Garage Conversion To Living Space | Cost Breakdown $$$

[@julien2912]

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.

[@alexesteban]

Julie N thanks for watching!

[@andrewmurdock9959]

@@alexesteban did you get a separate meter out on the garage for utilities purpose?

[@alexesteban]

@@andrewmurdock9959 no, it’s all on one meter. Not a big deal for me and my plans.

[@mariafitts]

I know like wtf, why don’t nobody want to tell others the truth, why is everybody so stingy with te info. I recently purchased a home , I looked everywhere for info , I watched numerous videos on KZbin and nobody ever discussed prices so I decided to fuk it and go ask myself and so I did and bought my first home. And now I’m in the process of converting the garage but perhaps I should do the same thing and call a few places and get a few real quotes instead of watching videos on KZbin

[@JoJoJoker]

@@alexesteban looks great. We are doing the same thing. Glad to find a video from the same cityn

[@ayishastewart8735]

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

[@alexesteban]

Thanks!

[@girlygirl1890]

I really respect you for how transparent you are in this video. This video is the most helpful on KZbin 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. : )

[@alexesteban]

Such a kind comment! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@lifewithkrissie4010]

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!

[@alexesteban]

Thanks for sharing! You guys got this! 💪🏽

[@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!

[@ronnieking3848]

This could work...but if he takes your name off the main house...he could sell it without your permission.

[@Luckingsworth]

​@@ronnieking3848 Yeah that sounds like an absolute nightmare of a situation lmao

[@mdub6293]

@@ronnieking3848I don’t see where she said he’s taking her name off the home though?

[@ronnieking3848]

@@mdub6293 He's making her live in the garage.

[@mdub6293]

@@ronnieking3848 she could live in another state, it doesn’t say her name is coming off of the house… your making assumptions, that’s all

[@kyodamie6397]

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

[@alexesteban]

Thanks!

[@delrosario7453]

Me too

[@DemiCampbell]

For that price they better rent it out.

[@jabbaweezy]

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

[@BabesbyJanea]

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

[@TheNerdSwagg]

I’m blessed to be Mexican have it done in a day lol

[@megangras8284]

I know...we do it ourselves...

[@aracelyalvarez5914]

That will save so much money!!!! Labor alone is so expensive!!!!

[@dapoet200]

Pay with food and drinks 😅

[@mnwa_mnwa]

yeah 50+ grand is absolutely absurd these people HAVE to come from money

[@EmergeAndSeeTherapeutics]

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

[@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!

[@michaelkarger9892]

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

[@estudiodehombres]

Seriously I would love them as well.

[@alexesteban]

I’ll post a link for the plans in the description.

[@Vanliferunner]

@@alexesteban After watching your video I decided to do my own ADU 😊 need those plans bro 🙏

[@Electricbootsmohairsuit]

@@alexesteban thanks so much!!!!

[@nealiecruz2532]

Wow!! Well done. I have a one car garage. How hard was it to dig the plumbing??

[@KH-ww7ep]

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!!!

[@buildingbuildercip8292]

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

[@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🤞🏽

[@alexesteban]

Good Luck!

[@aracelyalvarez5914]

I hope you get it too!!!

[@briannawatkins2981]

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

[@TheREALOC1972]

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.

[@ismaelmarrero465]

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.

[@alexesteban]

Good luck Ismael! 🙏🏽

[@Alex-qi1ni]

Who is here from MrBeast?

[@BadTV1993]

thanks! I just bought some property with a garage on it and am bidding on the lot next to it- I plan to convert the garage to a apt style house and live in it, then eventually win the lot next door and then build another house and rent the garage apt out

[@ChassyDime]

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

[@alexesteban]

Thanks!

[@denisemmercedes]

This is so awesome ! Just got a house and I want to turn this 3 car garage into an apartment for my mom !

[@JEREMYMAGICTV]

This is the most beautiful build I have ever seen! Wonderful!

[@uriasmendez9972]

Did you Get a permits for all the work

[@TrimansWife]

Wow! We will be tackling a storage room over a double garage, 10x60’ into a tiny apartment to live in on our mountain property. We have to add insulation, walls, a bathroom and a kitchen, as well as changing the power and water supplies that were to the former home. It was beyond renovation.

