Garden room manufacturer · Lordship, Co. Louth
Garden Rooms, Garden Offices & Garden Homes in Co. Louth
Built in Lordship from Irish timber. Made in Ireland. Come and stand inside one before you buy.
Manufactured at our own yard on the Dundalk–Carlingford road. Garden rooms from €4,500. One-bedroom garden homes with kitchenette and shower room from €12,500.
- Irish-grown timber
- Made on site, not imported
- Demo unit open to view
- 7-day yard weather test
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Carlingford-Cabins.ie manufactures garden rooms, garden offices and one-bedroom garden homes at Rampark Grove, Lordship, Co. Louth, A91 Y7HH, on the main Dundalk to Carlingford road (R173). Garden rooms start at €4,500 for a 12ft by 8ft unit. The one-bedroom garden home is €12,500. The yard at Lordship is open Monday to Friday from 10am, Saturday from 11am and Sunday from 11.30am, and a finished demo one-bed home is on site to walk through. We take calls outside opening hours on 085 746 1680. Every unit is built from timber grown and harvested in Ireland.
Why homeowners choose us
The range
Garden rooms and garden homes — built from Irish timber, priced honestly
We publish our prices because we've nothing to hide. Most garden-room companies make you fill in a form to find out what things cost.
Using it as an office? You can reclaim the VAT.
Where the unit is used as an office, clients who are registered for VAT can reclaim the VAT content. It turns a €4,500 garden room into an allowable business expense rather than a cost out of after-tax income — worth knowing if you're self-employed and working off the kitchen table.
Please confirm your own position with your accountant. VAT invoices are issued as standard.
Size & price
How big is your garden room?
Slide along to see an indicative price. These are starting figures — Austin will give you an exact quote for your garden.
Indicative price
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Starting figure based on a standard build. Final price depends on spec, site and finish — confirmed in your exact quote.
The big question
Do I need planning permission for a garden room in Ireland?
In most cases, no. Most garden rooms fall under exempted development and do not need planning permission, provided they meet conditions on size, height, use and distance from boundaries.
The general principles are: the room must be for a use incidental to the main house (an office, a studio, a den — not separate self-contained living accommodation without permission), it must stay within height limits, keep a set distance from boundaries, and not reduce the remaining garden space below a minimum area. The exact figures and your own site conditions matter — so always confirm before you build.
Important: This is general guidance, not planning advice. Please confirm your own site with Louth County Council or a planning consultant before you build. We can help you read the rules — but the decision is yours and your council's.
The quick checklist
- Used for a purpose incidental to the house (office, studio, gym)
- Within the height limits for exempted garden buildings
- Set back from boundaries by the required distance
- Doesn't reduce the remaining garden below the minimum area
- Not used as separate, self-contained living accommodation without permission
Full, verified rules and a link to the official source on our planning permission guide page.
How it's made
We manufacture it. We don't import it.
Most garden-room companies resell imported flat-pack kits. We grow, cut and build at our own yard in Lordship from Irish timber. That's the difference you can stand inside.
Irish-grown timber
Grown and harvested in Ireland, worked at our own yard.
Double foil insulation
Fully insulated with double foil insulation.
Double-glazed windows
Fixed front windows and a tilt-and-turn UPVC window in the door.
One continuous roof
A single roof covering keeps it watertight through an Irish winter.
7-day yard test
Every shed stands in our yard for seven days before it leaves.
The Carlingford Cabins Promise
We build every unit to last an Irish winter and stand over our work — every shed stands in our yard for seven days before it leaves, so we know it's watertight and stable in the wind before you ever see it. VAT invoices are issued as standard. The exact guarantee terms are confirmed with Austin on enquiry — we won't promise something vague on a €12,500 purchase. Ask us, and you'll get a straight answer.
Who we are
Built at our own yard, not shipped in
We are Carlingford-Cabins.ie, and we build every garden room and garden home at our own yard in Lordship, from timber grown and harvested right here in Ireland. We have been making garden buildings long enough to know what survives an Irish winter — and what doesn't.
Most of what you see online these days is imported flat-pack, shipped in and screwed together in a day. That is not what we do. We cut, we insulate, we line it in pine, we put a proper roof on it. You are welcome to come and stand inside the finished one-bed home at the yard and see for yourself.
If you are spending real money on something permanent in your garden, you should talk to the people who build it. That is us. Ring us, or call in any day we are open.
