Sheet A-3 · Apollo Beach · Garage conversions
Convert your Apollo Beach garage to a suite for a parent
Planning a garage conversion in Apollo Beach? Take $100 off your first job, credited at booking.
Many houses here have a garage that could host a bedroom and bath. Tell us your address and we will check the flood level of the slab and what the county counts as living space.
- County
- Hillsborough
- Phone
- (315) 640-3590
- Offer
- $100 off your first job
Unincorporated Hillsborough County (census designated place)
Here in Apollo Beach
Basis: Hillsborough County Land Development Code Sec. 6.11.02, Hillsborough County Land Development Code Sec. 6.05.02
We find out what your lot allows, then put you in touch with a contractor near you, who does the building.
Tell us about the space
Send the address and what you have in mind. The rules for that lot come first.
- Your request is in Keep your phone close. A call comes from (315) 640-3590.
- The lot comes first We look at what your city or county allows at that address.
- Then a contractor You meet a local contractor and see the price in writing.
$100 off your first job We credit $100 on the first job you book with our help.
- We pay the $100, so the contractor's price stays as quoted.
- One credit per customer for each home.
- Your job must be booked by December 31, 2026.
- Say you want the credit when you book.
The Senior Home Additions promise
- 1 Your first call and your request are free.
- 2 Planning with us costs you nothing.
- 3 We check the rules at your address before anyone quotes.
General notes
Questions about this space in this town.
N1 Can I convert my garage in a flood zone?
It depends on the zone and the cost. The county's building official decides.
N2 Does a converted garage count as living space?
Yes, once it is conditioned and used for living.
N3 Do I need parking?
The county's table asks for two spaces per single-family home.
This fits when
Signs this suits your Apollo Beach home
- A garage with direct access to the house A shared wall makes it easy to join the suite to your daily routine.
- A garage slab near ground level The slab height matters more than the size in a flood zone.
- A parent who needs a ground floor The suite is already on one level, with no stairs.
- A driveway with space If your cars can live on the driveway, the garage can change jobs.
Slab height and the flood zone
A garage slab is often the lowest floor of a house. Converting it to living space is work on an existing building in a flood hazard area, which the county's building official examines.
Send us your flood zone and any elevation certificate you have. We will tell you what to ask.
Ask the contractor how the new floor will be finished above the slab. A low floor in a flood-claims area deserves a clear answer.
Measure the garage and write down where the water heater, the panel and the door sit. Send us the list and a photo, and we can say fast whether the idea is workable.
Ask who will move the water heater or the panel, if either lives in the garage. Moving them changes the budget, and a contractor should show it as its own line. Tell us your timeline, and the number of cars your household owns, and we will say whether the plan is workable as drawn. Ask also how the old garage door opening will be finished on the outside, and who will match the paint and the trim to the rest of the wall, so the front of your house still looks like a home. Attach a street-side photo when you write, and say which wall faces the road.
What the county counts
County code leaves garage area out of living space only if it stays unconditioned and used for parking and storage. Once you condition it, it counts, and a kitchen adds the accessory dwelling tests.
Keep the plan to a bedroom and bath if you want to avoid that test. Tell us if a kitchen matters, and we will check the lot.
Draw the old and new layouts side by side with the numbers marked. It makes the review easier.
Ask about light and air. A garage has few windows and little insulation. Ask the contractor to show where new windows go and how the rooms will stay comfortable in July.
Two spaces per home
The county's parking table asks for two off-street spaces for a conventional single-family home. Your driveway may do the job.
Ask how it counts at your address, and tell us what you hear.
Think about where the cars, the bikes and the boxes will go. A plan that forgets storage fills the new suite within a month. A shed, a closet or a wall of shelves in the plan keeps the clutter out of your parent's rooms.
Ask what the front of the house will look like once the garage door wall is closed in. Ask to see a picture before you agree to it.
The Senior Home Additions promise
- 1 Your first call and your request are free.
- 2 Planning with us costs you nothing.
- 3 We check the rules at your address before anyone quotes.
- 4 We credit the $100 the way our Terms describe.
Your agreement with the contractor you hire covers the building.
Senior Home Additions, (315) 640-3590 Read the full terms
$100 off your first job We credit $100 on the first job you book with our help.
- We pay the $100, so the contractor's price stays as quoted.
- One credit per customer for each home.
- Your job must be booked by December 31, 2026.
- Say you want the credit when you book.
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