Converting a garage is often the quickest way to add a room. The walls, roof and floor are already there, they just need bringing up to the standard of the rest of the house.
Most of our garage conversions become home offices, playrooms, downstairs bedrooms or utility rooms, and some are used to extend the kitchen.
This garage was divided into two: one section for storage and the other a home gym.
Often not, if the work is internal and the change to the front of the house is small. Some newer estates have planning conditions that remove those rights, and conservation areas are different, so check with Leeds City Council. You'll need building regulations approval either way.
You'll lose the garage itself as a parking space, although most aren't used for cars anyway. If off-street parking matters to you, check there's still room on the drive.
We'll source the closest brick we can find and lay it in the same bond as the existing wall. The new wall is on show from the street, so we take care to get it right.