General Landlording & Rental Properties
Market News & Data
General Info
Real Estate Strategies
Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions
presented by
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/hospitable-deef083b895516ce26951b0ca48cf8f170861d742d4a4cb6cf5d19396b5eaac6.png)
Landlording & Rental Properties
Real Estate Professionals
Financial, Tax, & Legal
Tax, SDIRAs & Cost Segregation
presented by
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_trust-2bcce80d03411a9e99a3cbcf4201c034562e18a3fc6eecd3fd22ecd5350c3aa5.avif)
1031 Exchanges
presented by
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_1031_exchange-96bbcda3f8ad2d724c0ac759709c7e295979badd52e428240d6eaad5c8eff385.avif)
Real Estate Classifieds
Reviews & Feedback
Updated over 3 years ago on .
Disclose garage converted to living space
I have a house that I advertise as a 3/2. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths in the main house, but it also has a garage converted into a 1/1 studio. I am about to rent it out and my tenants intend to have someone living in the garage conversion. Do I need to get them to sign a disclosure that the garage is a conversion? Do I need to be worried about any legal issues from having someone staying in this unit (I am in California). I have spoken with my insurance guy and the garage conversion is treated the same as the house in terms of insurance so there is no issue on this front.
If I do need to disclose it, does someone have some boilerplate to do this?