How garageconversion.ie works
What happens to your plan, and how the prices are worked out.
Free and no obligation. Your plan goes to one builder, not a list.
How it works
garageconversion.ie prices garage conversions, explains the planning and building rules for each kind of garage in plain words, and passes each plan sent to it to a single vetted builder in the visitor's county. That builder looks at the garage, prices the work in writing and, if you go ahead, does it under an agreement between you and them. You never pay us.
What happens to your plan
It goes to one builder only, who works in your county and converts garages. There's no list and no ring-round. Their written price is yours to accept or turn down, and you can get other quotes as well.
Where the prices come from
The ranges are what converting a single garage costs in Ireland now at three levels of finish, VAT at 13.5% included, adjusted to each region the way building rates move. Shower rooms, kitchens and steel are priced on top. When building costs move, so do the ranges. Treat them as a figure to plan with: the real price comes from a builder who has seen your garage.
The rules and the numbers
Planning answers follow the exempted development regulations as they stand from 27 July 2026, and building control answers the regulations that changed the same day. House types and bedrooms are from Census 2022 and the prices people paid for homes are the CSO's.
Mistakes and contact
If you find a mistake on the site, email hello@garageconversion.ie and it will be corrected. Questions about your data go to privacy@garageconversion.ie.
Plan your garage conversion
Four quick taps, and your plan fills in as you answer: the cost in your county, the planning position for your kind of garage and how many weeks it takes. Contact details come last, and only if you want a builder to price it.
An attached garage made into a bedroom, mid-range finish: €20,000 to €30,000, including VAT.
How the estimate is worked out
A garage conversion is priced as one job, because the walls, roof and floor slab are already standing: insulating the floor, walls and roof, building up the door opening with a window, wiring, heating, plastering and the finish. The range for your finish is adjusted to your county the same way building rates move between regions of Ireland, VAT at 13.5% included. A shower room, a small kitchen or a steel beam into the house go on top. Totals are rounded to the nearest €1,000. Use it to plan with. It isn't a quote: a builder prices your garage after seeing it.
About this site
Who converts the garage?
A single vetted builder for your area. They do the pricing and the work.
Who sees my details?
Only the one builder your plan is passed to, and only after you send it.
Every guide and county page
Conversions
Costs, rules and help
The room you need is already built
Pick the kind of garage, what it becomes and the finish to see the cost in your county. When you want a firm price, your plan goes to a single vetted builder for your area.