Garage Conversions

UK garage conversion specialists, helping create space and add value to your home

Garage conversions are an effective way of adding both value and living space to your home. As UK garage conversion specialists, we can help make your building plans a reality.

Increase your living space with a garage conversion from CR Designs

Converting your garage is one of the easiest ways to gain extra room without building an extension on your home.

As a one-off project or part of a larger house remodelling, garages can be converted into a variety of living spaces, including extra bedrooms, utility rooms, studies/offices and home gyms.

Whatever you have in mind, our UK garage conversion specialists will prepare concept designs and drawings, technical specifications and structural calculations, whilst providing expertise at every stage of your building project.

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CR Design Services can produce architectural drawings for garage conversions

Increase your living space and add value to your home

We provide concept designs, technical specifications and structural calculations

Operating nationwide, we'll guide you through the UK planning process

We will provide technical support to your builder

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Converting your garage

Our team of garage conversion specialists will work with you to transform your ideas into concept designs and drawings.

Working remotely, your project team will suggest the most suitable options for your project based on your requirements, budget and the survey information from your garage.

As your designs take shape, we will offer online screensharing and video calls to discuss your drawings, with unlimited revisions until you are happy with them.

Find out more about our concept design & planning packages.

Design & Planning Packages
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CR Design Services can carry out snagging surveys for new build properties
Measured Survey Packages
Measured survey

As part of the Concept Design & Planning stage, we may require a measured survey of your garage.

Measured surveys will provide key information we need to complete your planning drawings, including:

  • Whether it is an integral or detached garage
  • Condition of the existing structure
  • Pitch of the roof
  • Head room – your garage conversion will need around 2.2m to 2.4m of headroom once the floor has been raised to 15cm above the external ground level.

You can carry out the survey yourself or we can do it for you, for an additional charge.

Find out more about our measured survey packages.

Planning application

It is unlikely that your project will require planning permission, as the majority of UK garage conversions fall under permitted development.

However, we will perform a full check of your project against local and national planning permission advice and rules to determine the type of planning application required.

We will prepare the planning drawings for your garage conversion within 2-3 weeks and submit the planning application on your behalf, acting as your agent with the council for the duration of the project.

Find out more about our concept design & planning packages.

Building Control application

Your garage conversion project will need to meet building regulations.

Our fully qualified garage conversion specialists will have construction details and technical drawings ready for building regulation application within 2-3 weeks. Like the planning application, we will prepare and submit your application and will deal with the council on your behalf.

If structural designs (also known as structural calculations) are required, we can also prepare the drawings and submit them as part of the building control application.

Find out more about our building control & construction specification packages.

Our garage conversion packages

Our UK garage conversion specialists can provide planning, technical and structural drawings for your building project. Our design packages include:

  • Concept design and planning drawings
  • Building control and structural specifications
  • Structural design and calculations

Our design packages are suitable for all types of garage and loft conversion, house extension, renovation and self-build projects.

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    5-star rated service

    "CR Design were brilliant from first contact. They were extremely efficient and were very prompt in answering all my questions in relation to our garage conversion. They were very proactive in communicating with us and I only have positive things to say. I would not hesitate to use them again for our next project."

    "Chris worked with us during the planning and design stage of our downstairs remodel. He was very patient as we went through the design iterations and with his team, took care of the drawings and building control application. We couldn't recommend more highly the professional and friendly service."

    "Chris has provided us with a fantastic service. Great job and communication throughout....Very prompt service, highly recommended."

    "Caroline & Christopher of CR Design Services were great to work with. They were both very supportive, efficient and very knowledgeable. I would have no hesitation in recommending them and working with them in the future. Thanks."

    "Used CR Design Services for calculations and drawings for an extension/new build. We found the company through a web-search. Amazing response and turnaround times and Chris was always happy to help if we needed to changes to the design. High quality service and excellent value. Highly recommend and would definitely use again."

    "CR Design were brilliant from first contact. They were extremely efficient and were very prompt in answering all my questions in relation to our garage conversion. They were very proactive in communicating with us and I only have positive things to say. I would not hesitate to use them again for our next project."

    "Chris worked with us during the planning and design stage of our downstairs remodel. He was very patient as we went through the design iterations and with his team, took care of the drawings and building control application. We couldn't recommend more highly the professional and friendly service."

    "Chris has provided us with a fantastic service. Great job and communication throughout....Very prompt service, highly recommended."

    "Caroline & Christopher of CR Design Services were great to work with. They were both very supportive, efficient and very knowledgeable. I would have no hesitation in recommending them and working with them in the future. Thanks."

    "Used CR Design Services for calculations and drawings for an extension/new build. We found the company through a web-search. Amazing response and turnaround times and Chris was always happy to help if we needed to changes to the design. High quality service and excellent value. Highly recommend and would definitely use again."