News from Shields Buildings

It’s been all go since we touched down from New York – a whirlwind of activity with rugby, university friends visiting, and of course, back to the day job of selling timber garden buildings.

It’s almost always sensible to kill two birds with one stone, and that’s exactly what many of our clients do with their timber garden buildings. Rather than having ‘just’ an office, or ‘just’ a workshop, they split their space in two, and kill two birds with one stone.

Every now and again, we get someone ring up and compare our prices to the flatpack buildings you can buy online.

We often get asked about the sort of garden buildings we make here at Shields Buildings. And really, it’s a bit like the ‘how long is a piece of string?’ type question.

It’s actually happening: we’re going to America!

If things had gone smoothly, I’d be packing a bag to go to New York this week. We planned a family trip before the pandemic began, and when a 2020 visit was no longer possible, we rearranged for this year.

Despite a couple of warmer days at the back end of last week, it really does now feel like we’re settling down for winter.

After what seems like an eternity, 007 is back, and based on the box office from the opening weekend, it’s likely to be the biggest selling Bond of all time. For most of us, it’ll be our first trip to the cinema for a long, long time, with the pandemic putting paid to the big screen for much of the last two years.

Well, the world is a rather crazy place this week. With queues at garage forecourts all over the country, petrol and diesel has become like gold dust.

After the let-down of August (which is happening with such alarming regularity that there seems little point in pretending that August is a summer month!), warm September days are always welcome, and that’s exactly what we’ve enjoyed again this year.