Often the huts themselves occupy indeterminate patches of land with no clear boundaries. On the council-owned site, all huts have water, electricity and drainage. On one other site, all huts are connected to a water supply and drainage system. In addition, one small section of Carbeth has electricity, mains water and sewerage. Otherwise, stand pipes, streams, springs or bottled water are used.
Most huts have chemical or dry closets.
Carbeth provides for the removal of rubbish but on others rubbish removal is either by the occupants or by local authorities, although respondents reported difficulties with this. Some prefabricated panels or prefabricated huts are now used. Brick, concrete or stone may be used for chimneys. Most have one living room and at least one bedroom. A few original inter-war huts survive apparently unchanged but most have been altered over the years.