Double Garage Conversions in Telford, Shropshire

Double garage conversion work in Telford tends to belong to the larger house types built during the later phases of the New Town’s development. Where the earliest expansion areas from the early 1970s were built predominantly with smaller house types and single garages, the later phases through the 1980s and into the 1990s — around Priorslee, Ketley and Lawley in particular — introduced more substantial executive-style detached properties, and a double garage became a common feature of that housing.

Which Telford Properties Have Double Garages

Telford’s New Town development ran in recognisable phases, and house type generally tracks phase quite closely. Early 1970s neighbourhoods, built to house the initial population growth quickly, mostly used compact house types with single integral garages. As the New Town matured through the 1980s, the housing mix broadened to include larger four and five-bedroom detached properties aimed at a more affluent buyer, and double garages appeared far more frequently on that later stock.

The genuinely older settlements absorbed into Telford tell a slightly different story. Wellington and Madeley both retain pockets of substantial Victorian and Edwardian housing built for the professional and merchant households of their day, predating the New Town by a century or more. Where a double garage exists on one of these older properties it is almost always a later addition, built once car ownership and a second vehicle became common, rather than part of the original construction — which means treating the roof and walls as an independent structure to survey rather than assuming they share the house’s original build quality.

On the later New Town executive housing, double garages are generally more consistent in construction, following the same building standards as the house itself and typically integral rather than added on.

Our Double Garage Conversion Process

1. Survey and structural assessment. We check the roof structure over the garage, whether it is original or a later addition, and identify wall construction throughout, including any party wall.
2. Design. A double garage can become one large open room, or be partitioned into two — a home office and a playroom, for example. We design to how you actually want to use the space.
3. Structural work. The door opening, or openings, are infilled, any internal partition is framed, and the floor and walls are damp-proofed and insulated throughout.
4. Fit-out. First-fix electrics across the full span, plastering, flooring, decoration, and matching new external walls to the existing house.

Double Garage Conversion Costs in Telford

A double garage conversion to a single open room typically runs from £14,500 to £21,000 in the Telford area. Partitioning into two separate rooms adds roughly £2,000 to £3,500 for the dividing wall, additional doors and separate electrical circuits. A double garage conversion including a shower room or kitchenette, suited to a self-contained annexe, typically runs £23,000 to £32,000.

Those figures cover door infill, structural work, insulation, electrics, plastering and decoration. They exclude furniture, kitchen fittings beyond first-fix plumbing, and any work to the rest of the house. Whether the garage is original to a later-phase New Town house or a later addition to an older property is one of the bigger factors affecting price.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need planning permission?

Usually not, provided the work stays internal and the external appearance changes only modestly. We confirm your specific position before design work starts.

Can I split a double garage into two separate rooms?

Yes, and it is a common choice — a home office and a playroom, or a bedroom and an en suite. The dividing wall and separate services need designing in from the start.

Do I need Building Regulations approval?

Yes, always. A double garage conversion covers more floor area than a single, so getting insulation, ventilation and electrical safety right at design stage matters even more.

How long does the work take?

Four to six weeks for a single open room without plumbing. A partitioned double garage, or one including a shower room, typically runs six to eight weeks.

Areas We Serve

We carry out double garage conversions across Telford and the surrounding area, including Wellington, Newport, Shifnal, Madeley and Much Wenlock.

Where a smaller conversion is a better fit, we also carry out single garage conversions, home office conversions, bedroom conversions and partial garage conversions.

Guidance on structural work and party wall matters for shared walls is published by the Federation of Master Builders.