{"id":9478,"date":"2021-05-04T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=9478"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:25:29","slug":"garage-with-apartment-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/garage-with-apartment-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Garage with Apartment Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

EcoHouseSmart makes Log Garage Kits with an upstairs bonus room, office or studio apartment. We can add space and vacation rental income.<\/p>\n

When we were building, we considered adding a bonus room over the garage. It would be Cliff\u2019s office. Or maybe where he would put the big TV with the speakers so I didn\u2019t have to hear it.<\/p>\n

We added up all the expense. We calculated the extra space in the bonus room minus the space taken from the laundry room for stairs. And it came out to be very expensive by the square foot.<\/p>\n

We decided instead to have a Home Depot Sundance TR-1600 2-Story Farmhouse built instead, like the Classic Manor New Day Cabin we have at the log cabin.<\/p>\n

But here is another idea\u2026 He uses a bedroom as his office. He has taken over the garage as his workshop. We could build a separate garage for the cars with an upstairs bonus room. It could be an office OR we could rent it out as a vacation rental! Renting the log cabin as a vacation rental is a nice, very nice, income.<\/p>\n

I got the idea when I saw the EcoHouseSmart Garage Kits that had an upstairs bonus room, office or studio apartment. Here are three of them.<\/p>\n

\"BG-80
EcoHouseSmart BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room Kit\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart BG-80 Kit 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garage: \u00a0570 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0285 Square Feet
\nTotal: 855 Square Feet<\/p>\n

BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/a>
\nLH BG-80 Log Garage with Bonus Room Kit on eBay ><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"LG-103
EcoHouseSmart LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment Kit\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart LG-103 Kit 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garage: \u00a0554 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0554 Square Feet
\nTotal: 1108 Square Feet<\/p>\n

LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"BG-117
EcoHouseSmart BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office Kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart BG-117 Kit 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garage: \u00a0672 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0592 Square Feet
\nTotal: 1264 Square Feet<\/p>\n

This Car Garage offers a 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 foot print with a second floor studio and balcony, a total of 1264 square feet of space with back side entry.<\/p>\n

BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/a>
\nEcoHouseSmart LH BG-117 2-Car Garage with Office or Apartment on eBay ><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Kitchen
Kitchen in a log cabin by EcoHouseSmart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are made with engineered logs, so inside and out they have the look of log cabins, which makes them ideal for vacation rentals.<\/p>\n

\"Bedroom
Bedroom in a log cabin by EcoHouseSmart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to stay here?<\/p>\n

Garage Apartment Plans<\/h2>\n

All of the plans can be modified. They also say they can design a custom kit for you.<\/p>\n

\"\"
EcoHouseSmart BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room Kit\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/h3>\n

Garage: \u00a0570 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0285 Square Feet
\nTotal: 855 Square Feet<\/p>\n

ecohousemart.com\/house\/one-car-garage-bg-80\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"BG-80
BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the smallest kit with a single garage door. Downstairs has room to park one car with some space for a work shop and stairs to the upstairs bonus room.<\/p>\n

\"Pedestrian
Pedestrian door on the back of BG-80 Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a garage door on the front and a pedestrian door on the back. Both doors go into the garage. The stairs are open to the garage.<\/p>\n

\"BG-80
BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upstairs is small, 285 square feet. I’ve seen people shoehorn an efficiency into about this much space, but it is small.<\/p>\n

\"\"
EcoHouseSmart BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room Kit\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This side has the garage door.<\/p>\n

\"\"
BG-80 24\u2032 x 24\u2019 One Car Log Garage with Bonus Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bonus room is 10′ 6″ in the center, but only 5’7″ at the side walls as designed. You could probably get some additional storage, but not a lot.<\/p>\n

\"BG-80
Front Window on BG-80 Bonus Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a window at each end.<\/p>\n

\"\"
EcoHouseSmart LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment Kit\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/h3>\n

Garage: \u00a0554 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0554 Square Feet
\nTotal: 1108 Square Feet<\/p>\n

ecohousemart.com\/house\/lg-103\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"
LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LG-103
LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This kit is larger, 20′ wide with one double garage door. Downstairs has space for two cars and some storage in the garage.<\/p>\n

The upstairs apartment is not open to the garage. It has it’s own door to the stairs.<\/p>\n

\"LG-103
LG-103 20\u2019 x 30\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Studio Apartment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upstairs is supposed to be 20′ x 30′. The stairwell is 6.5′, so that leaves the apartment in a room that is about 20′ x 23.5′, 470 square feet. Perhaps more if some of the landing is usable.<\/p>\n

They don’t show a floor plan layout for it, but an efficiency could certainly fit in 470 square feet.<\/p>\n

\"BG-117
EcoHouseSmart BG-117 Two Car Log Garage has outside stairs to reach the office or apartment and a pedestrian door to the garage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EcoHouseSmart BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/h3>\n

Garage: \u00a0672 Square Feet
\nUpstairs: \u00a0592 Square Feet
\nTotal: 1264 Square Feet<\/p>\n

ecohousemart.com\/house\/two-cars-garage-bg-117\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"BG-117
BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the biggest, 24 feet wide with two garage doors.\u00a0 Those four feet give a lot more room. There are two windows downstairs for some natural light.<\/p>\n

\"BG-117
BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stairs are on the outside, so all of the upstairs space is usable.<\/p>\n

\"BG-117
BG-117 Two Car Log Garage has outside stairs to reach the office and a pedestrian door to the garage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Outside stairs lead to the front door. The downstairs door leads into the garage.<\/p>\n

\"BG-117
EcoHouseSmart BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The garage doors are on the other side, with a balcony above them.<\/p>\n

\"The
The BG-117 Two Car Log Garage Office has a small balcony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the balcony is nice!<\/p>\n

\"BG-117
EcoHouseSmart BG-117 24\u2032 x 30,5\u2019 Two Car Log Garage with Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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