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Detached garage conversion will I need Planning Permission?
I absolutely love this group! My boyfriend and I are about to complete on our house purchase in Greater Manchester, and we’re so excited.
The property has a separate garage that isn’t attached to the house or any neighbouring buildings.
I’d really appreciate some advice on a few things:
• Would we need planning permission to convert it?
• How much would a conversion of this size typically cost?
• We’re planning to turn it into an office—does anyone have recommendations for the best layout?
Thanks so much in advance! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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12-15k depending on what needs doing
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Depending on roof / windows / doors / electrics
14k to.20k
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I’ve just converted a double garage in Kent – just to an office space – it did need the ceiling height raised to meet current building regs – I’m getting no change out of £40k and this was the lowest end of the quotes I received.
I also required full planning and building control, along with an architect this came to a further £3.5k………nothing cheap anymore!
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We’re also greater Manchester and we got ours complete last year and it was around 16k all in. Ours was a new build built in 2020 and we had to ask for planning permission from the developers/council.
We converted half into an office space and half into a utility and boarded the loft in there for extra space. we also had spotlights, ceiling speakers , kitchen cupboard for the utility and underfloor heating which added to the cost. I would say the underfloor heating was unnecessary and I probably wouldn’t opt for it if I was to do it again.
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Just finished one about 1/2 that size at a cost of about £6k including fit out. I did my own drawings, so I would budget between 12-15k.
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