Garage Conversion

5 months ago

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Hi, we are considering converting our single attached garage into a living room\kitchen for our son and his girlfriend. His old bedroom is directly above and we are wondering if we can access his bedroom by adding a spiral staircase in the garage, so they will have a separate bedroom. I have Googled this but can find nothing showing me any examples. The garage is 17ft by 8ft 4" but we will have to add a new wall to section off our freezer and pantry cupboard, so space actually available will probably be 13ft by 8ft 4". Is this doable do you think, I thought the staircase to access the bedroom was a genius idea, but as I can't see any images of it ever being done, I'm now doubting myself. The staircase will be at the bottom right in the garage (as that is where his bedroom starts) and appear at the top right of his bedroom upstairs (so just in front of the window). Front of house photos below for clarity. Thanks in advance for any input :)

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Jonathan
5 months ago
As bedsits go this is still pretty small so it’s not going to add to the resale value of your house and to convert the space is going to cost as much as funding several years in rented accomodation elsewhere. If you are feeling flush consider using the money you would have spent on renovations to put down a deposit for you to buy a property and rent it to your son, use the rent to pay the mortgage and congratulate yourself that you have improved your pension planning.
Denise Langham
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5 months ago
Thank you so much for replying. I get what you are saying and it has definitely made me think twice. I’m not overly flush but do have about £20,000 from an inheritance and as I have two other sons aged 20 and 15 I just thought that the conversion could help them all out as and when they are ready to think about their future.
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