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Garden rooms in Greystones
A fitted, insulated garden room from a Wicklow builder is €13,450 for 3 m × 3 m and €20,950 for 5 m × 4 m, VAT and installation included (East Coast Carpentry). In Greystones, up to 30 m² can go in the back garden without planning if it fits Class 3 (S.I. 338 of 2026); the council is Wicklow County Council.
- €15,950for an insulated, fitted 4 m × 3 m room, incl. VAT and installation, from a Kilcoole firm's own price list (East Coast Carpentry)
- 30 m²the planning-exempt total for garden structures since 27 July 2026, up from 25 m² (S.I. 338 of 2026)
- 59%of people at work in Greystones-Delgany said they work from home (CSO Census 2022)
- 33 pricesfrom 5 sources, read 3 November 2026: the cost guide
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Greystones in numbers
Homes and gardens in Greystones
59% of people at work in Greystones said they work from home, 1st of the twelve Wicklow towns here (41% across the county, 36% nationally). 83% of its 7,636 households live in a house rather than a flat, and 78% own their home. It grew fast: 50% of its homes were built in 2001 or later. 42% of homes have 4 or more bedrooms.
Greystones averages 959 mm of rain a year, 1991–2020 (our mean of Met Éireann's 1 km grid within 3 km of the town, Met Éireann): 10th wettest of the twelve towns here, among the drier of them.
Loghouse.ie's Wicklow showroom is at Glen of the Downs Garden Centre, Co. Wicklow, a short drive from Greystones (Loghouse.ie).
Working from home
Greystones against the other towns
Census 2022, our sums (CSO Census 2022). A garden office is one answer for the people in these figures who don't have a spare room.
Planning
The rules in Greystones
Greystones is Wicklow County Council. Unsure if a room is exempt? Ask the council for a section 5 declaration: the form asks for the €80 fee and your plans and drawings (Wicklow County Council).
- 30 m² in total for the garden room and any shed or greenhouse.
- At least 25 m² of garden left.
- 3 m high with a flat roof, 4 m with a tiled or slated pitched roof.
- Behind the front wall, and not lived in (S.I. 338 of 2026).
On a newer estate, check the house's own planning permission: some remove the usual exemptions. The council can tell you.
Prices
What a garden room costs in Greystones
No garden room firm publishes prices for Greystones alone that we could find on 3 November 2026. These firms that cover Wicklow publish theirs:
| Room | Published price | VAT | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber-clad room, 3 m × 3 m (9 m²) | €13,450 | incl. VAT | East Coast Carpentry |
| Timber-clad room, 4 m × 3 m (12 m²) | €15,950 | incl. VAT | East Coast Carpentry |
| Timber-clad room, 5 m × 4 m (20 m²) | €20,950 | incl. VAT | East Coast Carpentry |
| Composite-clad room, 4 m × 3 m (12 m²) | €18,950 | incl. VAT | East Coast Carpentry |
| Small garden room, 3 m × 2 m (from) | €6,720 | VAT not stated | Loghouse.ie |
| Garden room, 4 m × 4 m | €13,560 | VAT not stated | Loghouse.ie |
| Garden room, 5 m × 5 m | €17,200 | VAT not stated | Loghouse.ie |
Compared
Greystones and the other towns
| Town | People | Homes that are houses | Owner-occupied | Workers who work from home | 4+ bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray | 33,512 | 84% | 68% | 40% | 28% |
| Greystones | 22,009 | 83% | 78% | 59% | 42% |
| Wicklow town | 12,957 | 91% | 73% | 40% | 38% |
| Arklow | 13,399 | 91% | 65% | 26% | 25% |
| Blessington | 5,611 | 86% | 71% | 36% | 34% |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 94% | 79% | 39% | 28% |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 91% | 76% | 32% | 26% |
| Rathnew | 3,482 | 91% | 53% | 25% | 19% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 87% | 60% | 27% | 37% |
| Rathdrum | 2,264 | 92% | 61% | 33% | 29% |
| Enniskerry | 2,000 | 96% | 79% | 56% | 50% |
| Ashford | 1,892 | 96% | 80% | 46% | 42% |
| Co. Wicklow | 155,851 | 90% | 74% | 41% | 37% |
| Ireland | 5,149,139 | 87% | 69% | 36% | 37% |
CSO Census 2022, built-up areas; Greystones is the CSO's Greystones-Delgany and Wicklow town is the CSO's Wicklow. Houses: private households in a house or bungalow, not a flat. Work from home: people at work who said they work from home, out of those who answered. Shares are our sums.
