Key factors to convert a garage: costs, climate control, property value & local zoning (Above) Sweeten homeowner Katy’s garage conversion into an indoor-outdoor room Increasingly, garages in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are morphing into multi-use spaces. To homeowners, these garage spaces are blank canvases and are morphing into anything […]
A “she shed” in Queens emerges from a garage renovation, complete with a pull-down ladder, kitchen, and bathroom Homeowners: When paralegal Michelle decided to move in with her elderly mother, she posted her backyard garage renovation project on Sweeten Where: Queens, New York Primary renovation: Renovating a 228-square-foot beat-up garage in the backyard to provided […]
How to remodel your garage into living space, a rental studio, or even a gym If you are like many homeowners, you may be looking in all directions to increase living space. Looking upward means building a second story. Looking toward the back translates to a house addition. But one direction that is often overlooked […]
This Southampton home renovation gets more room, an updated kitchen, and a refreshed exterior This New York homeowner had always owned property in Long Island’s Southampton, even while working overseas for over 10 years. Upon returning to the United States, she wanted to live closer to the village. So she sold one property and bought […]
Chilling scenes transform to happy ever afters In the renovation world, nothing is more satisfying than witnessing the evolution of a dark “before” into a dream-come-true space. These kitchens and baths started out as unwelcoming, dated, and in some cases, unfunctional rooms. With help from Sweeten, a free service that matches renovators with vetted general […]
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