This guide is shared for customers to undertand our normal schedule of works in building your Kingdom Room
PREPARATION
We start by creating a secure online management folder for your order. This allows our team real-time access when needed with reduced use of paper. We can also share the survey notes with you if requested.
Provisional Orders have key products provisionally ordered with suppliers, securing current prices.
Whilst we give extensive advice and cover more at the time of a survey, any permissions required remain your responsability. If you have any concerns, we will place your order on hold until these are addressed and satisfied. Our planning consultant can, on request, assist with specifit projects. (After initial free advice, a fee will apply).
YOUR CHECKLIST
We recommend that you check your proposed buildings compliance for:
Visit the Government Portal for current applicable regulations for any required consent, rules, or permissions that the proposed structure may require.
Tree Protection Orders. (TPO). Even if in another nearby garden this could affect your build.
Permitted Development Rights. (PDR) These are the open planning rules that allow most garden buildings to be built. If PDRs have been withdrawn (often on newer developments), you may require Planning Permission.
Covenants. Some properties have restrictions, known as covenants on their deeds to restrict what you an and cannot do.
Developers Permission. (PD) Developers, often of new housing estates often ask that you seek their written permission before installing a garden building.
Properties in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or a Conservation Area or with a Listed Status may need Planning Permission. Permissions also apply if on a Flood Plain or living with a Protected Species on your plot.
We suggest that as a courtesy, you inform neighbours of your plans. Please inform us immediately if any concerns arise that could affect this project.
SURVEY
We arrange a site survey with you to collect the site information that we require. Good news, you can make as many changes as you like on survey, to your initial order is not final.
We will require you to be there to agree on the final position of the building and to discuss any required details. You may also be asked to approve the colours of items such as flooring, cladding or blinds.
Our survey will involve ensuring that you understand the order, confirming any changes to be made, assessing risk and access on site and confirming any regulatory requirements.
Please inform our surveyor of any potential concerns or risks not already noted in your proposal document. Full contact details and holiday dates to avoid too.
Inform us if you have any utilities such as electricity cables or pipes near this construction.
This is your last opportunity to make changes to your order as many elements will be ordered immediately, with some not changeable.
If you require any changes, ask our Surveyor for a VOC – Variation on Contract. This is a written confirmation that we accept your enquiry to make a change and when able to confirm, any cost difference, which we would then ask you to sign to authorise.
Some elements of your build can be agreed upon during the build stage with your input. This includes positions of internal walls, lights, switches and sockets. You must inform us of dimension at this point for any key furniture that may affect window, door and wall positions.
If your order includes electrics, we provide our Electricians with your order and contact details to arrange a Prestart Electrical Survey. This is to confirm the suitability of any existing consumer unit and route options for cables through your property and garden. You are welcome to discuss any additional requirements for electrical products or services with them. Any additional costs will need to be agreed upon by you and will be added to your order balance.
ORDERING
Once we have the required information, we will set upon ordering the materials that we require. Once ordered (based upon the survey), many items cannot be changed without you incurring additional cost.
SCHEDULING
When material deliveries are confirmed, our Construction Manager will make contact to discuss a start date for your build. Provisional start dates are often offered as a date that we work to but these are subject to change until we confirm an exact start date with you. We will work with you and will only start your build on a mutually agreeable date.
BASE
Our preferred base is ground screws. These are often installed 2-3 weeks before we start building. In some cases where conditions will not allow screws, we will use Easypads (alongside or instead of) which can be installed prior to or at the start of our build. Our Construction manager will arrange a convient time with you to do this.
BUILDING ARRIVAL
We often have your building on site 2-3 weeks before we aim to start. This works if issues such as Covid or issues elsewhere allows your installation to start earlier. Our SIP construction is very weather resistant in the short term. We do however stand these materials off the ground and can cover them with tarpaulins. Again, our Construction Manager will arrange with you for a team to unload this.
SITE
We respect the fact that this is usually a home too. Whilst we will need to agree on areas with you for storage and working, we will use ground sheets (where feasible) and other precautionary materials in order to keep disruption to a minimum.
We will carry out a final clean too when finished but be aware, that some areas of grass may suffer temporary damage whilst working upon them.
Welfare facilities (toilet and hand wash facility) will be needed for our teams and contractors on site. Whilst many customers are happy to benefit from a cost saving and let us use theirs, your proposal does include the additional cost for us to supply a welfare unit.
If you are loosing a shed or storeage for a while, ask us for boards and a tarpaulin whilst we can drop off for free to keep items dry during the build.
CREATION
Our ‘Creators’ will erect your building very quickly, with the floor, sides and roof up normally within 48 hours of starting. Most builds take around 2 weeks from the creation start to our finish. Weather can affect our work but with no issue working in the cold and gazebos for some rain shelter, our works progress faster in more adverse weather than a conventional build.
If you would like our rodent mest to extend into teh ground, you can dig a trench around the building at this time for us to use. Extreme slopes and ground conditions may not allow the use of rodent mesh.
