How much does a modular nursery building cost?
A modular nursery's cost depends on child numbers, play and sleep rooms, child-height toilets, a kitchen, safe outdoor access and site works. Configure the nursery online to see its total.
Early-years settings expand in awkward steps: one more room is rarely enough, a whole new building is too much. Linked modules let you add exactly the space the ratio needs, with safeguarding, sightlines and outdoor-play access designed in from the start.
Typical configurations
Choose the mix of unit sizes and fit-out you need. The designer shows the final total for that exact configuration.
| Modules | What it realistically fits |
|---|---|
| 1 module | Single playroom or sleep room |
| 2 modules | Playroom with child-height WCs and nappy-change area |
| 4 modules | Playroom, WCs, milk kitchen, entrance lobby and staff space |
| 6 modules | Two age-group rooms with shared WCs, kitchen, office and secure entrance |
Typical specification
- •Child-height WCs and hand-wash basins
- •Nappy-change area with hot water
- •Controlled entrance with a staff-side release and visitor sightline
- •Wide glazing for daylight and supervision of outdoor play
- •Milk kitchen or preparation area and staff space
What your site needs
- •Level base with drainage
- •Water, power and drainage connections
- •Safe, separated route between the building and the outdoor-play area
- •Ofsted registration variation and planning permission where applicable
Costs on top of the building
These site-specific items sit outside the designed building total and are quoted for your project.
- •VAT at the prevailing rate
- •A level, load-bearing base or foundation sized to the building
- •Transport to site, quoted on distance and access
- •Offloading, and crane or hiab attendance where access requires it
- •Final connection to mains power, water and drainage by your own contractor
- •Planning permission or building control fees where these apply
P300–P700 range, or bespoke
- P300 unit
- 2.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 2.7m × 2.0m usable internally (5.4 m² usable internal area per separate unit)
- P400 unit
- 3.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 3.7m × 2.0m usable internally (7.4 m² usable internal area per separate unit)
- P500 unit
- 4.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 4.7m × 2.0m usable internally (9.4 m² usable internal area per separate unit)
- P600 unit
- 5.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 5.7m × 2.0m usable internally (11.4 m² usable internal area per separate unit)
- P700 unit
- 6.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 6.7m × 2.0m usable internally (13.4 m² usable internal area per separate unit)
- Configuration
- Mix P300, P400, P500, P600 and P700 units to create tailored footprints and shapes
- Bespoke
- Bespoke sizes considered to suit your brief — contact us
- Joined internal space
- Open joins remove the adjoining shell walls and can increase usable space. Final clear area depends on layout and partitions.
- Unit height
- 2.40m external / 2.16m internal
- Storeys
- Up to two storeys, subject to final project design
- Delivery
- UK mainland and Northern Ireland — transport quoted separately
Adacon modular buildings use P300, P400, P500, P600 and P700 units with external lengths of 2.9m, 3.9m, 4.9m, 5.9m and 6.9m, a common 2.2m width and 2.40m external / 2.16m internal height. The sizes can be combined to create more tailored floor areas and building shapes, joined side by side or stacked to two storeys subject to the final project design.
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