How much is a pre made shed?

Prefabricated Kit Prices Most 10-by-12-foot prefab sheds cost between $1,500 and $4,000. If you hire a pro to assemble it for you, you'll likely pay an additional $10 to $20 per square foot. Prefabricated sheds are built in a factory before someone purchases them. You can often find them on display at hardware stores.

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Prefabricated Kit Prices

Most 10-by-12-foot prefab sheds cost between $1,500 and $4,000. If you hire a pro to assemble it for you, you'll likely pay an additional $10 to $20 per square foot. Prefabricated sheds are built in a factory before someone purchases them. You can often find them on display at hardware stores.

Original Construction Prices

These sheds usually cost $40 to $75 per square foot, so a 10-by-12-foot shed costs between $4,800 and $9,000. Original construction sheds are designed, built, and constructed after someone purchases them. Due to the extra work involved compared to prefab sheds, original construction sheds are typically more expensive. However, original construction sheds cost significantly less than the cost to build a garage for both car and additional materials storage. Whether you choose a prefab or custom construction, be sure to consider water runoff. "When planning your shed location, don't forget to evaluate water drainage,” says Andy Kilborn, owner of Andy's Handyman Service in Des Moines, IA. “Ensure your shed roof won't be creating a water issue near your home."

Shed Cost Factors

Several factors determine how much you’ll pay for your shed.

Size

Size is among the biggest factors affecting shed cost. Square footage often determines your shed’s cost; the larger your shed, the more you can expect to pay.

Materials

The material your shed comprises is another significant cost factor. For instance, plastic sheds usually cost much less than wood and steel-framed sheds. A small plastic shed usually costs between $300 and $1,500, while a small wood shed ranges from $600 to $3,000 or more.

Purpose

The purpose of your shed often influences the cost. If you plan to only use the shed for storage, you likely don't need added features, like windows and electricity. However, if you plan to use the shed as an additional workspace, home office, or playroom, you might want to add electrical systems, insulation, windows, and more. These additional features significantly drive up costs. If you plan on a multipurpose space, plan to spend more. If you need space for your plants, for example, you should factor in the construction specifics and the cost to build a greenhouse . Or, if you’d like space for the kids, make sure you budget for the cost to build a playhouse .

Location Preparation

If the ground where you plan to add a shed isn't flat, you'll want to prepare the site to ensure a safe shed installation. Most pros charge between $1 and $10 per square foot to grade land, depending on the project’s complexity.

Labor

If you hire someone to build or assemble your shed, you can expect to pay between $50 and $100 per hour in labor costs. A simple assembly of a prefabricated shed might only take a few hours, while original construction can take several days or more.

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Do summer houses get damp?

Timber buildings, such as your Summerhouse, will eventually succumb to condensation on its windows and doors. But don't worry… it's totally normal for this to happen. Thankfully, there are lots of ways to get rid of this condensation build up.

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Timber buildings, such as your Summerhouse, will eventually succumb to condensation on its windows and doors.

But don’t worry… it’s totally normal for this to happen.

Thankfully, there are lots of ways to get rid of this condensation build up. Here’s a wee video clip I put together telling you what they are…

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If you’ve got a Gillies and Mackay summerhouse, you’re probably going to experience some level of condensation build up on the windows and the doors. This can be a bit of a problem, especially if the temperatures are fluctuating day after day after day, the build up can get excessive. So the best way to combat that is to open up the building and let it air out. Open the windows, open the doors, pin them all right back and just leave it. Leave it for a good couple of hours and let it air right out. The other thing you can do is you can add in the moisture capsules that you can pick up at the supermarket which draw out the moisture and the air, and that just takes away the buildup of condensation. If you leave it closed and the condensation builds up and builds up and builds up, what happens is that it just starts to soak all the timbers, and invite mould. This is not a good thing. So you do need to act upon the condensation and open the building up and stop that from happening.