Sheet A-3 · St. Petersburg · Garage conversions
Turn your St. Petersburg garage into a room your parent can live in
Planning a garage conversion in St. Petersburg? Take $100 off your first job, credited at booking.
Your garage holds boxes while your mother needs a bedroom. Tell us the address before anyone cuts a door opening, and we find out what St. Petersburg asks of a front garage that becomes living space.
- County
- Pinellas
- Phone
- (315) 640-3590
- Offer
- $100 off your first job
City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County
Here in St. Petersburg
Basis: St. Petersburg Code of Ordinances, City of St. Petersburg Code
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 Do I have to remove the garage door?
For an attached front-facing garage, yes. The city asks you to remove the door, match the home's style and add a three foot green yard.
N2 Where do I park once the garage is a bedroom?
On the lot. The city keeps required parking on site, so the driveway or another spot has to cover it.
N3 Can the converted garage have a kitchen?
A kitchen makes it an accessory dwelling unit, with its own cap of 800 square feet. Without cooking and laundry, it stays living space that belongs to the home.
N4 Does my flood zone matter for a garage?
It can, because garage slabs sit low. Inside the flood zone the city holds remodeling to 49 percent of what the house is worth, so ask about floor height early.
This fits when
Signs this suits your St. Petersburg home
- A garage that has not seen a car in years The walls, roof and slab are already there. The question is what the city lets you do with them.
- A short path to the kitchen and the bath A garage that sits beside the kitchen is easy to join, and a parent stays close to the family.
- No room in the budget for a new wing Converting space you already own keeps the project smaller. Ask each contractor for a written scope and price so you can weigh it against an addition.
- A driveway long enough for the car If the cars can live on the drive, the garage can become a bedroom.
The garage door goes, and a strip of lawn takes its place
When an attached garage faces the street, the city asks you to remove the garage door and match the home's style. It also wants a green yard three feet deep where the door stood. The same standards apply whether the room is a dwelling unit or ordinary living space.
Look at your street the way an inspector would. A converted garage should look like part of the house, not like a garage with a window. Ask a contractor to sketch the front wall before you commit.
Ask what goes in the opening. A wall with a window, set to match your siding and trim, makes the house look finished from the road. Ask your contractor for a photo of a front-garage conversion, then compare it with your own house.
Where the car goes after your parent moves in
Required parking has to stay on your lot. If your garage is the only covered space, you need an on-site spot for the car somewhere else, and the driveway width becomes part of the plan.
Count the cars at your address now, and count the visitors your parent will have. Then send us the street and we tell you what the city's rule means for your frontage.
Neighbors notice a garage that stops being a garage. Cars on the lawn or at the curb draw complaints, so settle the parking plan on paper before your parent arrives. A shared driveway works only if you agree on who parks where.
A stove in the garage turns it into a second home
Cooking changes the category. The city lets accessory living space act only as an extension of the home, so a kitchen, laundry or separate meters push the room toward an accessory dwelling unit of up to 800 square feet.
A slab poured for cars may also sit lower than your floors. If your block floods, the city caps remodeling at 49 percent of what the home is worth, so ask your contractor how a raised floor changes the cost and what it does to that line.
Ask whether the contractor will check the slab level and the wall framing before quoting, and whether the quote shows the work on the garage floor. Lay out the bath beside the existing plumbing if you can. Water and drain lines in the garage wall may be closer to the kitchen, so a bath there can be simpler to connect. Ask the contractor which wall makes the most sense, and tell us what you hear.
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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