If you need more space and don't want to move, extend into the garden or convert the loft, the obvious place to look is in the garage. The RAC Home Insurance found that almost six million UK garages – ...

I've spent more than a decade writing about how homeowners can add space to their homes extending or converting underused areas, but what I find rarely gets mentioned is what happens when you move ...

Converting a garage may seem an ideal solution if you don╣t have enough space in your home because the structure is already there - but garages are not built to be habitable spaces. They are not ...

There may come a time when you look around your home and realize it would be perfect if it just had a bit more room. Maybe you could really use a playroom for your young children or a rec room for ...

HOMEOWNERS could add up to £45,000 to the value of their home by converting the garage into an extra room - and in most cases you don't even need planning permission. It comes as new research from ...

AT FIRST GLANCE, Lisa le Duc’s oasis-like garage doesn’t appear to accommodate actual automobiles, but it does. “I wanted a space that was an extension of a mudroom and kitchen and just nicer to be in ...

During the pandemic, our homes turned into our offices, gyms, schools and day care centers. Many homeowners, desperate to squeeze every inch out of their houses, also turned their garages into ...

Bryan and Jen Scott are believers in living small. Granted, it was a process to pare down possessions that once filled a five-bedroom house and move into their 480-square-foot garage. But today, the ...

Estate agent details often include a garage in the floor plans of a property to make the living space look bigger. Yet more than half of households with a garage rarely or never use it, according to ...

Q: We bought a house a few years ago that has a converted garage, which the seller told us was done by the book. When we recently put in a shed, the town sent someone out to inspect it. The inspector ...