“It’s really an extension of your space,” she says. It’s also a light-touch way to extend your home. It is usually easier to proceed with a garden studio than an extension, because they fall under “permitted development”, which in the UK can take up just under 50 per cent of your garden, as long as the structure remains under 2.5 metres tall. “They don’t require a massive foundation system,” Claypool says. “You don’t require a structural engineer in the same way.”

Without having done any marketing, save for being on Instagram, Claypool is booked up months in advance. “We have the capacity to do one studio per month right now but are looking to scale up.”

Elsewhere architects are designing next generation rooms that can be self-assembled.

Studio Ben Allen’s Room in the Garden is a flat-packed escape pod inspired by a traditional folly. Its jewel-toned exterior is designed to blend in with the surrounding garden. Appealingly, given the £35,000 price, it can be easily ­disassembled and moved.

Meanwhile architects Tomaso Boano and Jonas Prismontas of Boano Prismontas Architects have found a way to create an affordable pocket space.

Launched in 2020, their modular pod starts from £5,000. Manufacturing in their Hoxton workshop means there is minimal time and labour needed on site. The use of a timber frame and ­corrugated, clear polycarbonate cladding to ensure the space is full of natural light, keeps costs low. And at 2.5m high there is no need for planning permission.

“It’s a space where you can practise the trombone or do watercolours. ­Everyone has a different hobby. It’s nice to see how everyone wants to customise their space based on what they want to do.”