Backyard & garden offices
Prefab home pods in New Zealand.
The pod alternative to a garden office — faster, reversible and weatherproof by staying indoors. Delivered to New Zealand.
- Built in 3 weeks
- −35 dB speech privacy
- 5-year warranty
In brief
Factory-direct, not freight-forwarded.
Most people searching for a prefab home pods want the same thing: a separate, quiet place to work at home. Before you commit to foundations, weatherproofing and a construction timeline, it is worth pricing the indoor alternative. An Ikabin pod is a finished, soundproofed room that stands inside your garage, living room or any covered space — installed in a day, no permits, no groundwork, and it moves with you when you sell the house.
To be direct about what we build: Ikabin pods are engineered for indoor and covered installation — they are not weatherised buildings for open-air, year-round exposure. What they deliver instead is what most backyard-office buyers are actually after: −35 dB speech privacy, built-in ventilation, lighting and power, a 3-week build in our Dubai factory and a 5-year warranty, at a fraction of a construction project's cost and timeline.
Backyard & garden offices
Pod vs. backyard build — the honest comparison.
No permits, no foundations
Freestanding and indoors, a pod needs no planning application, no groundwork and no trenched electrics.
A day, not a season
A garden office is a construction project; a pod is a delivery. Positioned and powered the same day it arrives.
The same quiet
−35 dB speech privacy delivers the separation people actually want from a garden office.
It moves when you move
A backyard building stays with the house. A pod is an asset — disassemble, relocate, or resell it.
The range
Three pods, one acoustic standard.
| Pod | Capacity | External size | Acoustics | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoloKabin™ | Phone booth · 1–2 people | 1250 × 1250 × 2300 mm | −35 dB speech privacy | AED 15,000 ≈ $4,084 |
| DuoKabin™ | Meeting pod · up to 4 | 2200 × 1250 × 2300 mm | −35 dB speech privacy | AED 20,000 ≈ $5,446 |
| TeamKabin™ | Meeting room · up to 8 | 2500 × 2000 × 2250 mm | −35 dB speech privacy | AED 27,000 ≈ $7,352 |
Delivery
From our factory floor to yours, in four steps.
Door-to-door delivery anywhere in New Zealand — including Auckland CBD, North Shore, Manukau, Wellington CBD and Lower Hutt — with full export documentation from our Dubai factory.
Request your quote
Tell us the pods and your delivery address — we reply with a full quote, shipping included, within one business day.
Built to order — 3 weeks
Your pods are built, finished in your RAL colour, quality-checked and packed container-ready in our Dubai factory.
Jebel Ali, Dubai → Auckland / Tauranga, with on-delivery nationwide
Transit ≈5–7 weeks door-to-door. We prepare the full export documentation; your customs broker clears arrival.
Delivered and connected
Positioned on your floor and connected to local power by your electrician — then it's ready to use.
FAQ
Prefab home pods in New Zealand — questions, answered.
Built to order in 3 weeks in our Dubai factory, packed container-ready and shipped 5–7 weeks with full export documentation. Door-to-door delivery is quoted for your exact address.
A level floor, 2300–2400 mm of clear height depending on model, and a standard power connection. The pod's panels pass through normal doorways and are assembled in place by two people.
No — Ikabin builds soundproof office and studio pods, not dwellings. Our pods are superb as home offices, studios and quiet rooms inside or alongside a home, but they are not certified residential buildings.
Every pod carries a 5-year product warranty honoured directly by Ikabin as the manufacturer. Spare parts ship from our Dubai factory to your address, and our English-speaking engineers support your team by video call and WhatsApp.
Yes — request a live video tour of our Dubai production line, review drawings on a call, or visit the showroom at Business Village, Block A, Dubai. Export clients receive full spec sheets before committing.
The manufacturer
The factory behind the pods.
Ikabin designs and manufactures every pod in its own Dubai factory — UAE glass, steel-alloy and aluminium, one brand, three products. See how we manufacture →
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Quiet, delivered to New Zealand.
Soundproof pods built in our UAE factory in 3 weeks, shipped door-to-door to New Zealand.