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In my county an accessory structure can only be 200sqft. So yes, I need the breezeway to connect the two so it's technically an addition to the house. The breezeway will be wood framing, approximately 15ft long by 3ft wide, maybe 8ft tall?

I am "trying" to build a 80 x 36 pole barn in the PNW which I will connect to my house via a breezeway...this is required in my county. I have received several quotes from Pole Barn Builders with great reviews and they are all significantly cheaper than doing a traditional structure build...

I’m planning a similar “connection”. Can you tell me of the whole project build how hard was this connection? Was it an engineering nightmare? What about cost. What percentage of the whole build was the connector? Thank uou

That's what I would have guessed but after multiple bids on both attached and detatched we are at 150K in difference, now thats without the breezeway but I can't see that running more than $50K at the most...

Here is what I'm thinking on the site...Does this look insane? I was a bit off on the beam requirement as would need to be 35ft on the detatched and 25 on the house as we have have a mudroom we won't be opening up. Additions are being done at 6-8 months in my area, permitting is crazy slow...

Correct, Remove the outer 25ft long garage wall, install 25ft beam across, add garage.

In our county code there actually isn't a minimum but fire codes come into play at under 3 ft which I don't need to worry about

Yes this is in line with my current thinking. Build the garage but do the site prep work so I can later add the breezeway. And yes, once the breezeway comes into play it is one structure.

I want it enclosed so that between my 30 x 25 garage and then new 35 x 50 garage I have a massive unobstructed open space. And yes the breezeway can open stand with it's own roof, that's how I envisioned it. I imagine that would keep the costs down as well.

Thats what I thought but I've had so many quotes and they are all the same. I'm really leaning towards this new idea the more I look into it

I've talked to a couple companies who said they don't do that. Yes, the whole connecting wall, 25ft which as you said required additional footings and engineering...but $200K additional worth was just crazy to me We don't get a ton of snow so that shouldn't be an issue. But the breezeway will...

Yes, it does have to be fully open for my family's use

not additional "living space". It just be connecting two garages which are not heated/cooled. So a garage breezeway!

I have received 4 quotes for a 50 x 35 garage addition in PNW. They all are in excess of $300K. I have also received several bids for a detached garage the same size around $120K. This is just insane to me the discrepancy between the two. Nothing sticks out on any of the quotes, it's a pretty...

Yes this has all been approved by the county. No hoa.