Daycare In Garage?

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  • angelamodglin
    New Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 3

    Daycare In Garage?

    If I remodel my garage can I put a daycare in it. Im in Illinois and the garage is detached.
  • Mary Poppins
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 403

    #2
    You should probably check with your local zoning board for this one.

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    • Cat Herder
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 13744

      #3
      The only thing that I was told about having a detached garage was that it had to have it's own warm running water source, heating/cooling and flushing toilet.

      I passed over a "nicer" home just for this reason. The costs of the upgrades would have exceeded my budget at that time (3 pre-school children)....

      Now I wish I had taken the financial risk. Having the option of a Mother-in-Law suite would be very attractive now as our parents are aging.
      - Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.

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      • angelamodglin
        New Daycare.com Member
        • Jan 2012
        • 3

        #4
        Thank you for the info so far.

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        • Heidi
          Daycare.com Member
          • Sep 2011
          • 7121

          #5
          Assuming you can heat it properly, and have running water & sewer, it should not be a problem.

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          • Meeko
            Advanced Daycare.com Member
            • Mar 2011
            • 4349

            #6
            I don't know her...but I know there is a provider here in my city who wanted to use her garage as her main day care area. My inspector told me her place was awesome.

            She couldn't afford to have sewer/bathroom/kitchen put in etc, and that would have taken up too much space. It was already set up for heat and cooling. So what they did is build an enclosed walkway from the garage to the house. It was MUCH cheaper and she can now use the bathroom in her house for the kids.

            Her garage just became a nice big playroom! Are you close enough to do something like that?

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