A different category of garden dwelling.

The Irish garden room category has been allowed to drift. A market that began with genuine craft — bespoke timber structures, site-specific design, honest materials — now trades on aspirational photography and vague compliance language. The buyer, who is spending €75,000 to €165,000, is expected to trust a "from" price, an implied planning exemption, and a photograph of a building they cannot verify exists.

Hortéa is a correction. Three fixed models. Published specifications. Named planning routes with legal references. Fixed prices. The production standard of a building products company applied to a category that has operated like a bespoke service.

We chose three models because three is the number that covers the range of legal routes in Ireland — one that sits comfortably inside Class 1 exemption, one that bridges the extension and annexe routes, and one that is honest about requiring full planning. Any fewer and we leave a buyer without a product; any more and we are selling configuration for its own sake.

The ten-year structural warranty and the lifetime aftercare programme are not marketing. They are the commitments that change how we design and manufacture. A company that services what it sells builds differently from one that does not.