— Carlingford-Cabins.ie, Lordship, Co. Louth.
Call us on 085 746 1680Visit the yard
You wouldn't buy a car without sitting in it.
Almost nobody in this category lets you walk into the finished product before you buy. We do. The demo one-bedroom garden home is on site at Lordship — come and stand inside it.
Rampark Grove, Rampark, Lordship, Co. Louth, A91 Y7HH, Ireland
on the main Dundalk to Carlingford road (R173), Lordship
Opening hours
Closed now · tomorrow at 10am · Call anyway on 085 746 1680| Monday | 10am – 4:30pm |
| TuesdayToday | 10am – 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 10am – 5pm |
| Thursday | 10am – 5pm |
| Friday | 10am – 5pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 4:30pm |
| Sunday | 11:30am – 4:30pm |
Bank holidays closed.
Outside these hours, call us anyway — we take service and sales calls on either number.
About 10 minutes from Dundalk town, out the Carlingford road (R173).
How we compare
Carlingford Cabins vs a flat-pack kit vs a block extension
| Carlingford Cabins | Imported flat-pack kit | Builder's block extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From €4,500 | From €3,000 + your build cost | From €25,000+ |
| Lead time | Made to order at our yard | Weeks, but you build it | Months |
| Planning permission | Usually exempted | Same rules apply | Usually required |
| Insulation | Double foil, year-round | Often thin or optional | To building regs |
| Who builds it | We do — at our yard | You, from a kit | A builder, for weeks |
| See one first | Yes — demo unit open to view | Rarely | No, it's not built yet |
| Aftercare | Talk to Austin directly | A foreign helpdesk | The builder, if available |
All comparison claims are based on our build standard and the general characteristics of flat-pack kits and block extensions. Ask Austin if you'd like any claim verified.
Every shed stands in our yard for seven days before it leaves
Every shed we build stands in our yard for a minimum of seven days before it leaves, so we know it's watertight and stable in the wind before you ever see it.
It's a specific, verifiable quality claim that no importer of flat-pack kits can make — they can't, because their sheds are never built in their own yard.
- Manufactured in 8ft × 4ft pods
- Fully lined
- Minimum 7 days standing in the yard before dispatch, for watertightness and stability under wind conditions
Shop
Sheds, planters, tables & benches
Garden planters — fully stocked & lined
Photos coming shortly
Photos coming shortly
Tables & benches — set deal
One table & two benches
Manufactured from 4 inch × 2 inch fully tanalised lumber. Demo units are 6ft long, made to suit the client's own requirements.
- Bought separately (table + 2 benches)
- €850
- Set price
- €750
- Current sale — 10% off the set
- €675
Table on its own €350 · Bench on its own €250. VAT invoices issued as standard.
Parasol not included.
Online checkout coming soon — for now, call 085 746 1680 to order any item. VAT invoices issued as standard.
Flatpack delivery
Delivered flatpack. Assembled in under 30 minutes.
Carlingford-Cabins.ie now supplies units in flatpack form. Our first flatpack project was three units for clients in Rock Corry, Co. Monaghan. The video shows a 9ft × 8ft garden shed going from unpacked and laid out to fully assembled in under 30 minutes.
Assembly time
Under 30 minutes — once unpacked and laid out. A 9ft × 8ft garden shed, start to finish.
We can deliver further afield
Flatpack means we can reach gardens a crew and a truck wouldn't easily get to.
Two people and an afternoon
Rather than a full crew on site for days — it goes up fast with two of you.
Still built and weather-tested in Lordship
Every unit is built and stands in our yard before it's ever packed.
How it works
From your garden to a finished room — four steps
Tell us your size and use
Garden office, room or one-bed home — and roughly how big.
Visit the yard or send a photo
Come and stand inside the demo unit, or send us a photo of your garden.
We build it at Lordship
Every unit is manufactured at our own yard from Irish timber.
We deliver and install
We bring it to your garden and install it. Ask Austin about your base.
Step 4 details: ask Austin whether a concrete base is needed for your product — the one-bed garden home is built on the customer's own concrete foundations.
FAQ
Questions, answered straight
Your garden is bigger than you think.
An office that's actually quiet. A room of your own for a parent or a grown child. A proper shed that lasts. It starts with a phone call or a four-field form — and Austin rings you back himself.
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