Garage Conversion To Living Space | Cost Breakdown $$$

Hey YouTube fam!

Almost two years ago my wife and I bought a house in Nashville with a detached garage with the plan of converting it into a rental property so that we could HOUSE HACK. It has taken about a year to get to where we are today and it has been a fun adventure!

In this video I go reveal the before and after photos and also I breakdown the cost of doing a project like this! We demo'd, did rough in plumbing & electrical, excavated, poured the concrete slab, framed the bedrooms, bathroom & closed in the garage door along with putting in the windows and a ton more!

I hope you all enjoy and make sure you like subscribe and comment on the video! Any questions, drop them below and i'll do my best to help answer!

Thanks!

If you are ever in the area and want to stay at our place feel free to book a stay! :

[julien]

I love the fact that you really revealed how much the breakdown of the cost of this garage apartment conversion cost you. There are so many youtubers who are so shy about talking about finances and their expenses, budgets, etc... It seems o be such and no no to discuss your finances on youtube. So I love that you actually showed us the spreadsheet with all the costs in categories with the columns, etc... You rocked that part of the video! Thanks so much for being open and honest about the money aspect of this project.

[ayishastewart]

Great job . I can’t believe you have a master and a loft bedroom from this old garage

[jabbaweezy]

I think its pretty amazing how you guys made the most of that space. It looks a lot bigger than what it was

[girlygirl]

I really respect you for how transparent you are in this video. This video is the most helpful on Youtube that I have seen. If anyone needs to get and idea of costs and concerns, they need to view this video for help. This video sheds light on a lot of questions. Thank you for being so forth-coming with your info and your personality definately SHINES through. This is coming from a 51 year old lady...YOU ROCK my friend...YOU ROCK!!!! Much success to you and your family. : )

[patrickzilla]

This is great! It takes courage to pull the trigger on a deal like this, I know you guys will definitely see the fruit of your labor! I am currently working on my three car garage. It already came with electricity, concrete floors, and insulation. So really I’m just starting with plumbing etc. but I am excited after watching this video and encouraged!

[lifewithkrissie]

Just wanted to stop by and say what y'all did is INSPIRING! My husband and I have come back to your videos so many times since back in May we decided to begin renovating our 2-car garage into an Airbnb. We're still in the thick of it at all (and it's NOT easy) but we can envision the finished product and we're SO excited. Thanks for sharing!

[Serjegna]

My now ex-husband and I are planning on doing this to our garage. We bought our home together but he pays most of the mortgage so he will have the main house and we're converting the garage into a studio or one bedroom for myself. Thank you for the inspiration!

[EmergeAndSeeTherapeutics]

WOW!! This is brilliant. Such a great video. Thank you and congratulations!!!

[ChassyDime]

Omg this is so dope! You guys did a phenomenal job! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[briannawatkins]

I was eating and almost spit out my food when you opened that freezer 😂😂😂😂

[Thegoodgood_toronto]

This is amazing!!!! What a great transformation. We're looking at a house with a separate garage and I wanted to convert it into a rental suite and now after watching this video...I hope we get the house🤞🏽

[kyodamie]

Best garage home I have ever seen. I would rent it

[buildingbuildercip]

Appreciate the transparency on the costs. You did a great job on your renovation. Thanks for sharing

[BabesbyJanea]

I am so blessed to have a blue collar family. Labor cost 0.

[ismaelmarrero]

Alex, Thank you, this is the Best conversion video I have seen, as Julie mentioned the breakdown was the one of the major components here; we are currently considering taking our detached 4 car garage and converting it into a daycare for my wife who is downsizing from a center; Thanks best wishes, stay safe.

[KH-wwep]

WOW!! JUST WOW!!! What an amazing conversion! I am so blown away!! You had an excellent vision, an dd's executed it to perfection!! Way to go!!!

[michaelkarger]

Going to need those plans! Doing the same to our two car garage.

[sofo]

Great job guys, looks great, thanks for the details

[TheREALOC]

I bought a 10 acre piece of land in Northwest Arizona earlier this year with a 24x20 2 car garage on it and i'm in the middle of building it into a tiny home for when I retire at the end of the year. My floor plan is flipped from yours and the reason for it simple, more floor space. I built a 2 foot bump out where the garage door was so I could put my Kitchen cabinets inside the bump out so I now have the full floor space of the house. which in turn gives me more space for my living space and a little bit bigger bedroom and coming from the midwest most older houses you enter into the kitchen anyway, it's the gathering place of the house and by entering into the kitchen it keeps people from trapesing through your house. I haven't built a loft yet and probally won't. I'm single and my kids are grown and married, when they visit they will just bring thier RV's.

[noricoleman]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Very informative and your airbnb looks great!