Built for households where a third adult is part of the patio most weekends, not for party-sized hosting twice a year. The fifth seat sits in standing reserve so the kitchen chair stays in the kitchen, and the routine of dragging it across the slabs every Sunday finally ends.
One lift switches the table from a coffee setting (mugs, books, feet up) to a dining setting (plates, glasses, knives and forks). One piece of furniture covers both jobs outside, so the patio doesn't have to hold a lounge set and a dining set side by side.
The Oakham runs along a wall rather than wrapping into an L. Suits a long terrace, a courtyard up against the house, or a new-build patio where a corner footprint of three metres square wouldn't fit no matter how much you wanted one.
Aluminium frame finished with a 0.2mm powder coating, so it cannot rust. UV stabilisation on the weave, so the Grey tone through summer sun and winter frost. No cover needed at any point in the year.
The Oakham 5-seater shares its build with the 4-seater (852): same aluminium structure, same powder-coated finish, same UV-stabilised hand-woven rattan, same table lift. The £300 difference funds the extra seat, not a quality step-up. Across a decade of weekend use, that works out at around £30 a year for the fifth place.
The household that has been pulling up a kitchen chair every Sunday for three years. A grown child back from university every other weekend, a parent who joins for Sunday lunch, a teenager who still eats outside with the family in summer, a weekend-coffee neighbour. The 4-seater works for two adults hosting occasionally; the 5-seater is for the household where a third person is on the patio most weekends and the chair-from-the-kitchen routine has worn thin.
If your fifth person joins twice a year for a birthday, the 4-seater (852) is the right set and saves you £300. If they're on the patio most Sundays, that £300 spread across a decade is roughly £30 a year, less than the friction of dragging a kitchen chair out every weekend. The build is the same across both sets; the step-up funds the extra seat, not a quality upgrade.
It lifts the top from a low position for drinks and feet up to proper eating level, in one motion. The difference between 45cm coffee height and 70cm dining height is the difference between balancing a plate on your knees and eating properly. Drop it low for evening drinks with the partner, raise it when you carry plates out for Sunday lunch, drop it again afterwards when the mugs arrive.
The point of the mechanism is that most linear patios don't have room for both a coffee table and a separate dining set. We designed this so one piece of furniture serves both heights, which frees up the rest of the patio for the seating itself, for planters, or for a path past the bi-fold doors.
Usually yes, and a straight-sofa layout suits linear patios better than a corner set of the same capacity. The L-shape footprint dominates a square area; the Oakham runs along the wall instead, which suits long terraces, narrow courtyards, or new-build paving where a 3m x 3m corner footprint won't fit.
Exact dimensions for this set are pending. Before you order, mark the rough shape with masking tape on your slabs, walk past, and check the back-door swing clears the nearest chair. Our helpful and knowledgeable staff at the Leicestershire showroom can pull piece-by-piece measurements for you on 01455 274748 if you want them confirmed first.
Yes. The frame is aluminium, which cannot rust, and the finish is a 0.2mm powder coating, thicker than what most aluminium garden furniture carries, so the coating doesn't break down through wet winters and freezing nights. The synthetic rattan is UV-stabilised, so it won't fade, rot or go brittle when left outside year-round.
You can leave the structure out all year without a cover, which saves you the hassle and the £50 to £100 a cover would cost. In our experience, customers come back ten or fifteen years later saying their rattan is just as good as the day it arrived. Cushions are the only part you'll want to bring in of an evening: a deck box or a shelf indoors keeps them dry between uses.
Considering a brand-name set at £3,000 or more? You'd be paying mainly for the marketing and the polished website. The actual furniture is almost exactly the same as ours: aluminium frame, UV-stabilised rattan, comparable cushion depth, tempered glass on the adjustable table. We design our own Oakham range and sell it direct from our family-run Leicestershire showroom since 2001, without the excessive markup of big name brands.
The household that has been pulling up a kitchen chair every Sunday for three years. A grown child back from university every other weekend, a parent who joins for Sunday lunch, a teenager who still eats outside with the family in summer, a weekend-coffee neighbour. The 4-seater works for two adults hosting occasionally; the 5-seater is for the household where a third person is on the patio most weekends and the chair-from-the-kitchen routine has worn thin.
If your fifth person joins twice a year for a birthday, the 4-seater (852) is the right set and saves you £300. If they're on the patio most Sundays, that £300 spread across a decade is roughly £30 a year, less than the friction of dragging a kitchen chair out every weekend. The build is the same across both sets; the step-up funds the extra seat, not a quality upgrade.
It lifts the top from a low position for drinks and feet up to proper eating level, in one motion. The difference between 45cm coffee height and 70cm dining height is the difference between balancing a plate on your knees and eating properly. Drop it low for evening drinks with the partner, raise it when you carry plates out for Sunday lunch, drop it again afterwards when the mugs arrive.
The point of the mechanism is that most linear patios don't have room for both a coffee table and a separate dining set. We designed this so one piece of furniture serves both heights, which frees up the rest of the patio for the seating itself, for planters, or for a path past the bi-fold doors.
Usually yes, and a straight-sofa layout suits linear patios better than a corner set of the same capacity. The L-shape footprint dominates a square area; the Oakham runs along the wall instead, which suits long terraces, narrow courtyards, or new-build paving where a 3m x 3m corner footprint won't fit.
Exact dimensions for this set are pending. Before you order, mark the rough shape with masking tape on your slabs, walk past, and check the back-door swing clears the nearest chair. Our helpful and knowledgeable staff at the Leicestershire showroom can pull piece-by-piece measurements for you on 01455 274748 if you want them confirmed first.
Yes. The frame is aluminium, which cannot rust, and the finish is a 0.2mm powder coating, thicker than what most aluminium garden furniture carries, so the coating doesn't break down through wet winters and freezing nights. The synthetic rattan is UV-stabilised, so it won't fade, rot or go brittle when left outside year-round.
You can leave the structure out all year without a cover, which saves you the hassle and the £50 to £100 a cover would cost. In our experience, customers come back ten or fifteen years later saying their rattan is just as good as the day it arrived. Cushions are the only part you'll want to bring in of an evening: a deck box or a shelf indoors keeps them dry between uses.
Considering a brand-name set at £3,000 or more? You'd be paying mainly for the marketing and the polished website. The actual furniture is almost exactly the same as ours: aluminium frame, UV-stabilised rattan, comparable cushion depth, tempered glass on the adjustable table. We design our own Oakham range and sell it direct from our family-run Leicestershire showroom since 2001, without the excessive markup of big name brands.
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I had an issue with an order, which was entirely of my own making. Dom provided a very helpful and responsive solution and we are now the proud owners of the Burbage Non-Rocking/Rocking & Reclining Rattan Bistro set, which looks fantastic on our deck and is very comfortable. Excellent delivery and communication.
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