Turn a garage you're not parking in into a room you'll actually use.

Often not - internal work that doesn't materially affect the external appearance of the house isn't development, so it doesn't need planning permission. Two things can change that: a planning condition removing permitted development rights (common on estates built to protect off-street parking, and worth checking on your property's original decision notice), and a detached garage, where converting to habitable use can be a material change of use. We'll check your specific situation before design work begins.

These almost always apply, regardless of the planning answer: floor build-up and damp-proofing, insulation, ventilation, fire safety, and structural work to the former door opening all need to meet current standards for habitable space.

For many homeowners, yes - it's usually the most cost-effective way to add a room, since the footprint, walls and roof already exist. Whether it's worth it for you depends on how much you actually use the garage for parking or storage today, and what the converted space would replace that with.

It can. Converting a garage into habitable living space changes the property, and the Valuation Office Agency can reassess the council tax band as a result. This is worth checking as part of planning the project, not something to be surprised by afterwards.

We currently work across the North West.

The business was created from an existing property development background, so the trades, supplier relationships, construction experience and project management infrastructure already exist. That's what allows a project to be properly organised before it starts, rather than assembled on the fly.

It depends entirely on the type and scale of project. We publish industry cost ranges with visible sources on our cost guides for extensions, loft conversions, garden rooms, garage and basement conversions, kitchens and bathrooms - a genuine starting point for budgeting, not a quote for your specific property.

It depends on your local property market, the size of the move you'd otherwise need to make, and moving costs (stamp duty, agent fees, legal fees) versus construction costs. Extending is often - though not always - the more cost-effective way to gain space if you're happy with your current location.

Get in touch and tell us about your project - we'll talk through what's realistic for your property before any commitment is made.

Use our project finder or contact form to tell us what you're thinking, or try one of our free tools - the project matcher, the permitted development checker, the extension size visualiser or the cost estimator - to get a first steer before we talk.