Reading the actual guideline text below — never a general AI guess

What "Garage Door Auto-Reverse Safety" Means

Here's what we found in the passages provided: when a lender is securing a property, they need to make sure garage doors actually work and can be locked down properly. If automatic garage door openers are present, the lender should disconnect them and keep any remote controls or transmitters locked inside the house. For counting parking spaces in an appraisal, we count each vehicle spot — so a garage with two tandem spaces behind one door counts as two spaces, just like a garage with two side-by-side spaces counts as two, whether those spaces share one double door or each have their own single door.

However, the passages shown here don't include the full details from the federal safety standard (16 CFR Part 1211 / UL 325) that specifically governs how garage door auto-reverse mechanisms must work to protect people from being struck — those excerpts hit the viewing limit for this session, so check that source document directly for the technical requirements.

Straight from HUD/FHA Single Family Handbook 4000.1 and UAD 3.6 / URAR (FNMA) — nothing added.

UAD 3.6 adoption and FHA guidance on garage conversions

FHA HB 4000.1 (pages 499–500) provides current guidance on treatment of garage conversions in appraisals, with criteria for counting converted space as GLA that do not explicitly require permits—relevant to understanding when to include or exclude unpermitted conversions.

Permitted vs. Unpermitted Garage Conversions: ROI Data for 2026

This source discusses that permitted garage conversions typically increase home value by 10-30% with ROI of 60-80%, while unpermitted conversions can decrease value by triggering lender refusals and appraisal exclusions.