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I've put one on the back to help alleviate the runoff, and subsequent rot to the shed bearers(sp?). That will get the slim line one sitting randomly in the garden in due course.
I plan to put on on the front too, but it's hard to work out where a butt could go.
We do need to sort out some water butts generally though as we're moving to a meter next year and my OH has already flagged that I can't water as much. The challenge is the WAP of water butts everywhere, and I don't fancy dropping £150 on those nice looking ones which aren't all that big anyway.
We're going to put a small decked section in near the shed at some point, so my dream would be some sort of massive flat water butt that could live underneath with a solar pump.
hugo7
jellybaby
Have you got guttering on your shed? If you haven't, you could fit some and have it drain into a water butt, sat on a plinth so you can easily access the drain tap. Then what comes off the roof is not adding to what's on the grass already. Drill a hole for a pipe fitting that can act as an overflow and attach a length of hose to a drain or soak away. I ended up daisy chaining water butts which due to a particularly wet period all filled up with water I didn't need to use.