[@bellarose4eva_art]

Hey Alex can you share your floor plan? This is a beautiful project!

[@mimi_to_four7151]

You can change the doors on the fridge to open the other direction to make use of it a lot easier.

[@sofo3308]

Great job guys, looks great, thanks for the details

[@Memento-Mori-3333]

Hey! I am watching this about to convert my garage into living space. Hope it turns out as well as your beautiful garage!!

[@Vallyrah]

I do not live in an area that has a lot of demand for AirBnB. My garage is super close to what your before looked like, except that it does have a concrete floor. My house is already split into an upstairs unit (4 bedrooms) and basement unit (3 bedrooms). My plan was kind of the reverse of yours. I was going to convert my garage, live in it when I retired and rent out the two units of the main house, so that I had additional money coming in.

[@isaacvaldez2172]

Thanks for being so transparent! I am so motivated by your video, thanks!

[@Christa-tl8jb]

Awesome, it’s absolutely stunning! Congrats on the outcome of the project!

[@alexesteban]

Christa thanks!

[@raitisstalazs3721]

Great video! Thanks for sharing and congrats! You did not have two items on the list - designs and permits? How did you do that part?

[@noricoleman8988]

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

[@LuisMartinez-hk9qb]

Wait doesn’t this require u to go to the state and get approval first and change your taxes because it’s a extra living space.

[@adamfiala7005]

Way to go!! Thanks for sharing and including the costs and how you financed it!!

[@amridobbins632]

This was a super solid video. Thank you for all of the information! I'm getting ready to embark on a similar adventure in Colorado. I'd love to hear a one year update on how the Airbnb experience is working out for you! Cheers!

[@alexesteban]

Good luck! I did a year update you can see in my other videos 👌🏽

[@erlpen2016]

Your video is awesome….I can’t believe that I am just waking up to the idea of building an adu, 10 years ago I came up with the idea of turning detached garages into one or two bedroom units….in fact my friend did that but when I told him that we can turn the 3 bedroom house into two units of 1 and 2 bedrooms each…he was not sure because everything had to be done without permits…even the unit that was done in the in the back of the house was done without permits…what I didn’t realize was that the governor in California made it legal to turn garages into an adu 6 years ago….as far as your adu using it as an Airbnb I don’t think that is allowed in California, it has to be a long term rental….not only that but property in California is very expensive now…I am glad you are doing so well with your adu and thank you for sharing your experiences with it….I have a question how do you deal with the idea of having so many different people in your adu as opposed to having the same tenants all the time…I am sure there is a big difference in the money you make…

[@ginagonzalez5763]

Due to the economy, and if it doesn't work out a money generating idea, since it's your property, you can basically do almost anything to it. With that said, you can buy a shipping container, clean it up nicely, painted inside out and store all of your belongings. You can live in the garage and rent the main house just until either you have acquired enough assets to either move back into the house or buy another property where you can do the same. Just a thought.

[@RussellJackson17]

What is the structure of the ceiling? My garage looks almost identical and I hadn’t thought of doing a loft but love your plan. Do you have a place I could access your plans?

[@barbwagner967]

Gorgeous conversion. Just reverse your refrigerator and freezer doors to open into the room rather than into the wall. Almost all refrigerator doors are easy to switch.

[@FrancisHibbs]

This came out great! What are the dimensions of the garage?

[@Big_foot44]

This is amazing. Great idea and money maker. Sky windows in the bedroom would be great.

[@ismaelmadrigal]

Didn't see the whole video. Could you legally rent this out without problems?

[@iamkat-agnt99-ash-kbt.59]

This is so Amaizing! Well done!

[@redsoxvette]

Did he post the blueprints and building spreadsheet somewhere? I have a similar size garage I would like to do something similar with.

[@theporterproject8412]

We're thinking of turning our 24×36ft shop into an appartment for us to live in and rent our house to save more to buy our farm. Thanks for breaking it down for us.

[@catkin-z8g]

haha. or live in a tent and rent the shop aswell.

[@MarioRuscovici]

About $100 per square foot. Very expensive. For comparison what is the median sales price of a house in your neighborhood of Nashville?

