Converting a garage - is it worth it? (merged threads)

NinaM

ooo000ooo wrote:

One of her mates was visiting yesterday, her husband is a trainee surveyor or architect or similar and she's offered his services for about £400-500 to draw up and submit plans.

Seems rather expensive! We had our drawings done for £120.

scoot1on1

I agree £500 is far too much especially as you dont really need plans, just get building Regs to come round have a look and they will tell you exactly what forms you need, then get the builder ( or yourself) to convert it, we have just had this done and didn't pay anyone to draw up plans,we just drew our own on graph paper, and showed this to the builder.

rammy007

i would say convert it,could you also have a carport everyone i know apart from an old couple dont put their cars away and just fill it with junk,we took ours down and built an extention on the area at least we use the space now

hilstep2000

My garage is beside the house, (tho not attached) and it's huge! We can get my partners Mercedes, and the kids bikes, and all the diy stuff in, and still have room to move! I asked an Estate Agent if it added to the value of the house, and he said definately, because it's so big. Our house is worth at least £3000 more than the one next door!

jordylass

We converted our garage to a study, we changed the up and over garage door to an electric roll up, so it took up less room and left a space about 3' behind that for the bikes. We had an electric socket put on the shed space side and there was an existing garage tap that we were also able to leave in that space.
The room is now a study palyroom, but could be back to a garage in 1-2 weekends should a new buyer want it back as a garage, but no-one in our street uses theire garage for a car.