Has anybody converted part of an integral garage in to a room?

[Northernlurker]

How much did it cost? Was it a lot of upheaval? We would want to convert the rear half of ours in to a very small office. Possibly still with a door in to what remained of the garage where we would keep bikes etc. It would be nice to make a small window at the side. This would overlook the side of the neighbour but they have no windows at that side and it's just a path at the side of the house so I'm sure she wouldn't object. Just wondering if we'd get a room worth having for the cost?

We did and it was absolutely brilliant. We created a study at the front with a window where the garage door would have been. In the rear we put in a utility room, which I loved. I think it was about £12k. Garages are often 18ft long so you can get good sized rooms.

There are often planning restrictions to ensure that there will be at least 3 car parking places but a specialist garage company should be able to advise. It will require building regs to ensure it's well insulated.

My parents have just done this.

They converted their's into a larger entrance area, downstairs loo and study. It looks great. Building works £5.2k plus plumbing and electrics and decor.

Thanks. This is very interesting. Cheaper than I thought it would be! We would definitely want to keep the front part as a garage type store.

We did ours for just over £4,000 to make it a bedroom. Building regs kept visiting as you are making a non-habitable room, habitable, there seemed to be quite a bit of compliancy required.

I found it more disruptive than I expected. Obviously the garage has to be completely cleared and new places found for the belongings, but also creating the doorway from the house into this new room, taking down a built in (breeze
blocks) area within the garage and installing an RSJ to open it up meant a fair bit of mess. My tolerance for mess and disruption was low however as I was near dc1's due date, not to mention my patience

We have a door from the house already. So would need the floor raised, wall built and insulated possibly with door in to garage and if we can have one a window made in the external wall which I assume would need an RSJ. Plus plastering etc.