The short version
- Typical range: £80 – £450 — see the full garden shed value guide
- What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
- Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
- Category: Home & Garden
Before you photograph it
Ten minutes here is worth more than anything else you will do. Buyers are deciding between your listing and someone else’s, and preparation is what visibly separates the two.
- Check the floor and the bottom of each panel for rot by pressing firmly. Ground-level rot is the standard failure.
- Look at the roof felt for splits and the roof boards for soft spots and daylight.
- Work out honestly whether it comes apart. Panel-built sheds usually unscrew; anything nailed or long-settled often does not.
The photographs that sell a garden shed
Four photographs do almost all the work. Shoot in daylight, near a window, with the item against something plain — and do not use the flash, which flattens texture and hides exactly what buyers are trying to see.
- The shed whole, from a front corner, in the garden
- The inside, showing the floor, the roof underside and the framing
- The base and lower boards where rot appears
- The roof felt, the door and hinges, and any split, hole or repair
Photograph the flaws too. It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover. Buyers who can see the damage stop imagining something worse.
Writing the title and description
Size and construction: “8x6ft Wooden Shed, Apex Roof, Buyer Dismantles”. Size in feet is the search. Putting the dismantling arrangement in the title is not a weakness — it filters out everyone who was going to waste your Saturday and brings you the buyer who came prepared.
Then state these in the description, because a buyer who has to ask is a buyer who might not bother:
- Footprint in feet, plus ridge and eaves height
- Construction — overlap, shiplap, tongue and groove, or metal — and roof type
- Whether it dismantles, who is doing it, and whether the floor and base are included
- Honest condition of the floor, lower panels and roof
What buyers will actually ask
You will receive the same three messages about a garden shed. Answering them in the listing itself removes the back-and-forth, and answering them well when they do arrive is what turns an enquiry into a sale.
Answer definitively rather than optimistically. If the panels are screwed you can say yes; if it was nailed together twenty years ago, say it may not survive and let them decide.
Press the base and lower boards and report exactly what you find. Rot at ground level is normal and buyers accept it; discovering it mid-dismantle is what causes arguments.
Say clearly in the listing. Most shed sales are buyer-dismantles, and being explicit avoids someone arriving with a car and an hour to spare.
Pricing it so it actually sells
Start from the honest condition grade rather than the price you hope for. WishThrift listings use five grades — New with Tags, Like New, Good, Fair and For Parts — and what each grade means is worth reading before you choose, because grading up is the most expensive mistake sellers make. It does not raise the price; it produces a buyer who arrives expecting something else.
The garden shed value guide prices all five grades for this item. Pick your grade, take the figure, and if you sit between two grades price toward the lower one. Items priced honestly sell faster than items priced hopefully, and on a free platform there is no fee eating the difference anyway.
What you keep, compared
On a £265 sale — roughly the middle of the range for a garden shed — here is what the commission-charging platforms would take, and what you would keep on each:
| Where you sell it | Fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| WishThrift | £0 | £265 |
| Poshmark | −£53 | £212 |
| eBay | −£36 | £229 |
| Mercari | −£26 | £239 |
| Etsy | −£17 | £248 |
Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026 — Poshmark: 20% commission on sales of $15 and above; eBay: 13.6% final value fee, plus a per-order fee; Mercari: flat 10% selling fee; Etsy: 6.5% transaction fee, plus a listing fee and payment processing. Percentages are applied to the sterling figure above; the fixed per-order and processing charges those platforms add are quoted in their own currency and are not included here, so the real deductions are slightly larger. Full breakdown: marketplace selling fees compared.
Timing and getting it to the buyer
Spring and early summer are the whole market, with a smaller window in early autumn. Very little sells between November and February, so holding until March is usually worth more than any discount.
Collection, dismantled, and a van or trailer. Agree in advance who unscrews what, and be present — a buyer working alone on your property with power tools is not a situation to leave unsupervised.
WishThrift does not process payments or arrange delivery — you and the buyer agree both directly — so confirm payment has cleared before the item leaves your hands, and keep the conversation on the site so there is a record of what was agreed.
Ready to list it? It takes about two minutes, costs nothing, and there is no commission when it sells — create a free account or see how selling works.
Frequently asked questions
What is a used garden shed worth?
Typically £80 to £450 depending on size, construction and condition. See the garden shed value guide for pricing by grade.
Is it worth selling a shed with a rotten floor?
Yes, if you describe it that way and price it there. Floors are the cheapest part to rebuild and plenty of buyers will happily take a sound shell. Do not photograph around the rot.
Should I re-felt the roof before selling?
If the felt is split, a roll costs little and removes the most visible sign of neglect. It usually returns more than it costs, and it makes the shed weathertight for the buyer’s journey home.
See also: what a used garden shed is worth · browse live home & garden listings · condition grades explained.