Having a fully renovated garage is starting to make its way to the top of homebuyers’ must-have list, so it’s not surprising that Mike Holmes and Mike Holmes Junior, the Holmes and Holmes father-son team, decided to upgrade this rundown two-car garage in their latest project.
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![Home Away from Holmes Modern interior of a fully renovated garage with TV and red accents](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-red-stool.jpg)
Home Away from Holmes
These days a garage isn’t just a place to park your car – it can also be a cool hang-out space to watch the game with friends, jam with neighbours, or just have some quiet time.
![The Future is Now Rundown brown garage with two car doors and a grey roof](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-exterior.jpg)
The Future is Now
Mike Holmes Sr. bought this five-acre property, located about a 30-minute drive from downtown Toronto, because he saw that it had huge resale potential.
![Stamp It A brown two car garage with a large tree out front](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-tree.jpg)
Stamp It
One of the main selling features for Mike was that it already had an existing two-car garage – it was just waiting for him and Mike Jr. to put their signature Holmes stamp on it.
![Enticing Offers A brown two car garage with a large tree and recycle bins out front](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/4-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-old-door.jpg)
Enticing Offers
Even though Mike paid $929,000 for the property, which also included a 3-bedroom 2.5 bathroom house and large barn, he decided to invest $25,000 into the garage renovation to help entice the right buyer.
![Outside Upgrades Fully renovated two car garage with white doors and a new shingled roof](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/5-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-new-doors.jpg)
Outside Upgrades
New wood siding, asphalt shingles on the roof, and two remote-controlled garage doors update the exterior of the garage, elevating the building to the high standards Mike and his son are known for.
![Exit Ramp View from patio looking out on newly renovated garage and wide driveway](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/6-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-deck.jpg)
Exit Ramp
Cars can easily turn into the garage thanks to an extra-wide driveway, while a new paving-stone patio makes a direct path from the house to the garage’s side entrance.
![Pros and Cons Rough interior of an old garage with a cement floor and blue bin](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/7-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-interior.jpg)
Pros and Cons
While the interior of the garage was rough and in need of a lot of TLC, there was a lot of usable square footage to play with – and play they did.
![Reining It In An entertainment centre with a large TV and red and black seating in a modern renovated garage](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/8-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-new-interior.jpg)
Reining It In
For this garage renovation, Mike decided to hand over the reins to his son Mike Jr. and let him flex his design muscle to create a space that would wow potential buyers.
![Cherry Bomb Modern garage with a car lift and red tool cabinets](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/9-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-new-counter.jpg)
Cherry Bomb
After adding studs, insulation, drywall and new windows to make the space super energy efficient, Mike Jr. turned on his creative side, pulling together a slick palette of cherry red and slate grey for the garage interior.
![Sound Cloud Sound Cloud](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/10-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-old-floor.jpg)
Sound Cloud
Since the original windows faced a noisy road, Mike Jr. decided to move them to the other side of the garage, and then also added a special treatment to the walls for extra soundproofing.
![Divide and Conquer A modern garage with black leather chairs, red stools and car tools](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-new-floor.jpg)
Divide and Conquer
In a big open space such as this one, it’s important to define different areas with visual cues – the rolling counter and back of the reclining black-leather couch work as a de facto wall between the entertaining and car-tinkering sides.
![Multipurpose Room Chic modern garage with single car lift, framed photos on the wall and red car tool cabinets](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-couch.jpg)
Multipurpose Room
Including a single-car lift as part of the design lets buyers know that this is a space custom-built for taking care of your car. Just drive it in, lift it up and have at it.
![Weigh Ins Red car tool cabinets sit against a grey wall with window](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/13-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-lift.jpg)
Weigh Ins
Mike Jr. made sure all the tools and storage units were of the highest quality – the drawers in the tool cabinets are rated to hold 180 kg of weight.
![Cave People A modern garage with grey floors, a single car lift and lots of red car tool cabinets](https://assets.hgtv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/14-holmes-and-holmes-country-home-garage-shop.jpg)
Cave People
“We’ve taken a tired and dated garage and turned it into an updated and appealing man cave or woman cave,” says Mike Jr., proving that when done right, a rundown garage transformation is worth the investment.
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