Our journey started over 50 years ago in the garden building trade — manufacturing everything from timber sheds to bespoke summerhouses. Over the decades, we refined every process, material, and detail, evolving from simple structures into one of the UK’s leading names in premium garden rooms: The Composite Collection.

Through years of hands-on building and designing, we discovered what lasts, what doesn’t, and which materials actually deliver on-site. We began bulk-buying the best-performing products for our own use — not for margins, but for quality.

As demand grew from other garden room companies and tradespeople asking where we sourced our materials, The Material Shop was born.

Unlike traditional suppliers, we don’t stock thousands of generic products — we stock what we know works. Every material we sell is something we use in our own buildings. That’s our filter, and it’s why trade professionals, small builders, and even serious DIYers now rely on us to deliver high-quality, builder-approved materials at honest prices.