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Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT house / garage renovation

Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.

Pascal

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House / garage renovation

I just bought a house with a detached 1 car garage.

The house is in need of total renovation (build in 1905), and I would like to get the garage in order to use it as a workshop during renovation of the house.

Later, the garage will be used for woodworking, metalwork, welding, bodywork and parking my MGB GT.

The garage has a sliding garage door, and a second floor that can be used as storage space.

Is also has an oil pit I will keep, mayby later add a scissor lift inside the pit.

I'm looking for ideas where to put workbenches, cabinets, shelves, what lighting to use, all ideas are welcome.

I will document both the house and garage renovation here, I'll try to post some pictures of the inside later.

I still need to find a good title for this thread.

Ps : if I use some wrong / strange words in English, please let me know, it's not my mother tongue:)

Front view of the house :



Front view of the garage :



Layout of the garage (dimensions are in cm) :
The car is about the same size as the MGB that will live there.
 
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Pascal

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Some more pictures of the garage :

The garage view from the garden (the garden is a mess at the moment, the house hasn't been lived in for some time) :



Inside the garage :
 
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I really like the vintage looks of the following workshops, I hope converting mine like this.

(pictures found on Pinterest)


Cool italian garage

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Nice outside view
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Nice workbench
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Pascal

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I recently picked this up to use in the garage.

I'm looking to add some more vintage tools / cabinets.

The make is Belzer.
 
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Very cool. What's the ceiling height (looks pretty short), and pics of the second floor?
 
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Pascal

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The ceiling is 210cm (6,88ft).

It's not that high, but high enough for me (I'm 1,75cm - 5,74ft).

The second floor is basically the same space as the first floor, but does have some more windows.

It was decorated by the PO's kids ...
 
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Looks good. I'd take care of electrical and security before you start stocking it.
Make the space utilitarian so that you can use it for home renovating projects.
After the house is done you can renovate the garage.
 

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looking forward to your progress. that is a great looking place-house and garage. how is the house oriented toward the garage? can you walk out the back of the house to get to the garage?

jim
 

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What a wonderfully unique space. Good luck with the renovations to both the garage and the house. I'll be eagerly watching for updates and photos. Subscribed!
 
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Pascal

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Thanks for the comments.

My idea is to get electric and water into the garage, finish the walls, built a workbench and some shelves or cabinets and use it for the house renovations.

After that really make a nice garage / workshop out of it.

I found some pictures of old workshops with wooden walls, any pro / cons about this?

You can indeed walk out the back of the house and walk to the backside of the garage (this picture) :



Here are some picures of the interior of the house (it needs a lot of renovation, don't mind the colors...) :

Hallway first floor (front)


Living room


Hallway first floor (back)


Hallway second floor


Staircase


This is how the house will be renovated (style) :
 
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Quick question - is the roof of the garage made out of brick?

The roof is made of T beams with in between big hollow bricks.
Concrete is poured on top of these bricks.

This is how it looks from the top without concrete / isolation :

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A drawing of it :

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The basement of the house has real brick ceilings like this :

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VERY NICE, i really love the looks of both house and garage, it has that old style and feeling. Looks like it has been a small Company workshop or something.
How about a hoist on the upper level and a hole in the floor to lift up Projects for work in a up stairs workshop
 

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Awesome space! Really looking forward to seeing the remodel progress. I love these type of euro-style buildings and I think you're might be one of the coolest ones I've seen in a long time.
 
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That's a fantastic house and garage. Thank you for diagramming the roof layout. I learn at least one thing new on this site every day.
 
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It's been a while, but managed to do some work in the garage and house.

From now on I should be able to post updates more often.

Here is how it stands for the moment :

I installed a workbench in the garage.

















The workbench that's against the wall under the windows will be converted as a welding table. I have a steel plate that I'm going to mount on top, and put some wheels under it.

Here's what's done inside the house :

Insulated the roof and put some windows in, started to put up the drywall.
 
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Pascal: i just read your entire thread and really like the brick exteriors and ceilings. i also like that wood staircase and hoping you'll rethink painting it white because natural wood looks so much nicer. when i was younger i might have painted everything, but as i get older i appreciate the old craftsmanship of these old woodworkers. if it's not damaged may i suggest a little sanding and some new stain and or sealer on it.

i also really like the curved arches so if the walls are going to stay try to save those if you can.

also the bench and tool box looks like quality built ones.

good luck
 

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AWESOME character and LIFETIME build techniques with the roof build.

Good luck with your restoration. Please tell me you're keeping the cool doors with unique glass inserts - - - those are awesome.

What are temperature extremes in Belgium?? What heating and cooling do you use, and types of "fuel" . . . electric, NG, propane, etc??
 
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Good luck with your restoration. Please tell me you're keeping the cool doors with unique glass inserts - - - those are awesome. What are temperature extremes in Belgium?? What heating and cooling do you use, and types of "fuel" . . . electric, NG, propane, etc??

The doors will be restored and stay in the house.

The temperatures are between 30-35°C (86-95F) in summer and 0 / -10°C (32-14F) in winter.

Most new and renovated homes in Belgium use natural gas for heating (central heating) and/or cooking.

In most streets you can tap natural gas from the utility lines, so you don't have to put a tank in your garden.
 
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Us Americans don't very often get to see the innards of an old house and garage in Europe. It is interesting to see how different it is done.
I agree with keeping the wood natural. Very few say , it is beautiful, too bad its not painted.
 
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It's been a while, but I finally got the time to post an update.

I leveled out the floor of the attic (the old floor had a 9cm / 3,5inch difference from side to side) , and put in the studs for the new walls.

Level the floor :























Putting in the stud walls :
 
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In one room I made a mezzanine above the staircase.



















On the first floor, I removed part of the floor, this will be a mezzanine in the dining room.





The garage is currently used as storage for building materials, so no work done there.

In the next two months, the top floor and first floor should be ready to plaster and paint.

Greets,

Pascal
 
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drivesitfar

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Pascal: any updates? hoping all is well in your world and would love some new pictures showing all the progress i'm sure you did since your last posts. ok?

cheers
 
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Pascal

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Hi,

Life got in the way with the updates.

I'll try to post some pictures the next days.

Greets,

Pascal
 
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Hello pascal,
Why don't you hire any professional renovation company for the renovation of your garage, i think they will do a better job.
 

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Hello pascal,
Why don't you hire any professional renovation company for the renovation of your garage, i think they will do a better job.

I have to concur, first I would keep the original wood floors upstairs, and lose that ridiculous brick ceiling downstairs.
 
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