Cost of a garage conversion??

[PloddingDaily]

Hello...

Please can I pick the collective brain? We are looking to increase our living space...we've looked into moving but it seems more sensible to stay where we are & change the house a bit, so we're looking at converting our internal garage into a kitchen & the old kitchen into a cosy dining room. Has anyone done this, did you regret it, and would you be kind enough to give me a rough idea of what it cost? (so I can either scare myself off the idea or start planning! )

Many thanks in anticipation!

[LEMmingaround]

Don't forget to check with planning. If converting means you losea parkingspace they might not like it.

I reckon you are looking between 7-10k

[PloddingDaily]

Thanks! We already have more spaces than we need for the house (2 spaces, 3 bed house) & it seems planning aren't interested as it's not increasing the footprint of the house...all seems quite scary to me though!

[schmee]

Yes, I think you can do this within permitted development now. I'd have thought it would be more than £10k though if it is going to be the kitchen (cost of replumbing, electrics, etc). Are you going to shift the existing kitchen stuff into the new room?

[Tambaboy]

We are doing ours at the moment and it'll be about 26k, but it's being built like a proper house extension: cavity walls, insulated floor etc

[Tambaboy]

I forgot to say, we were quoted for a regular garage conversion 12-15k (exc.VAT).

[PloddingDaily]

Thanks, that's useful to know...I think the walls are already cavity walled & would just need dabbing plaster boards on, so the main work will be bricking up the garage doorway, sticking a window in & internal & external doors, plus raising / insulating the floor...then fitting the kitchen of course. There are already gas & electric supplies in the garage (boiler, sockets etc) so hopefully just a case of extending rather than major new supply work iyswim...

We want to get a new set of kitchen units, as there wouldn't be enough of the old ones for the new room anyway, plus we've seem a good kitchen ina friend's house that looks robust enough for us too

heating may be an issue...I am torn between losing precious cupboard space for a radiator (whoever designed this house clearly lived like a monk & had no need to store anything, ever!) or going down the underfloor heating route - but I've heard electric is costly to run & ineffective in anything beyond a small space & water systems are v expensive to fit (but cheaper to run).

Too many choices!