Garden house as a basement replacement room?

Fails due to the approval.
A small garden shed is great, but especially if bicycles are supposed to go in there too, there quickly isn't any room left for a workshop.
I would definitely build with a basement; for me, a house without a basement is only half a house.

I thought that's what the Pirelli calendar mentioned by 11ant is for, it can really warm your heart. ;-)

When I am standing at the circular saw, all my attention is on the wood to be worked on. And that is a good thing.

But then of course the question is what you do with the saved-up technical room.

Well, there are at most only structural limits to imagination here. For us, part of the "saved" technical room became a pantry. Another part allowed us to have a spacious wardrobe niche in the hallway. And the third part enlarged the guest bathroom so that there is now also enough room for a large walk-in shower.

We used to have a large basement and now we don't have one anymore. I only miss it a little. The technical room is 9 sqm and easily accommodates, besides the washing machine, all the shoes. The garage has a 9-sqm extension, intended as a workshop. Built on the boundary line, the included window had to be planned out. In this cool hole, only items are now stored. A 9-sqm garden shed, nicely sturdy, good windows, thick wood, etc., now takes on the rest of the functions.
A sauna in the garden really isn't that easy. If space is tight in the house, take a look at the S1 from Klafs, which comes in several sizes.
For us, many garden sheds are not built in the first year. Afterwards, one could say it is at least seen more casually.

Best regards

Gabriele

Sauna in the garden is really not that easy.

Why not?

Why not?

Because a sauna is a living area and is subject to completely different conditions than typical garden boundary structures.