luck everybody!

Garden Room Music Studio

The acoustic panels are in place for the garden room music studio that we’ve been working on! There will be no sound leakage (or angry neighbours), only good vibrations.

Best of Houzz 2018 Award Winner!

Houzz have given JML Garden Rooms another ‘Best of Houzz 2018’ award this year!

Highlander 2 with Roof Lights and Decking

One of our recently completed Highlander 2 Garden Rooms, with added roof lights and a large decking area. It is situated in the middle of a golf course, with stunning views. Our team also rebuilt the retaining wall.

Lowlander Home Office

Some photos we had taken of one of our JML Lowlander garden rooms recently installed at a village manse. The old with the new in perfect harmony. This home office for two people is currently being fitted out with some bespoke bookcases to line its back wall.

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