[@janyhollo2197]

Thank you so much for all the cost breakdown! So very helpful.

[@OzzysWorldIn]

I loved the final results. Are you in California? Which companie would you recommend us to use to do the plans, get permits, framing, electrical, etc? Please send me their info. Thank you

[@alexesteban]

Thank you! I am in Nashville so I dont really have any good recommendations for California.

[@Csilva857]

This is so perfect, I would have added laundry to the linen closet and moved in there and then rented the full house out. Just do that until I had a kid or something.

[@alexesteban]

Christian S that was the original plan... then the baby came! Haha.

[@TrungNguyen-qo6oj]

Hi Alex, how did you plumb the kitchen and bathroom? Connect to home existing plumbing system or you had to build a septic tank for them? $5000 for plumbing projects of this kind sounds unrealistic where I live. Even the kitchen cabinet alone would cost somewhere around 5k.

[@illes_invest]

Great job man! I have a duplex on a corner lot with a huge side yard so I'm planning to build a 2 car garage with loft apartment above. I also plan to put a wall down the middle of the garage and rent each garage space separately back to the tenants. Your video gave me some good ideas. Appreciate it. You got yourself a sub.

[@alexesteban]

Dan Illes love it man! Good luck! Thanks.

[@TheREALOC1972]

Before i bought my 10 acres with the 2 car garage already on it I was looking at duplex so I could redo it and live in one side and use the 2nd side for my kids when they came to visit, but I got a smoking deal on my land and couldn't pass it up and i'm just building my tiny house out of the garage.

[@octavioflores4642]

Nice how big was the garage square feet it came out nice congratulations

[@sj4701]

Amazing renovation! Wishing you success on your venture!

[@sir_fatal]

Love the conversion and I'm thinking of converting our garage as well. I like the floor plan layout, would you care to share a diagram of the floor plan conversion?

[@gorikhan2593]

Please

[@IronMountainPlumbing]

This is so awesome. What is the total height from the floor of the loft to the ceiling?

[@richgardner1401]

Can you be mor specific as to the hvac system you used and what the climate is like in your part of the country?

[@davidrogers3447]

Thanks for the info boss man,great ideas! Onto the next one

[@DestinationWildernessFamily]

Love it! Looking to do ours… But question… why are there bubbles in the siding? 🤔

[@CIBAO]

Looks amazing i don’t know much about codes but are you supposed to have some sort of opening like a window where you sleep just in case of a fire?

[@knono1166]

It looks like so much space! Very nice. What’s the dimension of the bedroom?

[@janyhollo2197]

It REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL!! GOOD job!!

[@marwansuliman7996]

Congratulation awesome job I’m trying to convert my garage also would you be able to share a picture of the blueprint layout

[@adamdiestelkamp1302]

Great video sharing the costs behind that! Did I see two mini splits in that setup? About to do a garage conversion now with a single mini split at $6K looked like you had yours down to about $4K was that for one or two units? We are in the greater Nashville area too! Thanks for sharing!

[@alexesteban]

that was for 2! But also was two years ago. Prices have likely increased :(

[@ashleymorford3537]

Wow...this is gorgeous. We're about to do the same - I appreciate your commentary and especially that you shared how much it cost. Thank you!

[@carlosguzman1210]

Would you be able to share the floor plans? I also wanted to do an Air bnb on my garage, how has that worked out?

[@whuffer5103]

You can alter you fridge so the hinge is on the other side

[@MrEmbrogo]

My man. This is INSANE AND AMAZING! Wow. I need your help. I want to do this. Wow man. So good

[@alexrojas2121]

I noticed the original garage has no toilet or sewer line drain. How did you handle that issue? Did the construction company dig an 8ft deep trench and TAP into the sewer line or did you put in a septic tank? How long was that trench as well. How much did that part cost as well.

[@davidayala4646]

Wow, your video is great! Can you do a video explaining permitting process and fees?

[@speedebookreviews]

Hi Alex! This reno is amazing. Very inspiring from the economics to the design, plus the hustle is impressive. Well done. Is there any chance you could share the build plans with me? I have a similar garage, and I would like to essentially do the same reno, with minor variances. Cheers

[@alexesteban]

Sure! Send me and email. [e-mail]

[@joshtalkshomes]

Hi Dave. Did you ever get those plans sent to you? Any chance you can share with me as well?

