Music and recording
The room was commissioned as a dedicated garden space for music and recording.
CHESHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE · ACOUSTIC MUSIC STUDIO CASE STUDY
Acoustic garden music studio in Chesham
A compact garden studio for music and recording, built around a challenging site.
This was a Garden Spaces project. Costi and his team carried out the studio building work on behalf of Garden Spaces.
- Location
- Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- External dimensions
- 3.48m × 3.25m
- Recorded floor area
- 8.5m²
- Purpose
- Music & recording
01 / THE BRIEF
Space for music.
Care through the build.
The customer commissioned Garden Spaces to create a soundproofed music and recording studio. Their review describes a small site, difficult access and persistent rain during the February build.
Paul Baldock prepared the plans and drawings. Costi completed the studio build, with the customer praising his experience and professionalism.
02 / LAYOUT & DRAWINGS
A compact footprint.
A considered layout.
The published internal dimensions are 3.0m × 2.8m, with a recorded floor area of 8.5m². The original drawing shows the main room and entrance steps.
Original Garden Spaces project drawings. The visualisation illustrates the design; the photograph gallery shows the actual building.
03 / PROJECT DETAILS
Ready for
creative work.
The photographs show a timber-clad exterior, glazed entrance, garden-facing window and a finished interior with ceiling lighting, sockets and wall-mounted climate control.
The recorded maximum internal height is 2.1m; the maximum external height is 2.5m.
Glazing and access
The photographs show a glazed outer entrance, an internal doorway and a garden-facing window.
04 / CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Professionalism
throughout.
The complete customer review is reproduced below, including its account of the earlier shed work and the subsequent studio build.
We arranged for Garden Spaces to build a soundproofed music/recording studio at the beginning of this year. Paul Baldock created very helpful plans and drawings and was attentive to our requirements. This was a challenging build on a very small site , with difficult access and continuous rain in February! However, we were very fortunate to have Costi completing the studio build for us , who was very experienced and demonstrated professionalism throughout. Overall we are very pleased with the outcome.
There were some difficulties prior to the construction of the studio, where Garden Spaces built a new shed base and erected a small shed, in preparation of the studio progressing. This did not go as smoothly, but it was a different group of individuals on this part of the job, from those who built the studio. Karl from Garden Spaces visited and arranged for the issues to be resolved.
Following the stressful start we were apprehensive about the works commencing on the studio, but from day 1 of the build we were reassured and very pleased by the professionalism of Costi and the team and it was a very different experience from part 1 of the build and we would happily recommend them to others (and have already done so). Our initial apprehension following the earlier problems were alleviated by the fact that our concerns were taken seriously, leading to the positive experience with the studio build team. Following completion there were a few minor snagging issues but again these were very quickly resolved.
Minnitt · Chesham, Buckinghamshire
05 / PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHS
Explore the studio.
Inside and out.
Select a photograph to open its full-size view.
Original project photographs and drawings: Garden Spaces. Studio building work: Costi and his team for Garden Spaces.
06 / PROJECT QUESTIONS
A few useful answers.
Where is this music studio?
Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
What size is the building?
The published external dimensions are 3.48m × 3.25m, with an 8.5m² recorded internal floor area.
Who carried out the studio build?
Costi and his team carried out the studio building work for Garden Spaces. The review identifies the earlier shed work as being by a different group.
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