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Sheds: The outhouse is the new hothouse for homeworkers. Melanie Bien reports on how to find and build the right model

...if you don't want to build a shed yourself and are after something more luxurious - so you don't have to huddle in a sleeping bag in the depths of winter, like Dylan Thomas - you need a properly insulated and heated structure

A popular model is Henley Offices' Compact Office Vista - 6.4 metres square and costing ?5,875. It has double-glazed windows, electric sockets and light fittings, 3.5-inch insulated walls and a carpet.

If you need even more space, a 15 metres sq construction - the Henley Varispace - will set you back ?13,995.

But money spent on a shed is unlikely to be wasted. As well as making life easier for home- workers, a properly built, sizeable model could add 5 per cent to the value of your property, estimates the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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