Hi, I've posted on here a few times - we're moving with my mum and we're looking to create a self-contained annexe for her and a family home for us.
Tight budget and spiralling house prices, plus the teeny tiny gardens have made it tricky but we've found what looks like an amazing house. It was actually on the market and SSTC a while ago but looks as if the sale has fallen through.
It's right at the top of our budget, but due to a complicated sequence of events we'll have around £45k for renovations when the sale goes through.
Rather than building an annexe in the garden, there's an integral garage and workshop which is around 45 feet long. My DM wants a fair bit of space so this is perfect. The last 15ft pokes out from the main house, the rest is contained as part of the main structure.
It will need a door and window at the front, door at the rear, insulating throughout (presumably) with new ceiling and floors inside. Drainage and sewage for a bathroom, plus maybe boosting the electricity supply? And the "special supply" for an electric cooker. A shower room, and a small kitchen will need to be fitted. Ideally we'd want a separate boiler too so mum can control her own heating. I also think the last 15ft will need a new roof.
Has anyone converted an integral garage to give me a realistic idea of cost? I'm in the SW. I've tried costing it out online but there's about a million different answers. Obviously I'm going to get a builder in for a quote but just wondering if anyone had done similar and how much they spent?
Also, I know that planning permission isn't needed but I read somewhere that integral garage doesn't require change of use? So presumably just building regs once it's finished up?
I've never had the money to do building work before so this is entirely new territory for me, hence the nervousness!