Bespoke oak frame buildings designed and built to your specification

When you specify an oak-framed building for your client, you’re not just sourcing timber. You’re committing to a supplier who understands both the craft of green oak joinery and the rigour clients now expect: planning approval confidence, structural integrity, and the genuine integration of renewable energy from the start. Green Oak Solar Frames sits at that intersection. We cut and hand-frame solid green oak structures – garages, carports, workshops, garden rooms, and bespoke solar roofs – as bespoke commissions for projects where design, durability and sustainability matter to your client.

The core of what makes this different is the integration point. Rather than bolting solar onto an existing frame or specifying them as separate systems, we build the solar – whether roof tiles, battery storage, or EV charging infrastructure – into the frame design itself. You and your client see the complete structure, complete energy system, and complete cost picture before anything is committed. The live 3D configurator lets you adjust materials, dimensions, solar capacity and storage in real time, so there’s no guesswork, no drawings that don’t match reality, and no hidden engineering surprises.

Every frame starts with green oak – freshly felled, worked while the wood is still in its natural moisture state. This is not kiln-dried stock material. The wood moves and settles over the first few years in ways we design for, creating the distinctive character and longevity your clients expect from oak, and the structural performance engineers require. We hand-cut the joints – mortise, tenon, and brace – to the geometry that each specific project demands. This is not a templated system; it’s craft-led design responding to your brief.

For an architect or builder, this means you can specify with confidence. The 3D configurator gives your client transparency from day one: they see the exact design, the material specification, the solar output, and the integrated systems all at once. When your client needs to discuss the project with planning officers or building control, the clarity of that 3D model and the engineering rigour behind it removes ambiguity. You’re not managing two separate procurement streams or hoping the solar retrofit will fit. It’s one integrated system, specified once, designed once, built once.

The range covers what the market actually asks for. Lean-to carports for EV charging, where the solar canopy doubles as weather protection and power source. Single and double-bay garages with solar roof systems that offset the client’s electricity use. Garden rooms and studios where the oak frame is both the structure and the interior finish, with integrated battery storage sitting neatly within the design. Bespoke solar roofs for existing buildings where you need a standalone canopy system. Every brief is different; the offer is that you can design any of these in real time and get to a genuine price without lengthy quote cycles.

Pricing in this sector can be opaque, so the studio publishes a range: from £31,485 across the whole portfolio, depending on specification – timber dimensions, span, solar capacity, storage, finish, and delivery. But because every project is bespoke, the 3D configurator is where you get your true price. You build it, you see the cost, you adjust if needed. This removes the back-and-forth and gives your client clarity before conversations with builders or their own finance teams begin.

Delivery is nationwide across the UK. The frame arrives engineered and cut, ready for assembly on site. We don’t sub out the carpentry or the solar integration – the frames and systems are designed and built as a single package, which means handover is straightforward and the client knows exactly what they’re getting. For an architect or builder, that clarity is critical: no surprises on site, no coordination headaches between frame and energy systems, no waiting for two different supply chains to align.

The conversation with Green Oak Solar Frames works best when you’ve got a real brief. A client in mind, dimensions in mind, whether they need EV charging or battery storage, and a sense of budget. Bring that to the 3D configurator, and you’ll see within minutes whether the vision works and what it costs. If there are questions about specification, planning risk, or how a particular detail translates to the build, that’s when you contact the studio directly. We work best with architects and builders who want to design properly, not fast.

For a specification that needs to hold up to scrutiny – planning applications, building control, structural engineers, your client’s own due diligence – bespoke oak frames with integrated solar are no longer niche. Clients now understand that a well-designed, well-engineered timber structure with genuine renewable energy built in is both the sustainable choice and the one that adds real value to their property. This is where oak-framed design meets modern engineering and real energy strategy, and it’s what we build.