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That's a fair point noseall, by almost there I'm still thinking a couple of thousand pounds and some hard work on top of the garage conversion costs - start going over a couple of thousand then I may have to consider harder whether it's worth it or not for the size of the space we'll gain...

This is all very useful info. I'm getting quotes for the garage conversion this week with any luck so will get the builders to look at the loft too and see if they quote the regs and changes you guys have mentioned. The smaller the stairs the better so as not to take too much room down below...

So far so good, no second purchase yet required! The DVR does a perfectly good job so I see no need to buy a better one; agreed that the camera picture quality probably wouldn't do for a criminal prosecution but that's not what I have the system for (granted, it would be useful) Expensive...

:lol: yep, present from the previous owners. If only the boxes had more than mouse cr*p in them!

Would it be possible to strengthen the floor so it can take more weight then just have a room with the trusses still is place and velux lights added? Or do regs require the trusses are removed? Not looking for something overly functional, just storage with easy access and maybe a train...

Oh, not good, I was hoping it would be something quick and easy to convert! I think a new roof will make it far more expensive than I wanted. Fixed my YouTube link too, it didn't like the mobile version!

It's the loft above our link-detached garage. Hoping to convert it to a small playroom/storage room at the same time as a garage conversion with permanent access:

Bit of a bump of an old topic, however, do you plan to install tapatalk?

Slightly neater iPad doodling in front of the TV tonight. Any advice on novice software to use for drawing designs like floor plans etc?

I looked it up - we're in 'The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty', so not the same as a conservation area. 1974 is the build year IIRC http://www.wycombeapps.co.uk/localplan/written_state/chapter10.html?POLICY_REF=The%20Chilterns%20Area%20of%20Outstanding%20Natural%20Beauty#10_l1 I...

Being a bit bored on the iPad this evening I thought I'd put my phenomenally poor drawing skills into action and sketch something up for novelty value. Does anyone have any guesses at costs for both the garage and the office (I'm thinking about 2.8m by 3m)?

These are some good suggestions angelboy, thanks, just the kind of thoughts I was hoping for. Permitted development for the garage would be good - we're a conservation area (or something like that, I can't quite remember) though so anything could happen! Internal door from the hallway is...

I'm pretty certain planning permission would be easy for that side extension, however, quite a considerable bump up in cost plus maybe outsize the house for the garden/road?

I'm just looking for ideas, comments, sketches, price guides or anything else you think relevant to these two projects in one... For background, the back half of the garage is currently my office, so I need a new office if we convert the garage to a play room for my son as I'm currently...