[@jvb204]

Hey Alex, I really loved what you did with the space. Would you be able to share the plans that you used? Thanks again

[@lynntunes]

How did you get the concrete floor in and safe from water without tearing down the building?

[@marthabradas8873]

thanks for sharing !! great job!!! I am about to renovate a detached garage into studio apt/office but I didn't think about using it as an Air BnB possibly in the future. Could be a wonderful way for additional retirement income!

[@Tico_Mike]

A+ on that conversion I love it!

[@mariacervantes5915]

The transformation is awsom , simple and nice

[@BO-mb8rr]

What are the exact dimensions, sqft, and peak height in the living room? Thanks

[@pablorueda2287]

Wow it is really amazing I love it how many square feet is the master bedroom if I may ask I'm thinking about doing something similar to my garage thank you for the inspiration

[@twosongs7396]

Great conversion job, Alex. Thanks for sharing it. Free advice? Look up the words “camera pan” for your future recordings.

[@HawksNestYT]

Have you done updates on it?

[@alexesteban]

What kind of updates?

[@HawksNestYT]

@@alexesteban earnings!

[@ChivasKimber]

Pretty awesome!

[@ButterflySoul7]

Absolutely beautiful job, guys!

[@cintiavillanueva89]

this is my dream!!! came here from Mr beast video!! so great to see all of the success that you have made after the video!!!!

[@nextpagepj9058]

Very cool! Fun video! Thanks for sharing and being so transparent with the numbers, the place is beautiful!! -PJ

[@alexesteban]

Thanks for watching!

[@xdr8kx]

Super cool breakdown, man! My wife and I are hoping to have a rental property on our first home. This was so helpful

[@larrysheran]

Excellent vid bro bro!! If you haven't already done so, you can change the direction the fridge door opens. Super easy!

[@alexesteban]

Larry Sheran yes! Been planning on doing that... just being lazy. Haha

[@renee7797]

This is awesome! How did permitting for the electrical and plumbing work?

[@vanessabarragan680]

Amazing! Great idea. Oh, and thank you for breaking down the cost and even how you paid for it! Great job!

[@alexesteban]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@ramonathemidwife7121]

What about the costs of permits, structural engineer, and draftsmen/architect?

[@Charlie.Lockwood]

Thanks for the info. I’m looking to convert my garage too. Any recs or tips on plumbing and sewer? The hookup fee for my city’s is 7k and I’m anticipating that’ll be my biggest expense...any suggestions would be much appreciated

[@alexesteban]

Hmmmm. Tough to say. I’d try to speak to a few plumbers and get their advice and someone who has done something similar as well! That’s seems high!

[@JoshIsOnAMission]

super impressive. all the hard work was worth it.

[@AmericanMaidBand-x6v]

Hi what's you downstairs dimensions if you don't mind. ❤️ I have a 24x24 garage I'm thinking of doing this but no upstairs..love the layout. I'm in Asheville NC.

[@jacquiericard5190]

How did you get rid of the ceiling beams?

[@patron7906]

I was able to do this with my garage and it basically looks the same. I saved a lot of money only using items found in the junk yard and doing the work myself. All total, it cost me like two hundred dollars and took me about a week.

[@alexesteban]

Dope. Would love to see how it looks. Shoot me a dm with photos 🤥😬

[@patron7906]

@@alexesteban My camera broke sorry

[@thaddeuskent8185]

​@@patron7906 hahaha

[@POOCHIESCLOSET]

Jeeze...you did an amazing job. I'm trippin.....wow. I think this is the best detached conversion I've ever seen.

[@alexesteban]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@evancollier9606]

Was the garage fully demolished or was this a renovation? Did the garage already have utilities or did you have to tie in those?

[@karengrucker]

I wonder if they'll do work in Marion AR? This is a wonderful investment.

[@michaelissac]

Thanks for your openness on budget!

[@kelseyrodgers394]

Did you get permits, and what city is located in? I was want to do this and I’m curious if my budget would be about the same?

[@nickythao9344]

Did you get city approval and a permit?