Hello all.
I have lurked for a long time and now after a move to accommodate my growing family, I have the opportunity to build a garage. I have a 2 car pull under garage on the house but that's not enough for the hobbies.
On to the good stuff. My wife works for a civil engineering firm which has made this process pretty easy. We sat down over the course of several days to figure out exactly what was in the budget and possible. We settled on a 28x30 garage with 8-foot door and room for a Lift on a side and a loft for my man cave on the other. Hence the Lift/Loft name. I have several project vehicles right now a 1995 Miata R package that I got for a steal as my budget track car. A 1986 BMW 325es which is my baby and lives indoors to avoid the sun seeing the dash and a 1998 4runner v6 4x4 5spd that is the off-road toy. The Miata and e30 are planned to be in the garage.
I had one major hold being a draining stream on the side of the property. I will post some pictures of the plan showing it. We initially went door to door meeting our neighbors to get a variance to build inside of the county buffer. Upon further review our engineer noticed the drainage was pipped right up to where it comes out, thus negating the buffer zone and variance. Several trips to the planning and zoning office and we have our stamps! Time to begin
We did go through a budget and look at some revisions. I opted not to put brick on the front due to cost. I also deleted windows with the thought I can come back if I really want them.
I am going to add photos of the plans/ the space and the start of contruction!
I have lurked for a long time and now after a move to accommodate my growing family, I have the opportunity to build a garage. I have a 2 car pull under garage on the house but that's not enough for the hobbies.
On to the good stuff. My wife works for a civil engineering firm which has made this process pretty easy. We sat down over the course of several days to figure out exactly what was in the budget and possible. We settled on a 28x30 garage with 8-foot door and room for a Lift on a side and a loft for my man cave on the other. Hence the Lift/Loft name. I have several project vehicles right now a 1995 Miata R package that I got for a steal as my budget track car. A 1986 BMW 325es which is my baby and lives indoors to avoid the sun seeing the dash and a 1998 4runner v6 4x4 5spd that is the off-road toy. The Miata and e30 are planned to be in the garage.
I had one major hold being a draining stream on the side of the property. I will post some pictures of the plan showing it. We initially went door to door meeting our neighbors to get a variance to build inside of the county buffer. Upon further review our engineer noticed the drainage was pipped right up to where it comes out, thus negating the buffer zone and variance. Several trips to the planning and zoning office and we have our stamps! Time to begin
We did go through a budget and look at some revisions. I opted not to put brick on the front due to cost. I also deleted windows with the thought I can come back if I really want them.
I am going to add photos of the plans/ the space and the start of contruction!
