Log Cabin Garden House Iris 3.6m x 2.7m

Trade Tested and Iris Log Cabins take a bow. The shed arrived well packaged and installation was without hitch. It looks and feels absolutely perfect. I used and recommend the protective oil also supplied by Trade Tested. Just would have liked more information on the requirements for the foundation. But all worked out well. I have a wonderful addition to my garden.

Got this as a home-office/sleep out. It was relatively easy to install, even for newbies like us. Getting everything square, understanding the instructions (not in "real" English) and getting the roof on where the main challenges. We have since got it powered and had a proper roof installed. Otherwise, really happy with the result!

I have to say, without much building experience, this cabin was very easy to assemble. It took x2 solid days, excluding a seperate day of setting piles and foundation work. The materials are great quality, communication with Tradetested was great also. It arrived with weather-proof flatpack which was great also, as it bought us time to set a free weekend to assemble it. The French doors and window provide plenty of light, with the ability to cut out a space for another window at a later stage. Plenty of extra materials, nails and screws were also provided. We have recommended this to many friends and work colleagues, and have received loafs of positive comments, particularly around the value for money. Thank you to the Auckland staff at Tradetested, great service.

It has taken me less than a day to assemble the structure of the cabin and then a mother morning to add the roof. I have done all of this by myself, without any assistance, and it is very doable. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. The product itself is well manufactured and of good quality. Very happy with the purchase!

Alsoom cabin, I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to live in

Easy to assemble. Also come with spare parts. The customer service is really good.

I'm sad to say that as cute as this cabin is, it's been a problem from the beginning. Some timber was damaged when it was delivered. Our cabin came with the doors already put together which seemed like a bonus, however with all this rain we have had there has been leaks in so many places on the doors, so I am not a happy person. Very disappointed.

Easy to assemble and great hobby room

I found the review comments very useful pre-purchase. So hopefully you find this commentary helpful. The build process was really easy and quick. I spent time getting the foundations right using piles, bearers and stainless fixings. I also fixed polythene to the ground for moisture protection. It was useful having the plans prior to delivery so the foundation could be laid. On arrival I extracted the joists from the pack and painted them to assist the pretreated timber. They were then fixed to the bearers. It wasn’t clear in the instructions how to fix the joists. So as well as 90mm screws, I also used Stainless straps (not included) to secure bearers and joists to the walls. I also purchased some wood treatment for the underside of the floor boards and some Expol under floor insulation. The building of the wall’s was quick. The roof did take time, and because I secured the roof panels with two nails, I did run out.. The instructions weren’t clear. Next step was the roof felt. There were a lot of nails used and I did have to climb onto the roof to secure it. Once built we painted the outside of the timber straight away. A few weeks later we have had trouble aligning the doors so they lock properly, and have added an additional lock. To reduce cost I installed some solar lights for the cabin. OverallI I am still very happy with my purchase and have resolved issues.

Ordered this for a sleepout/ home office/ breakout space to add some much needed space to our house. We’ve just been able to construct it and build it ahead of the recent weather lashing kapiti coast just had. Instructions are a little vague, but easy enough to understand and work out with a bit of thought to review the drawings and fixings schedule. The longest part of this build was getting the foundation pad level and making sure the supplied joists and base pieces were square. After that me and a friend got the entire main wall structure up in a couple of hours. It’s super easy to do and a really fun build. The roof and floor took a little longer due to all the hand nailing and hammering. But from a bare pad to a fully weatherproof cabin in 8 hours with 2 people, it’s well worth the effort. We set this up on a pad of compressed basecourse, with a DPM across the whole thing. Treated the floorboards and lower sections of the wall before installing too. We weren’t able to add on the barge boards or fascias and paint it before the storm hit, but even after some torrential rain, we had zero leaks except for one small bit on the wall facing the heavy rain, and that was due to a knot right on the joint. Nothing a bit of seal and paint can’t fix. Only niggle was that one of the hinge caps on the window was rusty when it arrived, but a quick email later and they shipped out some replacements for me. Something else to consider is the threshold piece east into the joist space for fixing the floorboards, so we constructed a small cleat using a spare bit of supplied timber and trimmed some floorboards by about 18mm and all was grand. Super happy with the product and the customer service, both pre, and post delivery. Highly recommend.