Historic Shed

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Historic Shed is a design & build company that specializes in historically appropriate cottages, guest houses, detached garages, and garden sheds. The company was founded by the historic preservation professionals at Preservation Resource, Inc. to meet the needs of historic Florida homeowners for affordable and attractive additional space that complements and enhances their historic property. Each shed is designed to meet both your aesthetic and functional requirements. Historic Shed produces its products in a controlled manufacturing environment to your specifications, and then delivers and installs the completed product, fully painted, to your site ready for use. A dedicated in-house professional preservation designer customizes each Historic Shed to complement any historic building. We pride ourselves on being knowledgeable about traditional details and design. At Historic Shed, we want every product to demonstrate our commitment to historic preservation principles, craftsmanship and proper use of traditional materials and details. Our products are designed to be durable, useful and attractive so that they will be cherished as long as the historic buildings they complement. We will meet each project, no matter how large or small, with enthusiasm, commitment, and professionalism. Each shed, garage, and cottage meet or exceeds Florida Building Code, including all wind load requirements. Historic Shed has also partnered with Citizens State Bank to offer to finance for all its products. For more information, email or contact Historic Shed. Let us design and build your perfect little getaway, call us today! 813-333-2249

Services Provided

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), Custom Home, Floor Plans, Garage Building, Historic Building Conservation, House Plans, Modular Home Construction, Prefab Houses, Custom Homes, Cottages, Guest Homes, Garages, Sheds, Cottage Design, Construction, Screen Doors, Wood Window Screens, Garage Design, In-Law Suites, Shed Design, Garage Construction, Cottage Construction, Shed Construction, Accessory Dwelling Units, Carriage House, Garage Apartment, She Shed, Man Cave, Pub Shed, Pool Cabana

Areas Served

Brooksville, Dade City, Masaryktown, North Brooksville, South Brooksville, Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Orlando, Ocala, Gainesville, Lakeland, Deland, Florida, Clearwater, Safety Harbor, St. Pete Beach, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Sanford, Largo, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey

Awards

Best of Houzz Service 2013 • Best of Houzz Design 2014 • Best of Houzz Service 2015 • Best of Houzz Design 2015 • Best of Houzz Service 2016

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Ozona, FL

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15 Reviews for Historic Shed

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Gary Simmons

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Best decision I have made in a long time was to have Jo-anne & Craig design & build my new shed. They were wonderful to work with & the "Josh Crew" of four men who built my shed were truly nice guys with every effort made by them to build a shed we could all be proud of. Bravo to all at "Historic Sheds"!

June 5, 2017

lomclaugh

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These folks do excellent work. They are creative, and professional in all their work and interactions. I love my "shed"! Most people who see it want to move in!! :)

January 13, 2017

Allan Woodward

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Historic Shed produces a well-designed, well constructed, quality product. The on-line pricing program worked very well and the owners were pleasant and easy to work with. Once they got started with the project, it was completed within 3 weeks. My only complaint was that they used damaged boards in several highly visible places, which required follow up trips and could only be repaired with wood filler.

November 11, 2016

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The pool pavilion turned out great. The Pecks were great to work with during the project including getting the permit and assisting getting a slab poured.

July 21, 2016

Comment from Historic Shed:

So glad you are enjoying it! Thanks for the review.

Ryan Lopez

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We hired this company to build a storage shed with attached bar for our backyard. They designed something specifically to meet our needs, including matching the details of our 1920's bungalow. We had high expectations based on some of their prior work we had seen and we were not disappointed. The project turned out great and they were very easy to work with. We highly recommend them.

May 1, 2016

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much! Nothing pleases us more than happy customers.

maude321

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Historic Shed built our garage five years ago. The whole experience was exceptional and so is the garage. Communication was excellent from inception to design to realization. The city inspector who came to sign off on the garage said he hadn't seen such great workmanship and materials in years. Our garage is not only well built but beautiful and we would and HAVE recommended Historic Shed highly to others. Two years later a piece of trim on the garage door was separating and Joanne facilitated complete new garage doors at no charge. We did not even ask her to do that. Can't beat that!

April 6, 2016

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much for your kind words! I have had several people call me and say they spoke to you when checking out your garage and you were very complimentary. I can't tell you how much that means to us!

Carol Brown

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I hired Historic Shed to build a 22X 22 garage in the historic district of a small town in Florida. Even though my town is over 5 hours away by car from their offices, Historic Shed took on the job. They matched the design of the garage to my old house. I had a tight time line as we were going out of the country for an extended time, but Historic Shed arranged things so the shell of the garage was up before we left. They came back to finish off the interior once we returned home. Craig is an Energizer Bunny of a worker & had the shell up in under 4 days. Jo-Anne is great, altering plans to suit our needs & even agreeing to put in an interior wall so I could make a small office/guest quarters after the original contract was agreed. The garage looks great. I am very happy with the attention to detail, craftsmanship & love of old buildings that Craig & Jo-Anne bring to their company. To be honest the materials used in the garage are even better than those used in my home! The last time anybody used 2X 6 roof decking material must have been in the 1950s, but they want to match the type of materials used in historic homes as best they can. I happened to be at a big box hardware store & saw some of their shed/garage type structures in the lot & it brought home to me just how good a deal we had gotten with Historic Shed. I just wish I had a lot that I could get them to build one of their cottages for me. Gladly recommend these folk to anyone who appreciates hard work & craftsmanship.

