Bespoke Garden Shed Builders in East Dulwich and South London
CanaCabins builds bespoke garden sheds and storage buildings across East Dulwich, Peckham, Dulwich and the surrounding areas. Not flat-pack panels from a garden centre, but a building made to fit the space you actually have.
- Based in East Dulwich, SE22
- 27 completed projects across South London
- Free site visit and written estimate, no obligation
Get a free estimate
Tell us what you are planning and we will arrange a visit to your garden.
Why bespoke rather than off the shelf
Standard sheds come in standard sizes, and London gardens are not standard. A bespoke shed uses the awkward corner, fits under the fall of a side return, or runs the full width of a narrow garden without wasting the half metre a catalogue size would leave.
They also last. A shed built with proper foundations, treated timber and a real roof will still be standing when a flat-pack one has rotted at the base.
What we build
- Bespoke garden sheds and workshops
- Bike stores, secure and weatherproof
- Bin stores
- Side return and lean-to storage
- Combined storage and garden office buildings
- Extensions to existing sheds
Recent work
We have built combined garden office and storage buildings, extended existing side sheds, and built bike stores as part of wider front garden work. On Rodwell Road we completed a full transformation of a front and rear garden. See the project gallery for photographs.
How the build works
- Site visit and estimate. We come to your garden, talk through how you want to use the space, and give you a written estimate.
- Design. We draw up the building around your garden, your budget and any planning constraints.
- Groundwork and base. Foundations suited to your ground conditions and access.
- Structure and cladding. Frame, insulation, roofing, windows, doors and cladding.
- First and second fix. Electrics, lighting, internal finishes and decoration.
- Snagging and handover. We walk the finished build with you and put right anything that is not right.
Do I need planning permission for a shed?
Usually not. Most garden sheds fall under permitted development, provided they sit behind the front of the house, stay single storey, cover no more than half the garden, and keep to 2.5 metres in height within two metres of a boundary. Conservation areas and listed buildings have extra restrictions, and parts of Dulwich and Herne Hill are affected. We check this with you at the site visit.
Related builds
We also build garden rooms, garden offices, garden art studios and garden yoga studios.
Book a free site visit
Every CanaCabins build starts with a visit to your garden. We look at access, ground conditions, boundaries and how you want to use the space, then give you an honest estimate with no obligation.
We build across East Dulwich, Dulwich, Peckham, Nunhead, Herne Hill, Camberwell, Forest Hill, Tulse Hill, Brixton, Honor Oak and Crystal Palace.