Garage Conversion Sutton Coldfield

The two primary ways to accomplish this are either to convert a garage or convert your loft. The cheapest and least complicated of these is to have a garage conversion. Of course, this can only be considered if you are not currently employing your garage for the purpose it was intended (in other words storing your car). If it's just standing there acting as a rubbish dump, then you could add approximately ten percent to the value of your home simply by shelling out some money on a space creating garage conversion.

You'll be able to learn about the various uses which your converted garage may be put to by making contact with the local garage conversion contractor. It could be that you would like an extra bedroom as kids grow up or you might like to extend your liveable home space to include a dining room or create a new family bathroom. With the assistance and support of your local Sutton Coldfield garage conversion company, your dreams can become a reality no matter which of these options you ultimately settle on.

If you are doing a garage conversion to add more value to your home so as to sell it, this might be a great idea. However, having the benefit of off-road-parking in the shape of a garage can often be a huge advantage in some places. If doing the conversion will be detrimental then you'll get the appropriate advice from any well respected garage conversion company in Sutton Coldfield.

To guarantee that your garage is suitable for conversion, your Sutton Coldfield garage conversion specialist will retain an architect who'll help with drawing up some working blueprints. The reason for this is that sometimes garages in Sutton Coldfield are constructed using different methods to those used for residential buildings and they have to be re-fashioned before any conversion work can begin. So that the garage satisfies national standards for residential buildings it might perhaps require new foundations or need the roofing to be waterproofed and strengthened.

You should be able to sit back and chill though, as it is the duty of the garage conversion firm to familiarise themselves with all these building rules and regulations.

Practically any kind of garage is suited to conversion, while this will obviously depend on what purpose you propose to use it for. While it is perfectly possible to do conversions on both single garages and double garages, single garages scarcely have enough space to fit your car in, providing you with only around 18m2 to make use of. It's because single garages have such limited space that many homeowners in Sutton Coldfield never even bother to put their cars into them. Consequently these garages frequently end up as dumping grounds for a vast array of household paraphernalia, including tools, toys, bicycles and lawn mowers. When converting a double garage you are going to have a lot more scope and potential uses, and you will have far more room to work with.

Many property owners in Sutton Coldfield use their garages as workshops, and obviously this is an excellent way to take full advantage of it, if it's not being used for a car. You might possibly prefer not to do a conversion on your garage, if this is what you happen to be doing. There are several solutions to this issue, and one could be to disregard the garage and do a conversion on your loft instead. The other would be to convert your garage after transferring your workshop into the garden shed. You will find that there are some prime quality garden sheds available that could very easily be used for a workshop if you've got adequate room in your garden, enabling you to convert your garage into extra living space.

Next, you'll want to find a decent Sutton Coldfield builder to carry out the work, if you've actually decided to go ahead with a garage conversion. Whilst you could look at a range of builders, it is generally better to choose one who focuses on cellar conversions, loft space conversions, garage conversions and the like. You'll be looking for a building contractor who does work with a neat and tidy finish, so you should ask to look at photos of previously completed garage conversions, and read reviews and get references where you can.

Recommendations from friends and acquaintances are regarded as being the most dependable source of information when it comes to choosing tradesmen and services, therefore if you know someone who has had a garage conversion you should ask for their advice. Research has indicated that around about 80 percent of homeowners in Sutton Coldfield who are searching for a tradesman, favour word of mouth recommendations above any form of endorsement. When you've prepared a shortlist of possible contractors you can then ask them to give you a quote - you will want at least three or four job quotes.

Garage conversions are available in Sutton Coldfield and also in nearby places like: Canwell, Reddicap Heath, Little Aston, Wylde Green, Short Heath, Boldmere, Maney, Four Oaks, Aldridge, Castle Vale, Whitehouse Common, Erdington, Mere Green, New Oscott, Doe Bank, and in these postcodes B72 1LG, B72 1HH, B23 5WJ, B44 9NH, B72 1LS, B24 0HT, B72 1HW, B24 0HQ, B72 1DE, B72 1FS. Locally based Sutton Coldfield garage conversion contractors will likely have the postcode B72 and the telephone code 0121.

Garage Conversions - How Much do They Cost?

One of the chief advantages of choosing a garage conversion to gain extra space in your house is that it's by far the most budget friendly solution. In general a garage conversion is going to cost around £1,000 per m2, which means that you should be able to do the whole thing for less than £8,000 to £10,000 (contingent on the overall size of your garage of course). You could compare this to in the region of £35,000-40,000 for a loft conversion or brick extension. Needless to say the space created is somewhat limited although is not at all insignificant. it could easily be used for a dining room, a children's play room, a kitchen or an extra bedroom. Precisely how much a garage conversion costs is dependent upon not just the area of your garage but the amount of work which has to be done to get it done. This of course includes considerations like whether the ceiling is high enough, the extent of planning and design charges, whether the foundations need reinforcing, whether or not a structural engineer is necessary and whether or not the walls, roof and floor are stable.

