Zen FlowKinhin style
Zen Flow · Kinhin Gym
A training space with doors that fold back onto the deck for fresh air.
- Floor designed for equipment loads
- Bi-fold doors to decking
5.0 × 4.0 m · 20 m²
Provisional guide from
£34,000
Zen Fitness · Garden gyms
A personal training environment, built around you.
Whether it's strength training, yoga or functional fitness, create a space dedicated to feeling your best, just a few steps from the back door.
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Designed for load
Base and floor designed for racks, platforms and dropped weights.
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Fresh air
Folding or sliding doors that open the whole room to the garden.
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Headroom planned early
Internal height balanced against height limits near boundaries.
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Your kit, your music
Sockets, screens and storage planned around your equipment.
Train in the garden
Open the doors and step outside.
Our Kinhin style suits gyms beautifully: doors fold back onto a deck so sessions can spill outside on good days, while the canopy gives shade and shelter.
Tell us how you train and what you'll install. We'll design the floor, ventilation, lighting and storage around it, and plan for a small changing area or an outdoor shower if you'd like one.
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Zen SanctuaryKinhin style
Zen Sanctuary · Wellness
A relaxation room with an integrated sauna option, outdoor shower and decking.
- Sauna room option
- Deck and outdoor shower
6.0 × 4.0 m · 24 m²
Provisional guide from
£45,000
Provisional indicative guide prices, including VAT. Final pricing depends on specification, site access, foundations and installation requirements, and is confirmed in a written quotation after a site survey.
Planning the space
What we'll plan with you
- Equipment list and space around each piece
- Floor build-up and resilient gym surface
- Ceiling height for presses and pull-ups
- Ventilation and air conditioning
- Mirrors, lighting and sound
- Storage that keeps the floor clear
Will the floor take heavy gym equipment?
We design the floor build-up for the intended use. Tell us what you plan to install, such as a rack, platform or treadmill, and we'll design the base and floor to suit.
Do I need planning permission for a garden room?
Often not, but it depends on your property and the design. In England, many garden rooms can be built under permitted development rights for outbuildings, without a planning application, as long as they meet a set of conditions. The main ones are:
- Single storey, and not in front of the principal elevation of the house.
- No more than 2.5 m high overall if it sits within 2 m of a boundary. Further from the boundary, up to 4 m with a dual-pitched roof or 3 m with other roofs, and eaves no higher than 2.5 m.
- Outbuildings and extensions together cover no more than half the land around the original house.
- Used for purposes incidental to the house, such as an office, gym or studio, not as separate living or sleeping accommodation.
- Any raised decking or platform no more than 30 cm above the ground.
Different rules apply to listed buildings, flats and maisonettes, and to homes in national parks (including Dartmoor and Exmoor), National Landscapes (formerly AONBs), conservation areas and World Heritage Sites. Some homes also have permitted development rights removed by an earlier planning condition or an Article 4 direction.
We check this at your site assessment. If you'd like formal certainty, you can apply to your council for a Lawful Development Certificate, or make a planning application where one is needed. We can help you with either. This is general guidance, not legal advice.
How long does a project take?
It depends on the size of the studio, groundworks, access, the specification you choose and lead times for glazing and specialist items. Approvals, where needed, add time before work can start. We'll give you a realistic programme in your written proposal, so you know the timeline before you commit, and we'll keep you updated if anything changes.
What foundations do you use?
We choose the base after surveying your ground. Options include ground screws, concrete pads or a concrete slab. The right choice depends on soil, slope, tree roots, drainage and the weight of what will go inside, such as gym equipment or a sauna.
Ready to talk about your studio?
Tell us a little about your garden and what you'd like to create. We'll come back to you with ideas, guidance and an indicative budget.
Begin here
Build the gym you'll actually use.
Tell us what you'd love to create. We'll help you explore the possibilities.
We design and install across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, subject to site access and scheduling. Further afield? Ask us. Larger projects are considered case by case.