Garage Conversions in Epsom.

Converting an attached or integral garage into a habitable room often falls within Permitted Development, because the footprint of the building does not change. Permission may still be required where the property is in a conservation area, where permitted development rights have been removed, or where the change to the frontage is substantial. We confirm the position with Epsom and Ewell Borough Council before starting and handle any application that is needed.

A single garage generally takes three to five weeks on site once building control and any consents are in place. A double garage, or a conversion including an en-suite or a wide structural opening into the house, takes longer. We set out the programme week by week before work begins so you know what is happening and when.

It depends on the condition of the existing structure, how much of the envelope has to be rebuilt, whether the frontage is being infilled and whether the room needs plumbing. Rather than publish a range that may not fit your garage, we visit, measure and put a single itemised figure in writing. Our published garage conversion cost guide explains where the money goes.

It should be, and that is entirely a function of the envelope and the heating design rather than of the room having once been a garage. We insulate to current standards, extend the heating properly rather than relying on an electric panel, and address the floor, which is the element most often skimped and the one you feel underfoot in January.

On most Epsom plots the driveway in front of the garage remains, and in practice it is already where the car lives. Where off-street parking genuinely matters we look at it on the first visit, because it is far better to establish that before design work than afterwards.