A cream kitchen with dark worktops, a dining table and a big window.

Garage kitchen conversion

The big kitchen diner you wanted, without building an extension. Open the garage into the house and everyone finally fits round one table.

Opening a single garage into the kitchen usually starts from around £13,500, VAT included, before the kitchen itself. See prices

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Garage kitchen conversion ideas

More worktop, more cupboards, and room for the table.

An island with stools, a long run of units, a range cooker, or a dining table by the new window. The garage gives the kitchen the space it never had.

Tell us about the kitchen you want

Island and bar stools
Kitchen diner
White gloss kitchen
Shelves and a breakfast bar
Dresser and family table
Range cooker
Open to the living room
Small white kitchen
Small table for breakfast
Table by the window
White units and a dining table
Kitchen island

How do you convert a garage into a kitchen?

A kitchen needs an opening into the house, water and drains, extraction and plenty of power.

A wide new opening between two rooms during building work.

The wall comes out on a steel beam

The wall between the garage and the house often holds up the floor above. A structural engineer works out the steel beam that replaces it, and building control checks the sums. The beam and the calculations are already in our kitchen price.

One floor, all the way through

Garage floors usually sit lower than the house. Yours gets a damp-proof layer and insulation under a new floor raised to the same level, so the new kitchen and the old room run into each other with no step. Underfloor heating can go in at the same time.

A plumber fitting the pipes under a sink.

Water and drains for the sink

Hot and cold water and waste pipes go in for the sink and dishwasher. It costs less when the sink sits close to the old kitchen's drains. This plumbing is priced on top, once the layout is set.

A range cooker under a stainless steel cooker hood.

A cooker hood that vents outside

Building regulations ask for extraction in a kitchen, so the cooker hood takes steam and smells outside. A gas hob is fitted and tested by a Gas Safe registered engineer, as the law requires.

Power for every appliance

Ovens and induction hobs draw a lot of power, so they get circuits of their own. Sockets run along the worktop, lights go under the wall units, and everything new is tested and certified.

An inspector checking the inside of a house.

One certificate for the whole job

Building control checks the beam, the drains and the wiring as each stage is finished. You end with a completion certificate for the whole job, which buyers' solicitors will ask to see.

Kitchen in the garage, or dining in the garage?

There are two ways to do it. Move the kitchen into the garage and turn the room next door into the dining room. Or keep the kitchen where it is and make the old garage the dining area off it.

Both start the same way: the wall comes out on a steel beam. A smaller single garage is about 2.2 by 4.7 metres inside, enough for a U-shaped kitchen or a dining table for four. Use the buttons above the drawing to switch between them.

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The kitchen moves into the garage, and the room next door becomes the dining room.

How much does it cost to convert a garage into a kitchen?

Opening a single garage into the house as a bigger kitchen usually starts from around £13,500, VAT included. That includes the steel beam and the engineer's calculations. Kitchen units, appliances and the sink plumbing are on top.

Work out the cost of yours

Your kitchen	Typical cost
Single garage opened into the house	Usually from around £13,500
Units, appliances and sink plumbing	On top, once you choose your kitchen
Raising a low floor	£1,000 to £5,000 more
Electric underfloor heating	£1,500 to £3,500 more
Bi-fold doors instead of a window	£2,500 to £5,000 more
Moving the gas meter (Cadent)	£792 to £1,206 more

VAT included, prices checked 14 October 2026. Planning something else? Ask us for a figure.

Do I need planning permission to convert my garage to a kitchen?

Planning permission: usually not needed

175 of 184approved when people applied

Changing the inside of a garage rarely needs an application. Where people did apply, councils said yes to 175 of the 184 decided applications that named a kitchen. That is across eight West Midlands councils, from 2016 to October 2026.

Building regulations: almost always needed

£570

Taking out a wall that holds up the house always needs building control. They check the steel beam calculations, then the new wall, insulation, drains and wiring, and sign it all off. Solihull Council's fee for a single garage is £570, and it is already in our prices.

Planning figures from council records collected by PlanIt for Solihull, Birmingham, Coventry, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon and North Warwickshire. Most of these applications also included an extension, many others never name the room, and most conversions need no application at all, so read this as a sample. Fee from Solihull Council's 2026 to 2027 fee list.

Ready for a kitchen everyone fits in? Tell us about the kitchen you want and we will price the building work.

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Questions about garage kitchens

Already have a kitchen design? Send it with your enquiry and we will plan the building work around it.

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Can I turn my garage into a kitchen?

Usually, yes. An integral or attached garage often shares a wall with the kitchen or the room next to it, so the two can be joined into one big room. Detached garages are harder, because water, drains and power all have to come across from the house.

Does the price include the kitchen units?

No. The price, from around £13,500, covers the building work: the steel beam, the new wall and window, the floor, insulation, wiring and sign-off. Units, worktops, appliances and the plumbing for the sink are on top, priced once you have chosen your kitchen.

Can I keep my kitchen and use the garage as a dining room?

Yes, and it is a popular way to do it. The wall comes out on a steel beam in the same way, the kitchen stays where it is, and the old garage becomes a dining area or family space off it. Tap between the floor plans above to see both.

What if the gas meter is in the garage?

It may need moving or boxing in, and we check it at the visit. Cadent, who run the gas network here, typically charge £792 to £1,206 to move one.

Can I convert a double garage into a kitchen?

Yes. A double garage takes a full kitchen diner, or a kitchen with a utility room behind it. A double garage conversion typically costs £25,000 to £42,000, plus the steel beam if you open it into the house. Double garage conversions.

How long does a garage kitchen conversion take?

Usually three to six weeks on site for the building work in a single garage, then the kitchen goes in. We can talk through the timing for yours at the visit.

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Get a price for your garage kitchen

We open garages into bigger kitchens across Solihull, Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Coventry and Warwickshire. Tell us what you have in mind and we will price the building work.

A visit first, to check the wall, the drains and the gas meter.
A written price for the building work before we start.
Typical costs are set out above, so you can budget for the units alongside.