Meet The Team

Paul Ransom. Co-founder.

Paul designed our first garden room and still leads the design thinking behind every Signature and Bespoke project. He is most likely the first voice you hear from us. He will visit your home, listen to how you want to live, and shape the brief with you.
paul@intothegardenroom.com

Marianne Ransom. Project Lead and Client Support.

Marianne holds every project together. She works alongside our architects, planners and interior designer to keep the brief, the build and the client experience aligned. She is also your contact for samples and finishes.
marianne@intothegardenroom.com

Andy Toogood. Co-founder.

Andy takes the design through planning and construction. Open, hands-on, and on site. He keeps everything moving between you, our design team and the build team, so your project stays on schedule.
andy@intothegardenroom.com

Yousef “Yous”. Head of Groundwork.

• Time with team: 6 years
• Background: general building since leaving school
• Focus: leads the groundwork & landscaping team; delivers jobs productively and professionally
• Enjoys: creating beautiful gardens for clients
• Favourite: turfing & laying patios; finishing & landscaping
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: the patio in the sun
• Hobbies: motocross & off-roading; loves sports cars
• Tool of choice: digger
• Pets: a dog and birds

Diyan “Dido”. Carpenter.

• Time with team: 4 years
• Background: ex-fixer
• Favourite stage: framing & plasterboard
• Drink: coffee
• Hobby: football
• Tool of choice: impact driver

Nikolay Angelov. Second Fix.

• Time with team: 3 years
• Background: ex-handyman, renovating and building whole houses and flats
• Enjoys: teamwork and the pride of a finished project
• Favourite stage: finishing
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: the whole garden
• Hobby: fishing
• Tool of choice: chop saw
• Pets: loves dogs; has a rabbit

Radoslav Kostadinov. Garden House Builder & Plumber.

• Time with team: 3 years
• Background: plumber and skilled worker, 8 years in construction for high-level clients
• Enjoys: the variety and challenge
• Favourite part: starting a new project
• Favourite stages: cladding & framing
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: into the garden room
• Hobby: fishing

Daryl Wittekind “D”. Improver.

• Time with team: 2 years
• Background: ex-drainage engineer
• Enjoys: working with the team, music on
• Favourite: landscaping & turfing; finishing
• Drink: tea
• Favourite spot: everywhere
• Hobby: watching the footy
• Tool of choice: shovel

Kaloyan Ivanov “Kall/Kala”. Carpenter.

• Time with team: around 2 years
• Background: former Assistant GM at one of the first Japanese restaurants (since 2001), from recruiting to operations
• Enjoys: how fast the rooms go up
• Favourite projects: saunas & swimming-pool garden rooms
• Favourite stage: woodworking, base to roof
• Drink: coffee or matcha
• Favourite spot: under the overhang
• Hobby: bar trivia
• Notable: theatre actor for 5 years
• Tool of choice: second fix nail gun

Hristo. Carpenter.

• Time with team: since 2023
• Background: joinery, painting, carpentry, drywall
• Focus: second fix / fine work
• Enjoys: decking, cladding, door installs
• Favourite project: Phil O’Brien
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: the seating area with friends
• Hobby: repairing tools & electronics
• Pets: loves all animals

Ismet Halachev “Ismata”. Carpenter & Garden Room Installer.

• Time with team: around 1 year (returned after working with the team before)
• Background: carpentry & timber
• Focus: drawings, accurate measurements, high standards, client experience
• Enjoys: the team; learning daily
• Favourite project: large corner rooms with canopies & decking
• Favourite stage: finishing
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: round the barbecue
• Hobbies: workshop building garden furniture; restoration
• Tool of choice: chisels
• Pets: dog person (none in the flat; feeds the birds and swans at the park)

Georgi Kostadinov. Garden House Builder.

• Time with team: 1 year
• Background: ex-construction supervisor, 5+ years directing on-site operations for a major lift company (subcontractors, deliveries, safety)
• Enjoys: the variety; learning daily
• Favourite: the finished product; framing, cladding, finishing
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: into the garden room
• Hobbies: fishing & motorsports

Kristiyan Dimitrov. Carpenter.

• Time with team: 1 year
• Background: 6 years in construction — architectural metalworks installer, rainscreen cladding fixer, brickwork technician
• Focus: safe, accurate finishing details for brickwork
• Enjoys: framing (his passion); loves every project
• Favourite stage: framing
• Drink: tea & coffee
• Favourite spot: his garden room
• Hobbies: motocross & fishing
• Tool of choice: impact driver

Jozef. Landscaping.

• Time with team: 1 year
• Background: studied fashion at university; two years in music
• Focus: quality and professionalism
• Enjoys: working with the team
• Favourite: gardening, final touches, landscaping around the garden room
• Driven by: owning his own garden room
• Drink: coffee, 2 sugars
• Favourite spot: a deck chair in the sun
• Hobbies: archive fashion & music production; a passionate music producer
• Tool of choice: chainsaw
• Pets: cat person — two black cats

Georgi Kalev. Garden House Builder.

• Time with team: 2 months
• Background: 18 years as a skilled dryliner in London luxury property, high-level finishing
• Enjoys: the variety; creating functional garden houses
• Favourite stages: framing, cladding, finishing
• Drink: coffee
• Favourite spot: under the trees
• Hobby: cooking
• Notable: worked in Italy for 3 years
• Pets: cat person (owns Julia & Ribbie)

Tsvetoslav Bozhimirov. Framer.

• Time with team: 2 months
• Background: fixer for 7 years — rendering, metal framing, plasterboard
• Focus: installation & framing, to a high standard and on schedule
• Enjoys: the supportive team and site atmosphere
• Favourite project: Lindsay
• Favourite stage: watching a project come together from start to finish

Yasmin. Head of Comfort.

Professional lap tester and cuddler.