Vagabond Haven Evergreen: A Scandinavian Modular Home for Garden Annexe Living
Published: 11 June 2026
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We have written before about Vagabond Haven and their tiny houses — the Elise in particular, a self-contained home on a road-legal trailer that brings a genuine Scandinavian design standard to the UK. This time we want to look at something larger and permanent: the Evergreen, the company's modular home, which makes a great solution for anyone looking to put a living annexe or granny annexe in the garden.
Vagabond Haven is a Swedish company, founded in 2017, that has now completed more than 200 deliveries across Europe. They are introducing some of their range to the UK market, including the Evergreen, and it is a welcome addition. Where most annexe ranges we feature are one bedroom or an open-plan layout, the Evergreen is a proper two-bedroom home — architect-designed, built to Scandinavian climate standards, and delivered fully furnished and ready to move into.
41sqm, and It Lives Larger Than the Number
The Evergreen is 41sqm, with a footprint of 8.3m x 6.0m. It is made up of two modules, each 8.3m x 3.0m, built in the factory and connected seamlessly on site on a prepared concrete base. That is a useful size for an annexe — enough for two people to live comfortably and independently, without taking over the whole garden.
What stands out in the photos, though, is how light and airy it feels for the footprint. The vaulted ceiling is doing a lot of the work here. So many annexe buildings at this size can feel a little boxed in once the walls and a flat ceiling go up, but the Evergreen has a lighter, more open feel than most of the ranges we see — that signature Scandinavian style, with the detailing and the glazing to match.
Two Separate Bedrooms
This is the part that makes the Evergreen genuinely well suited to annexe use. At a 41sqm footprint, it is the only two-bedroom annexe we have seen at that size — buildings with two bedrooms are normally a good deal bigger. Here you get two separate rooms within a compact, garden-friendly footprint.
- A master bedroom, with a double bed (140cm or 160cm options), a built-in wardrobe, and a 43" TV or TV preparation.
- A second, smaller bedroom with a single bed, a desk, an armchair, and a bookcase — which works equally well as a guest room, a child's room, or a home office.
For a granny annexe, that separation matters. A parent moving in gets a real bedroom and a spare room, where most annexes at this footprint can only offer a single bedroom and an open-plan living space. The same is true for adult children, or for a longer-term guest who needs their own space. It is a layout that reads as a high-spec, small home in the garden.
A Living Room You Don't Have to Furnish
The Evergreen comes fully furnished as standard, which is unusual and genuinely move-in ready. The living and dining area includes a six-person dining table, chairs, a wooden bench with shelving, a large bookcase, and a sofa with a sleeping function — so it doubles as a guest bed when needed. There is even a 55" Samsung TV included. The furniture is designed around the building, so it works with the space rather than against it and makes the most of every metre.
That furnished option is a particularly good fit for downsizing. For anyone moving out of a larger family home and into a more manageable way of living, the Evergreen offers a complete, ready-to-live-in home from day one — a genuinely new way of living for people embracing the change rather than just managing it. The building arrives complete rather than as an empty shell waiting for a furniture budget.
A Full Kitchen and a Stylish Bathroom
The kitchen is a fully functional cook's kitchen rather than a kitchenette. It has a three-layer oak countertop, lower and upper cabinets, a large built-in fridge, a built-in dishwasher, a kitchen hood, and a choice of electric or gas oven and induction or gas hob. The dishwasher is worth flagging — in compact annexe accommodation it is usually the first thing dropped, and here it is standard. You can also have input to the colours, so the cabinetry and finishes are specified to taste rather than handed over fixed.
The bathroom is a full wet room finished in Fibo Trespo waterproof wall panels, with an 80 x 80cm shower cubical, a washbasin cabinet, and washing machine plumbing already in place. Toilet options run from a standard flush toilet through to a Separett Villa composting system or a Cinderella incinerating toilet for off-grid sites.
Built for Year-Round Living
The Evergreen is built as a permanent home, and the specification reflects that. The exterior combines ThermoWood — heat-treated timber that is durable without chemical treatment — with metal siding, which gives it a more contemporary, architectural look than timber alone, and a steel roof above. Glazing is triple-glazed (3-pane tempered glass), a clear signal this is a year-round dwelling rather than a seasonal garden building. Insulation is glass wool throughout, specified for cold, damp Scandinavian winters, which is more than enough for British weather.
Heating is chosen at order stage — electric radiators, infrared panels or floor heating, an air-to-air heat pump that also cools, or a wood or pellet stove. Plumbing uses stainless steel pipework with easy exterior connection points, and there is the option of solar, rainwater harvesting, and an MVHR heat-recovery ventilation unit for buyers who want to push the efficiency further. Two sets of glazed terrace doors open the living space out to the garden.
Coming to the UK
Because the Evergreen is a permanent structure on a concrete base, full planning permission and building regulations approval would be required. That is to be expected for a building of this kind, and it is straightforward with the right guidance — a planning consultant familiar with residential annexes can advise on the best route for a specific site.
As a European import, buyers should factor in delivery and import costs alongside the unit price, so it is worth contacting Vagabond Haven directly for a full delivered figure. New-build lead time is around three months, and a virtual 3D tour of the Evergreen is available online before you make any further enquiry.
The Evergreen is a great example of how a two-bedroom annexe can feel like a proper home rather than overflow accommodation — light, well-specified, fully furnished, and built to a standard that is genuinely exciting to see entering the UK market.
Learn More
To explore the Evergreen and the wider Vagabond Haven range, including the Elise tiny house we have featured previously, visit vagabondhaven.com. A virtual 3D tour of the Evergreen is available at k2virtualtours.com/evergreen. Contact the team at info@vagabondhaven.com or call +46 (0)18 25 88 99.
