Garage conversion in Fife

Garage conversions are a good way to add more floor area and likely value to your home. Lots of garages are not utilised as useful spaces, therefore a garage conversion can be a way to reclaim space and put it to more practical use. Garage conversions can add living or utility spaces, a bedroom, home office or bathroom, or expand a kitchen. Most garage conversions will not require planning permission as long as you don’t intend on extending the dimensions of your home, however when thinking about a garage conversion it is vital to check with your Local Authority, as some limitations can apply, for example on the amount of off-road parking spaces in the area. The garage conversion will also need to abide by building regulations on drainage, insulation, damp proofing, amongst other things.

When undertaking your garage conversion, have a structural survey done on the pre-existing garage in order to establish the amount of work which will be done. This will determine the best way to perform the conversion. The walls of your existing garage will typically need improving from a single skin design to a cavity wall. Flooring will in most cases require elevating to meet the level of your home. Roofs will need either improving or completely transforming to a tiled pitch roof style. The pre-existing garage door will in most cases be infilled with a new brick wall and also have a window installed. The new room will require insulating to the standard of habitable rooms.