best way to build a garage with living quarters for a decent price?

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Ok, so we have decided to build a 2 story garage. situation is that we are going to live in the garage while building our house. We need 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, living area, w/d hookup..pretty much a decent sized apartment. I am willing to have 2 bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom downstairs. All three upstairs would be perfect though. We want warmth in the winter and cool in the summer. Kitchen size is not important, as long as i can store some food and cook. Is there any cheap way to do this. garage dimensions are another thing...woudl a 30'x40' garage do. Anyone with any advice please help. If you have done this before that would be excellent. Anyone with "free" floor plans? that would be awesome!!

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30 x 40 sounds plenty big enough, depending on how much garage you need while living there. Go to Menards.com , they have a large selection of plans to look at online. That should give you ideas, or at least a place to start. They also give an approximate cost of materials to build each structure... Some of the plans are of garages with living areas above, just as you mention.

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best way to build a garage with living quarters for a decent price?
Ok, so we have decided to build a 2 story garage. situation is that we are going to live in the garage while building our house. We need 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, living area, w/d hookup..pretty much a decent sized apartment. I am willing to have 2 bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom...

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