How To Get A Quotation For An Outdoor Classroom

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We are very fortunate to get a lot of schools contacting us to say that they are interested in an outdoor classroom or shelter for their school and their outdoor learning programme. Quite rightly a lot of them ask how much are they?

Whilst we would love to publish a set price list, it is quite difficult to do so – let me explain why. First of all, we pride ourselves on offering perhaps one of the most comprehensive and diverse ranges of outdoor classrooms in the UK and in addition, we offer many variables and optional extras which a school can elect to have. Especially our eco options. Even when we have a school’s “wish list” for the specification of outdoor classroom they require, there are still other elements we need to know before committing to a final price. This includes knowing the location of the school (we need this to work out a delivery and installation price), what the access is like for our transport truck and installation crews (we typically work on a carry distance of no more than 50m where we can park our 7.5 tonne truck and assumes we cannot drive across any grass or playing field) and what the existing levels are like and finally whether the designated area is prone to flooding or holding water.

For some products we do however have price guides and these can be found by downloading on the relevant website pages or simply by emailing us on info@hideouthouse.com

But in order to point you in the right direction initially, we always need to know the following information first:

  1. What shape of outdoor classroom are you interested in? (we offer square, rectangular and octagonal)
  2. What size of building do you require or put another way are you trying to accommodate a certain amount of children?
  3. Do you need to have a building that is open sided/gazebo style or are you looking for something which is fully enclosed so that it can be used all year round?
  4. If you are looking at having a fully enclosed outdoor classroom (i.e one with walls, doors and windows), do you need to have it insulated or not? (this is really only worth doing if you are going to be heating it)
  5. Is there a budget or budget range we should be considering or working to? I know that some schools don’t like to initially offer this information but sometimes it does make it a lot easier to match what we can offer with what is affordable in the budget

Not essential but sometimes it is also useful to know what the building is going to be used for because we can then send you some examples of buildings (and costings) we have supplied to other schools who are using it for the same application.

We usually like to discuss the above with the school on the phone as we can then usually get a better feel for what you want and advise accordingly or sometimes in person if we need to do a site visit. But email communication is fine too.

And we are always on the look out for new ideas for products or ideas which might not be currently included in our range….so we look forward to hearing from you!