November 4, 2015

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much for your kind words! You got me up to the panhandle, just like I wanted.

gkelley2015

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I love my shed. They deliver top quality workmanship. The extras like skylights and the solar exhaust fan made it unique and the envy of all the guys in the neighborhood.

September 23, 2014

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much for your kind words. We are so glad you are happy with your shed and all its special features. It's one of my favorites, particularly the lovely butter cream yellow tone.

earliglo

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This is a small company owned and operated by husband/wife team. The design and completion of our garden shed went smoothly. Communication was excellent as was design and fabrication on site. Work was done in a timely manner and workmanship was very good and follow up excellent. I highly recommend this contractor.

May 21, 2014Last modified:February 24, 2015

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are so happy you are happy with your shed.

Judy Turner

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Historic Sheds designed and built a beautiful artist cottage with windows and French doors in our backyard. They are extremely professional with overseeing each part of the construction. The walls are built offsite then delivered and put together in the yard. This is a lot more than your typical backyard shed! - it more like another small house that one could almost live in. The finished product looks like it's been here for years and has become a stylish, functional feature in our backyard. I would definitely recommend this company.

May 21, 2014

Comment from Historic Shed:

Thank you so much for your kind words. We are so happy that you are happy with your studio. We expect many creative works will come out of there!

vandagum

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My wife and I live in a lovely 1920's bungalow in a historic neighborhood in Tampa, Florida. As those who live in bungalows can attest, they aren’t exactly spacious nor do they exactly live up to modern storage standards. We wanted more storage space but we didn’t want to destroy our home’s aesthetic by purchasing a plastic prefab shed. We started contacting shed companies and everyone we talked to couldn’t understand why a faux barn or some composite monstrosity wouldn’t be acceptable nestled among craftsmen, foursquares and cottages. When I contacted Historic Shed they were very excited to take on our project. They asked for a photo of our house, which we were happy to oblige. Within a very short time of receiving our photo, they had sent us a plan for a structure that complemented our house’s architecture and matched the roof pitch and brackets. When Historic Shed received our go ahead they pulled all the permits and made our case with Tampa’s ARC. The process went very smoothly and progressed quickly from approval to construction. The construction time was short and the crew was skilled and very professional. The shed is solid and when our neighbor (who builds luxury homes for a living), came over to see it, he remarked that it was really well constructed. We love our new shed. It’s freed our small house of clutter and we think it’s perfectly at home next to buildings 80 years its senior.

May 23, 2013Last modified:August 31, 2013

Through the Woods Fine Wood Floors, Inc.

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I live in a bungalow that was built in 1925. When I purchased the house, it had a funky old shed that totally creeped me out to enter. I am a gardener so I had to go in it often to access my supplies. Ick! I decided that I needed something nicer, so I started pricing pre-built sheds. They were expensive, not historic & UGLY. I had some plans drawn for a shed & got some prices for all the trades I would need- carpenter, roofer, painter- for a tiny shed! It all added up to too much plus, I had just completed the restoration of a 1907 Victorian & needed a rest. I called Historic Shed & was happily surprised at the price they quoted for everything! Because of their great reputation, I even let them pick the hardware & design the doors. I never let anybody choose for me but I was tired of making choices. I was thrilled with the doors & the wonderful hinges they brought. The best part was that it was installed in just over a day. I am sure that it would have been a month long project with all the trade co-ordinating that would have had to have been done to built it. I now have a shed that is the mini-me version of my beautiful bungalow. It holds everything I need & it is clean & fresh. I am looking forward to another season of gardening so I can visit it!

March 31, 2013Last modified:April 1, 2013

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Commented: where are you locate it?Historic Shed is located in Brooksville, FL. We service western central Florida. You can see details at www.HIstoricShed.com

February 26, 2021

Commented: roof pitch please5:12 roof slope.

July 3, 2020

Commented: 12'x12' Artist Studio ShedWhere are you located?

July 13, 2019

Commented: house exterior colorCustom mix for the walls, trim Sherwin Williams #6385-Dover White Door and screens Warm Mahogany.

June 18, 2019

Commented: Colors?Behr Sandstone Cliff for siding, and Behr Garden Wall for trim

November 17, 2018

Commented: what material is the roof? Can solar panels be used here?This is a ribbed 5-V crimp metal roof. You should be able to mount solar panels on the roof with no problem.

August 16, 2017

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