Luxury Garage Home Cinema Installation — Cheshire

Converting a Double Garage into a Luxury Home Cinema Room in Cheshire

This unused double garage — 18ft x 20ft (roughly 5.5m x 6m) — has been transformed from an unloved space into a luxury home cinema room capable of hosting friends and family in style. Seating for six in absolute comfort, with provision for two additional cinema-goers on bean bags. The bespoke cinema seating from Home Cinema Modules’ Sirius range features two individual seats flanking two double sofas.

The Cinema Design and Construction

The clients wanted to preserve the external appearance of the house — garage doors intact — so we oriented the room with the internal false screen wall covering the doors. This wall is 400mm deep, housing the Artcoustic front speaker package and fully insulating and soundproofing the garage doors behind it. Even at reference volume there is no noticeable sound leakage. The side walls are fully lined with lower-profile stud work incorporating both speakers and acoustic treatments.

The ceiling is finished in heavy suede fabric giving the illusion of clouds when lit by dimmable LED strip lights installed in the built-out coving. Every light in the cinema can be independently dimmed via a Lutron intelligent lighting system — creating the perfect viewing environment with a single button press.

The Home Cinema System

This room is packed with technology — from the Sony 4K laser projector to the Artcoustic 7.2.4 surround sound system. The beauty of both brands is the ability to specify models from their range to suit most budgets. Here we chose a mid-range Sony projector — with no windows in the room, brightness was not the priority and the savings were reinvested in more Artcoustic speakers rather than higher-powered versions. The result is a full 7.2.4 surround system that sounds genuinely immersive, precisely because the room acoustics are designed to allow it to perform at its absolute best.

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Luxury Home Cinema Sofas and Seats

The Sirius seating from Home Cinema Modules is hand-made in Europe with a huge range of leathers to choose from, enhanced by a stunning diamond-stitch pattern in key areas. A control panel on each armrest allows motorised adjustment of the backrest, headrest and footrest. Armrests include drinks holders and USB power for extended viewing sessions.

From Unloved Garage to Luxury Cinema

This Cheshire double garage conversion is a project that consistently surprises visitors who do not know its origins. The finished room shows no evidence of having been a garage. The conversion follows Custom Controls’ established approach: the garage door is retained externally (avoiding planning implications), an insulated acoustic stud wall is built inside, and the cinema system is housed within a purpose-designed interior. The result is a dedicated cinema room that required no planning permission, no structural alteration to the main house, and was completed in a fraction of the time of a new-build room.

For Cheshire clients with an unused or underused double garage, this conversion is among the most cost-effective routes to a dedicated cinema room available.

Project Details

• Location: Cheshire
• Room dimensions: 18ft x 20ft (c. 5.5m x 6m)
• Room type: Double garage conversion
• Screen: Acoustically transparent
• Projection: Sony 4K laser projector
• Audio: Artcoustic 7.2.4 surround sound
• Lighting: Lutron intelligent lighting
• Seating: 6 — Home Cinema Modules Sirius (2 double sofas + 2 individual)

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