Log Cabin Garden House Iris 3.6m x 2.7m

Very happy with the quality. Went together very well.

Easy to build just make sure floor is dead level, as it will affect how it goes together .

Very impressive, goes together precisely, highly recommended

We bought the log cabin Iris, as a garden studio. Communication from the company was excellent, and the delivery company was the same. We laid our own reinforced concrete pad foundation. We are sure that is better than trying to line up piles or a strip foundation in advance. Our placement was slightly off, but with a pad, that was easy to rectify, though we'd recommend you make the foundation a little bigger than the specified dimensions of Iris, as insurance. A short review - the shed exceeded our expectations, and was very easy to put together once we learned to trust the instructions, and not try to read ahead. We are an older couple, and constructed it ourselves on winter hours (late start, early finish) and had our Iris structure complete in two days, with just the exterior oil, optional roof tiles and interior painting to do. The whole process was easy, and required no tools, expertise or parts we didn’t already have - and we’re both desk workers, not builders. Either of us could lift everything (if you’re smaller it’d take two for the door) if needed, but we’d recommend two folk unless you’re an expert. Things like eaves and roof structures are easier with a person each end. In more detail, with tips: We did not have space to lay the pieces out in order for each size, as recommended, but with two large tarps to keep the wood off the ground, we found it useful to unload all the parts onto the tarps, bar roof and floor pieces (packed at the bottom) in piles of size and shape, to make accessing the correct item easier. We were far enough through the build at the end of day one to cover the roof with one of those tarps, and wrap the remaining wood in the other to keep dew off overnight. Trade Tested supplied one extra long wall piece just in case (could be cut down to short wall length if needed) and one extra floorboard, neither of which we needed. The crate itself was made of the same tongue and groove wood, so in a pinch, we could have used that. We received plenty of roof felt, extra roof ’tiles’, and a few surplus of all fastenings in case of fumble fingers. As an aside, the door hinges are adjustable for perfect fit by screwing the pintles on the doors themselves in or out, the instructions did not mention this - the only omission. We ended up using the crate to build a rustic deck, then built a storage box for it using anything left over… Buying the optional tiles improved the look no end, and they were easy to affix. We had ordered the exterior sealant with our Iris, the only extras needed (other than the foundation and fixings between it and the shed) were interior paint and floor polyurethane. We would not hesitate to recommend this, it’s excellent value, seems well made, was easy to put together fast, and exceeded our expectations on appearance. Things to bear in mind: Allow the full time when planning! Also, as said, be very careful if placing your foundation arrangements before your kit arrives. We misread the pad size, then were a little too precise for size - but had placed ours a few centimetres in the wrong direction, and a whisker too narrow. Had we erred slightly too large, we’d have saved some faffing about. Entirely our fault, but something to bear in mind! Also, if you can, don’t open the plastic covering of the pallet until build day. If you want to read the instructions ahead of time, they’re on line. You don’t want to get your wood wet. And don’t worry about trying to read all the few instruction pages ahead - each stage became crystal clear as we went on, and the parts pile reduced.

This is a very good value product and would recommend buying.

Loved building this. Read the instructions and sort parts into different catergories first helps a lot. I CD50 every piece before I started the build. Over-engineered my foundations using 4x4 piles and 150x50 bearers with stainless bolts. The decking was left overs from our house deck. Only downer was the quality of the window hardware that deteriorated immediately upon installation. I used bitumen impregnated building paper on the roof before over laying the roof felt and then bitumen shingles on top. I recommend a double layer of tiles slightly overhanging each face to stiffen the edge. My friends say it is too good for a tool shed and that I should rent it out, my wife immediately took ownership to make it her gym space, sigh.....

I am so happy with my kitset cabin..its taken a bit of a process because of weather, access, xmas and other factors but finally finished with the help of Masterton's building company "The Yes Man" . Added corrugated roofing, a deck, down pipes and guttering..am i happy, YES.. Thanks Tradetested..

I am happy with my shed. It will be an office and spare bedroom. Easy for one person to install.

Happy with how our cabin has turned out we did have to buy some new bottom joist boards as the ones that come were a little warped not straight How ever they worked for the deck we added on lucky hubby is handy on the tools to utilize Looks awesome we are yet to paint and interior design for our massage space none the less overall happy This will be the new purchase when kids get older and want their own space

These cabins are great! Had ours 2 years now. Took a week all up as we laid it on a concrete foundation then bolted the floor to it as we didn’t want to take the chance it would blow away with our tropical storms we have in Tai Tokerau but the actual build took a day with 2 guys. You do have to seal the wood Battons though ours was provided with the kitset and that took a week and all the little stuff maybe another day. Love this cabin and it has survived our weather. But if you’re not at least a handyman or woman then it’d be a bit harder as it has some nicks and kinks to work out. We bought the 3.6 x 2.8 + laid concrete pad with 900mm over lap for a deck + bolts and stuff to connect lights n caravan lead was a great alternative to get the daughter out of our space and into her own. Cheers Trade Tested!