Mick Hoffe (left) and Richard Oates (right), of zencabins, are pictured with John Stewart, manager of the Kendal branch of Cumberland Building Society, and a model of one of their office units which is on display at the branch. (D7B048GG02)
TWO friends have launched a new business venture that they believe will enable more people to quit the rat race and work much closer to home.
Award-winning Kendal architect Richard Oates and Mick Hoffe, a business coach and production engineer, are making self-contained offices and studios that can be built in customers' back gardens.
But far from being glorified garden sheds, the units are built to last and provide a self-contained and eco-friendly workspace.
They will initially be built and installed by the pair, who have opened a workshop in Sedbergh to start production, but they plan to take on four staff once the business, zencabins.co.uk, starts to take off.
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