Use Case · Commercial
Glamping pods guests pay a premium for: earth-sheltered hobbit-style stays that photograph like nothing else on the booking sites, run at near net-zero, and keep earning for decades.
Units from £45,000 excl. VAT installed · 8 to 10 weeks with planning in place · 25-year structural warranty
ASSET IN FOLDER → ../The Nest, Wildlands .jpg (temp hero — multi-unit park shot still needed)The Product
Every park has timber pods. Nobody else has a hobbit house. An earth-sheltered stay is the listing guests screenshot and send to each other — which is what lets operators charge a nightly rate 2–3× a standard pod, with occupancy to match. The photography does the marketing for you.
For Sale
Every unit is sold turnkey: design, planning application, groundworks, craning, installation, services connection, interior fit-out and landscaping, with a 25-year structural warranty. The from-price is the installed price, not the price of a shell on a lorry.
| Range | Size | Typical use on a site | From (excl. VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Living | 10–29m² | Couples' retreat or studio pod; larger units add a kitchen and bathroom | £45,000 |
| Medium Living | 30–40m² | Premium suite or family unit with full kitchen and bathroom | £99,000 |
| Large Living | 60–80m² | Flagship house for groups, with sauna and spa options | £199,000 |
| Cave Saunas | 4.5–23.9m² | Shared wellness building that lifts the nightly rate across the site | £30,000 |
Lead time is 8 to 10 weeks from order to handover where planning is in place. Commercial sites usually need a planning application, which we prepare and manage; allow 6 to 7 months end to end for a first unit, and less for later phases on a consented site. Multi-unit orders are priced per phase at the scoping call. Check your site, planning position and budget in two minutes before you book a call.
Operations
Earth-sheltering slashes heating — the biggest line in most pods' operating cost.
Concrete does not rot, warp or need annual retreatment. Turn it over, book it again.
Phased craning across a site; units from the Small to Large Living ranges mixed to your rate card.
The Rules
Commercial siting is a different planning conversation from a back garden — and we run it for you, application to consent. Background in the planning guide.
FAQ
On premium nightly rates most operators model payback in 3–5 years per unit — then decades of earning life after. We will run the model on your actual rates at the scoping call.
Yes — multi-unit installs are phased around your season so the site keeps trading while it grows.
Not at present. Each unit is cast to order, so there is no ex-display stock; if a showcase or ex-display opportunity arises we tell the people on our list first. Leave your email via the brochure request and you will hear about it.
Design, planning application, groundworks, craning and installation, connection to services, interior fit-out, landscaping over the unit and a 25-year structural warranty. Off-grid packages, furniture and site-wide infrastructure are quoted separately.
Off-grid packages (solar, battery, water and waste options) are available; site feasibility is confirmed at the site visit.
More questions? See the full FAQ.
Book a scoping call with your rate card and site plan — the meeting is the ROI conversation.
Units from £45,000 excl. VAT installed · 8 to 10 weeks with planning in place · 25-year structural warranty
Commercial enquiries go straight to a scoping call — the consumer brochure won't answer operator questions. B2B qualifier fields: sector, number of units, site status.
The full price list, what's included module by module, and the process from first call to handover.
