Architect Jon Stoumen is ready. Now that the Palo Alto City Council has decided to legalize turning garages into granny units, his newly designed office can easily be switched to a living unit. But, ...

A garage renovation that transforms it into an additional room gives homeowners more space when they have limited options for expansion outside or their house doesn’t have a basement. Most often ...

I’ve been noticing quite a few garage renovations on my daily get-me-away-from-my-kids-before-I-implode walks. Makes sense. As remote learning and working continue to be the norm for many families, ...

There may come a time when you look around your home and realize it would be perfect if it just had a bit more room. Maybe you could really use a playroom for your young children or a rec room for ...

If you had an extra room in your home, what would you do with it? If you currently have an unused garage, this is more than just a hypothetical question. In fact, a garage conversion is the simplest ...

Converting a garage may seem an ideal solution if you don╣t have enough space in your home because the structure is already there - but garages are not built to be habitable spaces. They are not ...

I've spent more than a decade writing about how homeowners can add space to their homes extending or converting underused areas, but what I find rarely gets mentioned is what happens when you move ...

Chris Black with Blackline Renovations turned this detached garage in the M Streets into a functional living space. The owner purchased the property for his daughters. One would live in the main house ...

The pandemic and working from home has led more of us than ever to find creative solutions to gain more living space, so it's little wonder that planning applications to develop garages have soared by ...

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HOMEOWNERS could add up to £45,000 to the value of their home by converting the garage into an extra room - and in most cases you don't even need planning permission. It comes as new research from ...

If you had an extra room in your home, what would you do with it? If you currently have an unused garage, this is more than just a hypothetical question. In fact, a garage conversion is the simplest ...