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Garage Conversions

If you are planning a garage conversion, the chances are that your garage is not being used to its full potential. Conversions of garages can be an ideal solution to increase your living space and add value to your home. SimplySelf-Build is not a garage conversion company; instead, we help garage converters to continue adding value to their home. Read on…


Garage Conversion Cost

It is important to understand the medium-term costs of converting your garage. To increase your living space can obviously increase the value of your property. You should also consider the financial consequences of a smaller garden and loss of secure parking.If the garage is converted well, by garage conversion experts and professionals, then you would have considered the important planning and building regulations [ more]. A quality extension of your living space can increase the value by 10 per cent upwards.

Consider now, that the loss of your garage can reduce the value of the property by the same amount. This is where SimplySelf-Build can help.


Adding value to your property

If you have space for a garage on your property, you could further add around 10 per cent to the value of your property, with a large double garage on a large family home adding up to 20 per cent in value; when put into perspective like this, your garage conversion ideas lose attractiveness.

But don’t let this ruin your garage conversion plans – we have the solution.Simply Self-Build offer both a range of popular DIY garage creation kits, and also a bespoke garage design and build service.



The SimplySelf-Build “New Garage Starter Kit”

The Kopello workshop and diy garage kit

Firstly, you need to be sure as to how much space you can allocate to a new garage build project. If you are tight on space for an extra garage, you may find the Kopello Garage Kit to be interesting. This offers you an external garage for a fraction of the price of a brick-build garage [ read more], and prices include UK nationwide delivery…and you can built it yourself.



The SimplySelf-Build “Luxury Garage Kit”

If you have a bit more space and your budget is more flexible, then our range of traditional-style Garage and Car Port Designs will be of interest. Again delivered in DIY form, these garage designs ooze character and subsequent value, if built correctly. This offers you a high-quality, highly-styled external garage; allowing you to extend your home living space through the means of a garage conversion [ view kits]. If you choose a ‘popular’ design, then very cost-effective planning drawing kits are available to buy online at just £59.95 [ buy online]. Contact us for a quotation if you would like to change any of our standard design, or you would like to design your own [ contact us].



The SimplySelf-Build “Bespoke Garage Service”

Timber Frame Luxury Quality Garage - quick to build

Your existing garage, whilst suitable for conversion, may not be quite so useful as a new garage could be; by designing a new garage, you can incorporate features that you need; room-in-roof options, integrated rooms…or even a different location. To design your own garage, you will need to create garage plans. TimberTecs operate UK nationwide and offer a garage design service [ visit site]. Once you have plans, send them to us and we can quote you for the professional services, creation and installation of your dream garage design [ contact us].


UK Garage Conversions

So, there you have it; garage conversions in the UK can include provision for a new garage or car port, whatever your circumstances, site or budget. We wish you luck with your garage conversion project and garage replacement kit project, and the SimplySelf-Build team look forward to hearing from you.


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