Alex Holland: Winner Of This Year's Coveted Shed Of The Year Award For Solar-Powered, Boat-Roofed Shed

Recycled, solar-powered, boat-roofed wins this year's coveted Shed of the Year award

Alex Holland

We must say if human want, he can do anything just like Alex Holland, a person who put his wisdom to win this year's coveted Shed of the Year award for his solar-powered nautically-themed shed built almost entirely from salvaged materials. We just have to salute to his thinking.

It was a fierce competition with almost 2,000 entrants, but Alex Holland has finally sailed to victory in the 2013 Shed of the Year competition.

The crowning glory is a 14-ft boat which has been left whole and inverted to form the roof. A 20-W solar panel powers the creature comforts inside. It was made by Alex Holland from Machynlleth in mid Wales, who said he was “genuinely surprised” to have won the £1,000 prize.

The crowning glory is a 14-ft boat which has been left whole and inverted to form the roof.

Located at an altitude of 750ft above sea level in the Cambrian Mountain range, mid Wales, the rustic and charming shelter is made from recycled materials. The roof is made from a 14ft long old fishing boat made in the 1900s and has a 20w solar panel that powers LED lights. Windows from a 1940s caravan and from a 400-year-old farmhouse were upcyled and fixed with a composite natural material called wattle and daub (soil+clay+straw+animal dung).

It is made entirely from recycled materials and contains a wood burner, 12v sound system, a gas cooker and a refrigerator.

The shed's PV panel feeds a battery, which provides power to LED lighting and a 12-V sound system 

Mr Holland said he was “absolutely delighted”, adding: “The standard and creativity shown by the other entrants has been incredible so I am genuinely surprised to have reached the top spot.”

"We have discovered that the shed is an ideal space for middle aged women to get drunk and dance wildly under the stars and we intend to pursue this policy!" he writes, at Readersheds.co.uk. "It is also an ideal place for me to sit whilst our 3 dogs run around our field exercising themselves."

Windows from a 1940s caravan and from a 400-year-old farmhouse were upcyled and fixed with a composite natural material

Holland intends to spend his prize money to buy a second hand wind turbine so he has enough electricity to make ice for his gin and tonics and to ensure the cider and beers are always chilled.", he said.

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Write by: RC - Tuesday, July 9, 2013