Turn your garage into real living space.
Garage conversions are our signature specialty — transforming an underused garage into a bright bedroom, a home office, a guest suite, or a full garage-to-ADU with its own kitchen and bath. The fastest, most affordable way to add a room.
Key Takeaways
- A garage conversion turns existing space into living area — typically $50k–$85k, faster and cheaper than a ground-up ADU.
- The trade-off: you give up the garage as parking/storage.
- It can be a simple room, a suite with a bath, or a full garage-to-ADU with kitchen and private entrance.
- Red Umbrella handles insulation, egress, permits, and electrical in-house.
The smartest square footage you already own.
Most garage shops don’t do ADUs, and most ADU shops don’t do garages. Red Umbrella owns the bridge — which makes the garage-to-living-space conversion the work we’re known for. You already have the slab, the walls, and the roof; we turn them into space you’ll actually use.
Bedroom or office
A quiet, insulated, daylit room — the home office or extra bedroom you’ve been missing.
Guest or in-law suite
Add a 3/4 bath and a private entrance for a comfortable, dignified suite.
Full garage-to-ADU
Kitchen, bath, and its own meter — a complete, rentable accessory dwelling unit.
Gym, studio or shop
Sprung floors, mini-split comfort, and the wiring to power whatever you’re into.
Faster and cheaper than building new.
Lower cost
Reusing the existing structure means far less than a ground-up addition or ADU.
Faster timeline
No new foundation or shell to build — conversions move quickly through permitting and construction.
Adds value & income
A finished, permitted room — or a rentable suite — adds square footage that appraises and rents.
A proper conversion is more than drywall over a garage door. We handle insulation, egress windows, electrical, heating and cooling, a separate entrance, and permitting — with a master electrician doing the wiring in-house — so the finished room is warm, legal, and built to last.
A few garage-to-living-space projects.
A look at real, finished Red Umbrella work across Eugene & Lane County.
Got a garage you barely use?
Let’s turn it into the room — or the rental — your home is missing.
Begin Your Project →Garage conversion vs. a new ADU
| Garage Conversion | New Detached ADU | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | $50k–$85k | $130k–$230k |
| Timeline | Faster — existing structure | Longer — ground-up build |
| Your parking | You give up the garage | You keep the garage |
| Privacy | Attached to the home | Fully separate unit |
| Rental appeal | Good | Best — private entrance |
| Best for | Budget & speed | Max value & privacy |
Not sure which fits your lot? Bari will tell you straight at a free consultation.
Garage conversion pricing
A conversion typically runs $50k–$85k — depending on whether it’s a finished room or a full ADU with its own kitchen and bath. A free on-site consultation with Bari gives you an honest, specific number for your lot — no obligation.
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