mb3195
Distinguished Member
Very similar layout to my once integral garage (one double width door) which I decided to leave as a garage. Previous owners had already converted to a playroom and had kept the door in place. For me it was a no brainer to stay with that decision as didn't want windows as it was always just going to be used as a dedicated room.
The other reason was that a dedicated outhouse would never have been used as much in our case as though I have plenty of space, its about 100m+ down the end of the garden which I know the family wouldn't do the trek in winter months (or this storm today!) so I'm saving that for a gym and games room one day.
I hope to be redoing my room this year and learning from mistakes, one of them, as someone else has already pointed out, is to stick an AC unit in their as it gets fart too uncomfortable on long hot summer viewings with the kit, bodies etc. in there.
The other is to pay a bit more attention to reflection points as @mb3195 has pointed out. In fact he had kindly invited me to his which I will be doing come spring.(thanks pal!) I totally overlooked this and although Dirac has really helped, I've got a chance to put this right so I will.
Whether you go integral or outbuild really depends on your lifestyle/usage needs but if you do go integral I'd personally keep the doors, wouldn't even bother changing then to rollover and leave that to any potential new buyer to deliberate over and spend the savings on kit or cost of conversion.
In fact I did read somewhere that along with loft conversions, a decent home cinema can add more value to a home than a garage can, especially if you already have ample offstreet parking which it appears you do have.
Either way, done correctly you won't regret it!
invite is still there mate, looking forward to having you over. Offer is there for OP if you also want any ideas, especially if an outbuilding is a potential option, I think if it is and you were to visit, it would probably convince you it’s the way to go, virtually no compromise when building from scratch.