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Large shed conversion

  • 12-01-2016 6:15pm
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    Liam O
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    The family have a shed at the end of the garden, pretty big, 2 rooms. Would be unsure of square footage, probably about 4-500. There was an old shed that was added to and the larger area new room built up against the old garden wall that was there.

    Recently I've been thinking about how much it would cost to convert it into a livable area, as it's pretty big and my room in the house is quite small. What would be the general costs that I would be looking at for such a venture? I could obviously clear it out myself but it would probably need new windows, there is some sockets and light fixtures and such already in there that could be sufficient.

    What kind of (very rough obviously) price would I be looking at to get all the requisite work done? What would I be needing done at a basic level? Sorry for the vagueness of this and if it's too vague it can be closed.


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    Gumbo
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    Liam O wrote: »
    The family have a shed at the end of the garden, pretty big, 2 rooms. Would be unsure of square footage, probably about 4-500. There was an old shed that was added to and the larger area new room built up against the old garden wall that was there.

    Recently I've been thinking about how much it would cost to convert it into a livable area, as it's pretty big and my room in the house is quite small. What would be the general costs that I would be looking at for such a venture? I could obviously clear it out myself but it would probably need new windows, there is some sockets and light fixtures and such already in there that could be sufficient.

    What kind of (very rough obviously) price would I be looking at to get all the requisite work done? What would I be needing done at a basic level? Sorry for the vagueness of this and if it's too vague it can be closed.

    1. Planning Application - Architect/Engineer/Technician or somebody you know that can prepare an application. Could be €1k to €3k depending on who you use or could be more to be honest.

    Then the conversion costs, you would have to link it to the existing house in order for it to be classed as a granny flat and habitation allowed, otherwise, its just a shed an habitation would ne illegal.


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