Recent content by brendaninnh

I'm hoping to be able to put up a garage before winter. Plans are for a 24x24, attached to the house with a 10x12 breezeway. The garage is cape style, 12 pitch and there will be space to finish off a room up there eventually. I got my first quote a couple days ago. It was very reasonable, but...

This is the closest thing I could find to show what I'm talking about: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/10054160_778f896aa5_m.jpg The one I saw was sorta like this, but with an actual garage door, less stonework, and overall more finished looking. Wonder what a two car version of this would cost.

I first got this idea watching Bob the Builder, then actually drove by one this weekend... Has anyone ever built a garage into a hillside, completely underground and covered with dirt/sod? The one I saw was on a steep lot close to the street and must've had a tunnel going into the house. The...

I wanted to build a garage this spring/early summer, but to have a builder build it, I would require a loan of some sort. After talking to various mortgage companies, the combination of raising interest rates and falling property values make this option unreasonable. To build the garage I...

Thanks all for the feedback. So no one recommends attaching directly to the house without a breezeway? The only reason I'm considering this is because 1) I thought it may cost less and 2) there is a steep hill on the side of the house where the garage goes and the extra length of having a...

I am in the early stages of planning to build a two car attached garage. I am planning to biuld a 1.5 story with a room above, but won't be finishing completing the room immediately. The way my house is situated, to attach the garage to my house I will either have to lose at least one window...