“Absolutely delighted with the service. Good communication throughout the delivery process and the administration was very straightforward. Easy to understand instructions and overall a value for money product which I would recommend”
“Excellent building we built in lockdown and was best thing we have ever done! Transformed our garden experience and a cool alternative to going to the pub for a wine on a Friday night ! Easy to build and have thoroughly enjoyed decorating”
“The communication with Tuin prior to ordering was very good and delivery was well organised and professional. I decided to use precast concrete 150x125 kerbs as a footing and poured a concrete base within the kerbs at a level allowing for insulation and floor board to finish flush with the door threshold. Once the composite foundation beam was fixed to the kerbs, the cabin was easy to erect. The machining of all the elements were spot on and the pre-prepared windows and door are excellent. I managed to build the cabin and install the roof boards alone in two, short winter days however, it would have been much easier with two! The quality of the timber is really good and evidently slow grown with little to no warping or twisting. The 58mm thick sections are reassuringly heavy and the completed structure looks and feels solid. I opted to construct a warm roof with a hidden box gutter using 70mm and 50mm PIR insulation board and 11mm OSB for the deck (all purchased separately). I havent fitted the epdm rubber roof yet but have a temporary visqueen cover to protect the osb for the time being. Up to now I have been really impressed with everything in regard to this cabin from my first correspondence with Tuin, the quality of the product, accuracy of the kit and the finished(ish) look and feel of the new space. I will update once fully finished, treated and painted. Thanks Tuin!”
“No use warbling on . I ordered my log cabin.It was delivered exactly when they said it would. Guy who delivered it was very helpful. All parts were there and undamaged . Quality was superb. Absolutely no complaints”
“What a great garden room this is. The best advice I would give anybody considering a log cabin would be to read (and re-read) the free articles from Tuin, especially those regarding foundations, log expansion and treatments. With this information the build went smoothly and was enjoyable. There were some initial delays with the order but this was in the first lockdown when demand went through the roof! Also, the roof covering had been left off the delivery, but this was supplied within a couple of days once the omission was reported. We chose ground screws and composite 4 x 2s (supplied elsewhere) for the foundation ring beam (don't forget to check for underground services) This took 3 of us a day but a fair part of that was doubling up the 4 x 2s to become 4 x 4s The build of the cabin was completed in less than 2 days and most of that was single-handed. We opted for EPDM as the roof covering and this took a further half-day for 2 of us, but was very satisfying to fit and will hopefully last much longer than the other offerings. Some uPVC guttering from the local DIY store was fixed at the lower edge to complete the outside work We created a suspended floor of composite 4 x 2s and 18mm plywood over a thick damp-proof membrane with 100mm Celotex as insulation. All mains electrics were in uPVC conduit to allow for the movement in the logs. We did replace the lock with a higher security Yale euro unit and one criticism would be that the door bolts for the second door are a bit below par - we wanted to swap these out but they are an unusually small size and there is not much timber to take bigger ones. There were a couple of leaks around the opening windows when we had heavy downpours but these were solved with some clear silicone sealant. Another criticism is that the windows were siliconed in from the factory (even though they say they are not) which means, if you want to finish the cabin in a dark colour you have to remove the glass to paint the inner edges of the beads and this is much more difficult when it has been siliconed in. We are into our second spring with this cabin now and it still looks as good as the day it was finished. Our intentions are to re-treat the outside every spring to make it last as long as we can. We are over the moon with this log cabin and would recommend to anyone thinking about buying one, to go for it.”
“No issues with the cabin. There was a delay with delivery but they emailed to let me know this in advance. No complaints with this log cabin and it has made a great home office set up for me.”
“As other reviewers have said, the Victoria is really well made and we are really pleased with our purchase. The instructions and blogs are really helpful and clear and if the weather had been kinder we would have completed construction in a weekend including insulating the roof and floor with 50mm insulation board. Only hiccup was the EPDM supplied was cut to the wrong size so I had to buy a replacement but all sorted eventually. You wont regret buying this cabin, it looks great and is a really solid build.”