Cost check
What a garden room costs for your size
Two taps: the kind of build and roughly how big. The answer is a published Wicklow or Irish price for that size.
Published price for your size
€15,950
East Coast Carpentry's own price for a timber-clad room, 4 m × 3 m (12 m²), VAT included. It includes delivery and installation, the insulated frame, an EPDM roof, double glazing, laminate flooring, internal electrics and a heater; the armoured power cable to your fuse board is quoted separately.
- A ground screw foundation is from €90 to €110 a m² (Loghouse.ie).
- Power from the house is from €15 a metre of cable (Loghouse.ie), and it has to be done by a Registered Electrical Contractor (CRU).
- Avant Money's national guide gives €13,500 to €17,500 for a medium room, 4 m × 4 m to 5 m × 5 m.
How this is worked out
Timber cabin: Loghouse.ie's listed price for that size, or the nearest listed size where the answer says so; at 12 m², where none is listed, the area times their brochure rate of €900 to €1,200 a m² for smaller rooms. Insulated rooms: East Coast Carpentry's own price for that size, VAT, delivery and installation included. The multiplication is ours. Prices read on 3 November 2026. It's an estimate, never a quote.
See it first
A garden room in your own garden
Take a photo from the back door, pick the cladding and the front, and see a room at the end of your garden before anyone quotes. Free, in under a minute.
- Upload a photo, or answer 4 questions.
- We pass it to one company that covers your part of Wicklow.
- They ring you with a written price.
Preview of your photo, not a guarantee. Your photo goes to Google's Gemini service to make the picture and isn't kept.
Before you choose a spot
- Measure the garden. At least 25 m² of it has to stay open for the room to be exempt.
- Check how far the spot is from the house: the power cable runs that distance, and it's priced separately.
- Look at side access. Panels and a base have to get through.
- On a sloping hillside garden, ask about the base before anything else.
Free quote
Get a price in 4 taps
Tap what you need and leave your number. It goes to one garden room company that covers your part of Wicklow, and they ring you back to arrange a look at the garden and a written price.
FAQ
Greystones questions
How much is a garden room in Greystones?
East Coast Carpentry in Kilcoole publishes €13,450 for a fitted 3 m × 3 m room and €20,950 for 5 m × 4 m, VAT and installation included. A timber cabin from Loghouse.ie starts at €6,720.
Do I need planning permission for a garden room in Greystones?
Not if it fits Class 3: 30 m² in total, 25 m² of garden left, 3 m high with a flat roof, and not lived in (S.I. 338 of 2026). The council is Wicklow County Council.
Do you cover all of Greystones?
Yes. Requests from Greystones and around it go to one garden room company that covers your part of Wicklow.
How many people work from home in Greystones?
5,392 people at work in Greystones said they work from home in Census 2022, 59% of those who answered (CSO Census 2022).
Nearby
Towns with similar figures, and the cost guide
Where these numbers come from (4 public sources, checked 3 November 2026)
- S.I. No. 338 of 2026: Class 1 extensions to 45 m² and Class 3 sheds and garden structures to 30 m² (Dublin City Council summary)
- CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by built-up area and county
- Met Éireann 1991–2020 average rainfall, 1 km grid
- CRU, electrical works in your home (read 2 Nov 2026)
Sources (4)
Prices and facts on this page were checked against these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.
- East Coast Carpentry: eastcoastcarpentry.ie
- Loghouse.ie: loghouse.ie
- Wicklow County Council: wicklow.ie
- Avant Money: avantmoney.ie