Backyard & garden offices
Small housing 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.
A backyard build is a small construction project: planning rules, foundations, insulation, electrics trenched across the garden — months of work before the first quiet hour. A small housing pods search often ends with a simpler answer: a prefabricated pod placed indoors or under existing cover. Ikabin pods arrive finished — acoustic glass, insulated steel-alloy shell, silent ventilation — and are working the day they are positioned to New Zealand.
The SoloKabin™ (1–2 people) fits a garage corner; the DuoKabin™ (up to 4) makes a full studio or shared office. Both are freestanding and reversible, carry a 5-year manufacturer warranty, and ship factory-direct from Dubai, priced in USD. For covered outdoor areas — a deep veranda, a barn, a warehouse — talk to our team about your placement before ordering.
Backyard & garden offices
Pod vs. backyard build — the honest comparison.
It moves when you move
A backyard building stays with the house. A pod is an asset — disassemble, relocate, or resell it.
The same quiet
−35 dB speech privacy delivers the separation people actually want from a garden office.
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.
No permits, no foundations
Freestanding and indoors, a pod needs no planning application, no groundwork and no trenched electrics.
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
Small housing pods in New Zealand — questions, answered.
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.
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.
Speed, cost and reversibility. A pod installs in a day with no permits, foundations or trenched power, typically at a fraction of a compliant garden build's all-in cost — and it relocates with you instead of staying with the property.
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.
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.
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.