My son is a professional musician/composer who is looking to buy a Brooklyn house with a space such as a basement or garage suitable for conversion to a sound-proof home recording studio. In addition ...

Loaf is a Los Angeles–based practice led by Alfie Koetter and Luke Studebaker. The studio’s website is wittingly found at meetloaf.org. As to why the firm is named after a hunk of bread, Studebaker ...

Converting a garage into usable living space boosts a home’s value while giving a family more room to grow. Some garages require quite an overhaul to reach their full potential, but others are only a ...

For two decades, financial adviser Tom West spent his free time painting in the basement of his Maryland home, next to the furnace and the washer and dryer. For almost as long, he dreamed of turning ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Foundation and demo work has begun at 38-44 State St. in the Willowtown section of Brooklyn Heights, converting a one-story former parking garage to a five-story condo (with five ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Every time Jonathon Riley had the urge to hunker down in his garage to tinker with one of his beloved motorbikes, he’d have to wheel the others into the back lane to give himself room. And then, ...

Garages used for storage could be better served as additional living space. Convert a garage into an apartment for other family members or as a side income.

Chris Black with Blackline Renovations turned this detached garage in the M Streets into a functional living space. The owner purchased the property for his daughters. One would live in the main house ...

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An extra, smaller home on residential property is not new. The names just changed from "apartment over the garage" and "granny flat" to "accessory dwelling unit." ADUs are popular in Portland and ...