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Grouper
 
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how bad is it to close in your garage from a resell point of view? I would do it right so it would look good, basicall add a room and bath.
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Trigger
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| A guy at work did his up really nice and did it right. He built a wall that completely covered over his garage door. Insulated the new wall and the ceiling. Added a separate HVAC system. Put in some canister lights in the ceiling and tiled the floor. He had a really bad ass theater room/MAN room. They decided to put the house up for sale and one of the first things the realtor said was how much trouble would it be for you to tear that wall down and make it a garage again.  The realtor told him it would depend on who looked at the house and if they needed or wanted the extra room or a garage. He ended up tearing the wall down. I'm sure one of the realtors on here will have a better answer, but that is what he had to go through. Good Luck 
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Grouper
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| thats what I'm afraid of. On one hand, we would be doing this as an alternative to moving to a bigger house. So we would be planning on staying here long term. On the other hand, you never know what tomorrow brings. We live on two arces, we would probably eventually build a seperate covered carport, don't know if that helps any
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This is one of those questions that depend on your needs and time frame. I don't know those, but I'll tell you what I've done a couple of times that worked out well for the homeowners and may for you.
To keep the garage room from looking like a closed off garage, we left the garage door as the exterior and sealed the hell out of it with caulk and flashed it to keep water from coming in. We've left the garage door in place and dismantled all tracks and motor and sprayed them with corrosion x and bagged them tightly and enclosed them inside the garage door / interior wall we've built. Add a strip AC and finish as you will. If you have to get rid of it, you're really only tearing out a false wall between your interior and the garage door and re-installing the tracks and motor.
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Trigger
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We design them all the time. The key to pulling it off is to raise the floor to match the inside...yeah I know you loose a few inches in ceiling height but it helps make the house look right. This will also help with new windows you put in place of the garage door.
We also have several clients that choose to build another garage later in life. The ones that are successful decide to build a "detached" or "slightly detached" garage instead of re-converting the existing garage. This also gives you the opportunity to build a bonus room over the new garage.
Hope this helps!
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| IMHO - if the driveway goes right up to the exterior wall, whether or not it is a new one or old filled it, then it will always look like a filled in garage. On the other hand, if you change the driveway, like to a circular one, break up the old one and match the rest of the front/side foundation planting, you lose the only exterior clue (if the rest is done right) to the fact that it is a garage conversion.
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| I built an 1100 sq ft spec house in Pace last year that didn't have a garage. Everyone that looked at it commented on it not having a garage. After the fact, I realized what a mistake I make by not adding a garage. If it were me, I would not do it unless I had some other way of storage that was spacious and easily accessible.
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how about a 3/4 conversion. you could install a rollup door to eliminate the tracks. this would leave room for lawnmower etc... also when you build a detached garage, you can use the rollup door in it and close in the house garage the rest of the way. yeah i know, extra cost and trouble. doesnt really matter what we all think, do whats best for your situation. i like hal's idea too. just dont go and brick in the garage entrance. overall it sounds like a great idea IF you are prepared and financially able to build a detached garage if/when you need it and/or are ready to sell.
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