As 2025 closes, here's what we're seeing in enquiries, orders and site visits across Ireland — and where we think timber building is heading in 2026.
The Five Trends
- 1. Family-driven granny flats: Multigenerational living is now the single fastest-growing reason customers call us.
- 2. The permanent garden office: Hybrid work has settled in — and temporary desk setups are being replaced by insulated, year-round rooms.
- 3. Carbon on the agenda: More self-builders ask about embodied carbon, where timber has a natural advantage over concrete and steel.
- 4. Shell-only projects: Hands-on customers order the structure and finish the interior themselves to manage budgets.
- 5. Rental diversification: Farmers and rural landowners keep adding holiday cabins as a second income stream.
What It Means for You
Demand concentrates in spring — so January decisions get summer installations. Whatever your project, the model range is the best place to start, and our team is back at full speed from the first week of January.
Happy New Year from all of us at MF Timber House!