You can have your own Grafitti Party. If you have said ‘Yes’ to a party, our team will have a FREE Pack ready at the end of our first build day for you. This is guaranteed to bring a smile, even when your artwork is covered over. Please do tag us and share any photos or videos onto our social media pages.
PAYMENTS
If you have placed a Provisional Order, we will not spend funds on any aspect of your order or confirm an exact start date. Once the balance of your deposit is received, this beocmes a full order and we will commence as detailed.
Your first stage payment is due one week prior to the building structure (SIP) is delivered to site.
Your full second stage payment is due once we have adhered the roof covering onto your building. Prolonged wet weather may delay this covering until after the end of the rest of the build. In this case we may request a partial stage payment.
Your balance (and usually any extras you have authorised) once we have completed your Kingdom Room. Payments and when due are stated on your order. Invoices may be released to you in advance.
Our works usually fall into this order:
- Complete Survey
- Install base
- Deliver SIP Structure
- Erect structure
- Your Grafitti Party time…
- Install windows and doors
- Seal with a roof covering.
- Membrane and batten walls ready for cladding
- Agree and build any internal wall positions with customer.
- First fix electrics – We need you here as this is where we run the cable to and locate your sockets and lights. Pacing the newly erected building will help but we do recommend thinking about where you want sockets in advance.
- Plasterboard the walls to cover the cables and plaster. Directly when dry enough is a good time for whitewash paint to be applied to aid adhesion of the final paint covering on plaster.
- Flooring and skirting once the plaster is dry (we may be off-site a few days to avoid laminate being laid in a damp area).
- Second fix electrics – lightings, switches and sockets are installed and the cable and building are connected to your supply (we need access to your house now).
- Painting, which is normally undertaken by the customer. You may find it easier to apply a ‘Mist coat’ prior to us installing flooring and second fix electrics.
- Final building and site clean with an inspection. Our team will know what to look for and address any issues. If unable to complete there and then, a return ‘snagging visit’ will be arranged with you.
- ‘Sign Off’. We visit to make a final inspection, collect any feedback and share mainentance and user tips for the building.
- Your Insurance Underwritten Guarantee can be activated by us once we receive your final payment.
Some customers take on specific tasks such as electrics, using friends to help find savings. You are welcome to do this but we need to know in advance to ensure that all trades can be aligned.
NOSTALGIA, FUN AND LUCK
Before we secure plasterboard in place, give our Creators on-site a current newspaper, letter or story with photos that we can bury into a wall as your own time capsule. This must be no more than 2cm thick.
Eat your heart out Banksy. If you ask, our team will present you with a FREE Grafitti Pack once we erect the structure for your very own Grafitti Party. Unfortunatley, your priceless artwork externally or internally will be covered by our finishing works. …But great fun with friends and family. Catch previous art on our Socials.
DELAYS
We will commuicate any delays with you. Illness on site or with customers can cause details or short notice movement of our teams. Industry shortages can cause issues in build times. To address this we would have obtained your windows, doors, roof and claddings many weeks before needed. We have a storage facility where we also retain a stock of timber for this purpose.
WASTE AND RECYCLING
As your building is factory-built, waste is minimal. You will be asked if we can leave separated waste paper, cardboard and plastic for disposal through your own recycling capability. If not, we will remove these from the site and recycle them along with Timber, and metal. Actual waste we cannot recycle, such as plasterboard is disposed of through a specialist. We carry a current Waste Transfer licence for waste removal.
DECORATION
Many customers paint the interior themselves in order to save costs and be involved in the build. We recommend firstly applying a ‘mist coat’ (watered-down white emulsion), as this helps with the adhesion of paint to new plaster. As this can be messy, applying this when plaster is drying or dry and before we lay the flooring. Then using dustsheets, apply the final coats of emulsions to the ceiling and walls and paint to skirting boards once the floor is laid. Unless stated, your building will not include internal painting.
COMPLETION
On completion and upon receipt of your final payment we will complete it for you or email you details of your Insurance Backed Guarantee. Follow the link for your insurance policy coverage included in your order.
We will also provide links to leave a review, which is invaluable to us and other potential customers.
The email will also include a link to maintaining your new Kingdom Room. If you have opted for Redwood Cedar, we do recommend that you apply an additional coat of Rustins Danish oil within 6 months of completion.
We certainly recommend insuring your new building. Your current insurer may do this for Free as garden buildings are often covered anyway. It’s best to check with them and state the value.
GUARANTEE
Once we receive your final payment we activate your 10-Year Kingdom Rooms guarantee.
You will also be forwarded a link to complete your Independent Insurance Underwritten Guarantee from The Consumer Protection Association.
At this point, we will ask for any reviews that you may be happy to provide to Trustatrader and Google as these are extremely helpful and honest reviews that could guide others considering a purchase.
AND FINALLY
We rely on reviews and referrals, so please do show off your new Kingdom Room to others and pass us details of anyone that is interested. We are happy to reward you for referrals received that result in an order. Email Andy@kingdomrooms.com with details of anyone that may be interested. Should they order we will pay you or your chosen charity £200.
