Old garage transformed into a dream house

Meet Jérémie Buchholtz.

He is a photographer, living constantly on the route Paris - Bordeaux. His desire was to have his own apartment in Bordeaux. But guess what, he didn't have enough money to afford it. So he found and bought for coins an old abandoned garage and decided to do something with it.

Well, not really, really for coins. The price was 80,000 euros ($107,000) - but still less than half the price of a similarly sized home in Bordeaux. Here is were the real problems started. This was a rundown storage space, full of junk with no natural light and with huge metal doors.

Most people would gave up at the very beginning but not Jérémie Buchholtz, who immediately called a friend - architect Matthieua de Marien and asked him to help him converting this old ruin into his new home.

De Marien transformed a part of the garage into a garden in order to increase the flow of light, and the metal gate were replaced with wooden. In order to get as much light, large glass surfaces are used all around.

Since the height of the roof could not be changed, because the garage is located in the historic city center, the architect played with the rest, and the photographer got 12 square meters of garden and 40 square very functional living space.

"He fulfilled all my desires. I liked architect's idea, all in one place - the bathroom, closet, couch, bed, everything for everyday life " said Jérémie.