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 planned from day one, installed to code under permit.
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 the electrical planned from day one — 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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