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Garage conversion - Funding it
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kossohead
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Hi
Firstly, not sure if I’m posting this on the right forum page?
Anyway need some advice please.
We need to convert or garage into a bedroom to accommodate our 14 year old lad who currently shares a bedroom with his 12 year old brother.
What’s the best way to find the conversion which I guess will be around £6-8k.
Money is tight at the moment so any good advice would be most grateful.
Thanks 👍
Firstly, not sure if I’m posting this on the right forum page?
Anyway need some advice please.
We need to convert or garage into a bedroom to accommodate our 14 year old lad who currently shares a bedroom with his 12 year old brother.
What’s the best way to find the conversion which I guess will be around £6-8k.
Money is tight at the moment so any good advice would be most grateful.
Thanks 👍
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Is this a garage that's integral to the house, or separate?
I think your £6-8k is massively optimistic, either way, but especially if it's separate. Remember, it's going to need to conform to building regs for a habitable room.
How to fund it? Well, anything from credit card to a loan to remortgaging to robbing a bank, winning the lottery or bopping Great Aunt Ethel on the head (nobody'll miss her)...0 -
Is this a garage that's integral to the house, or separate?
Add to the list of questions -
How high is the garage internally ?
Are there any drains & manhole covers in there ?
Is there a door from the garage into the house (assuming an attached garage) ?
Any windows ?Her courage will change the world.
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
The OP says money is tight so some examples of costs may help them with their decision.
For a detached garage I could see upwards of £50k as, in effect, you have to extend the house to incorporate the garage therefore a full house extension. Presumably full planning permission required also
For an integrated garage a lot cheaper but I also think £6k-£8k is very optimistic unless they can do a lot of the work themselves - double walling/insulating a single skin garage wall maybe? bricking up entrance and fitting window, raising & insulating floors, roof insulation, electrics, stud walls, ceiling panels, plastering the lot and then painting & decorating on top.
As for funding it, cheapest short term would be add to mortgage if allowed. Otherwise you are looking at savings and/or a loan, more expensive short term but cheaper over the full length of the mortgage (assuming a decent loan rate).0
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