GLA or still just a garage?

[Bailey1427]

Just got an order for a property where the garage has been converted to living space. It has a 2nd kitchen, half bath, heat and a/c (ducts, not mini-split), insulated but still has the garage door and floors are epoxy. What kind of adjustments would you make?

 

[Joe Flacco]

Sounds like a heated and cooled garage, not living space.

 

[glenn walker]

Garage...Cost to cure back to a usable garage..? If door is still on not very much $2,000 plus/- count it as 2 car gar on grid not GLA.

 

[Tom D]

Can you open the garage door and look out, or is there drywall. Epoxy floor is just as good as vinyl.

 

[alebrewer]

If it's finished in similar fashion as the remainder of the house, and is tied into the HVAC, then what makes it a garage? The fact that it has an epoxy floor and overhead door? I'm not aware of any guideline where the door type determines what the space is.

 

[LesPaul59]

If it's finished in similar fashion as the remainder of the house, and is tied into the HVAC, then what makes it a garage? The fact that it has an epoxy floor and overhead door? I'm not aware of any guideline where the door type determines what the space is.

I think there is an argument that having a garage door means it's not finished like the rest of the house.

 

[J Grant]

I think there is an argument that having a garage door means it's not finished like the rest of the house.

I have seen the exterior garage doors left in place. However, when the motor and tracks are removed and there is drywall on the inside, I call it a living area, provided it has a finish similar to the rest of the dwelling.

If the garage door is still functional with a motor and tracks and is not blocked off with drywall, then it might be a garage with a bathroom and kitchen in it.

 

[LesPaul59]

I have seen the exterior garage doors left in place. However when the motor and tracks are removed and there is drywall on the inside. When that is the case I call it living area provided it has simialr finish to resto dwelling, heat etc.

If the garage door is still functional with a motor and tracks and it is not blocked off with dryuwall then it might be a garage with a bathroom and kitchen in it.

I agree.