Garage conversions

Turn a garage into a coordinated design brief.

Converting a garage is more than closing the door opening. Floors, walls and roofs may need review for their new use, while the connection to the rest of the home can introduce new openings and structural changes.

A good structural scheme starts with the way you want to live. We bring the proposed layout, the existing building and the construction sequence into the same conversation. For garage conversions, the first conversation is about your objectives, what is known about the building and what needs to be established.

What the appointment can include

• Review of the existing garage construction
• Design for specified altered openings or supports
• Coordination of agreed wall, floor and roof details
• Consideration of moisture and insulation interfaces
• Technical drawing package within the agreed scope

The written quotation will identify the actual deliverables and exclusions for your project.

Questions to resolve

Is the existing floor suitable for the proposed use?

Start with the available drawings and observations. Where the information is incomplete, agree the necessary survey or investigation before making a design assumption.

How will the former door opening be infilled?

Consider how the proposed work connects to the existing property and any specialist design. Record interfaces and limitations in the project brief.

How will the new room be ventilated and insulated?

Make the responsibility clear in writing. A coordinated project needs a shared understanding of who provides, checks and uses each part of the information.

Explore an illustrative project

Our concept study explains the design questions without presenting generated imagery as evidence of client work.