Planning Permission - Do I Need It?

Provided that the building isn't enlarged at all, and all the construction work is internal, planning permission will not normally be necessary. There are odd occasions when you might have to have planning permission, for instance when you are transforming the garage into a separate living space like with a flat for letting or a granny annex. In fact planning permission will still be needed even when a member of your family is going to be using it. If you are uncertain about any of this, your council planning department will pretty quickly tell you what you need to do with regards to planning permission.

Garage Extensions Sutton Coldfield

It has come to my notice just recently that quite a few of our visitors found us on Google by typing in "garage extensions" or something like that. So, you may well have found your way to this webpage looking for "garage extension Sutton Coldfield" or "garage extensions Sutton Coldfield", as opposed to garage conversions. This article is going to be largely irrelevant if that is the case, because if you're looking for garage extensions I would assume that you do not currently have a garage and will therefore not be in need of a conversion!

It is really beyond the scope of this article to address garage extensions today, however maybe at some point we'll look at adding a section on this subject. If you're interested in obtaining price quotes for a garage extension, this is possible by CLICKING HERE.

Half-Garage Conversion Sutton Coldfield

Despite the fact that Sutton Coldfield garage conversions are generally regarded as PD (Permitted Development), there could be some scenarios where an application for "change of use" is turned down by the local authorities. This is fairly unusual but might happen if you live in an area of special interest, on a new housing estate, in a conservation area or in a listed building.

The one you are most likely to run into is if your property is located on a newer housing estate. Local councils sometimes prefer that all the garage spaces remain, or wish to maintain the consistent look of these estates, and this is the most common grounds for refusal.

It's more the appearance of your garage door that's going to be crucial in this case, and it shouldn't be that much of an issue providing you keep this unchanged. You could still create some practical extra living space, without changing the exterior look of your property, by going with a partial or half garage conversion, whereby you leave the doors and some of the garage as it is, and convert the end half of it into a kids playroom, utility room or home office.

Another advantage of this option is that it is going to be much cheaper than a whole garage conversion, so if you are on a strict, this might be a possibility.

Conversion Floors

One of the principal considerations when doing a garage conversion is the flooring. Most garages have got concrete flooring and the likelihood is you won't want to have this material for your final surface in the new living space. Also garage floors usually slope gradually towards the doorway, therefore need to be levelled off. Built-in garages generally have floors which are four inches below the floor level of the main dwelling. This additional space could be used for a wood floor surface, underfloor heating, water pipes and insulation, if you decide on a floating floor. You can then have some options for floor finishes, for example wood, vinyl flooring, tiles, carpet or laminate.

West Midlands Garage Conversion

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What Sutton Coldfield Garage Conversion Experts Can Do

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Skip Hire Sutton Coldfield

When you're carrying out any almost refurbishment work on your property or garden in Sutton Coldfield, there's bound to be a fair amount of waste produced that will need to be removed. For your garage conversion, different quantities of waste will be created, subject to your individual circumstances, and the size of your project. You might have to make your own arrangements for waste removal, since some tradesmen don't include this in their quote. The simplest way to get rid of this waste is to hire a skip. Various sizes of skip are available to suit the volume of waste that you have. Mini-skips generally hold approximately 2 cubic yards of waste, midi-skips hold approximately 4 cubic yards of waste, builders skips hold approximately 6 cubic yards of waste and roll-on-roll-off skips hold approximately 20 cubic yards of waste. Skip bags usually hold about 1 - 1.5 cubic yards of waste. To arrange your skip hire in Sutton Coldfield CLICK HERE.

Near Sutton Coldfield

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Garage Conversions Around Sutton Coldfield: Garage conversion quotes were recently asked for by homeowners in the following Sutton Coldfield streets: Bulls Lane, Stanley Avenue, Trinity Place, Denholm Road, Slade Road, Driffold Villas, Silvermead Road, Tudman Close, Sutton Oak Road, Bateman Drive, St James Road, Cambridge Avenue, Carlton Close, Cressington Drive, The Chase, St John Close, Ashurst Road, Chadwick Road, Camp Road, Swale Road, Shipton Road, Streetly Drive, Bracebridge Road, Arlescote Close, Duncalfe Drive, Claverdon Drive, Church House Drive, Carnoustie Close, Britwell Road, and in these postcodes: B72 1LG, B72 1HH, B23 5WJ, B44 9NH, B72 1LS, B24 0HT, B72 1HW, B24 0HQ, B72 1DE, B72 1FS.

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