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    Building on a slope

    What do you think of this?
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    Building on a slope

    Mr. Welsh, That is a great pic, you must work with photoshop too. :-) One of the reasons why the garage was to be built at the lower yard was to allow access to the remaining two acres I can't reach at present. So if I can do that without a great need for multiple retaining walls, its...
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    Building on a slope

    kbs224, I like Welsh's idea, and even your add of an oil change area on the top floor. Just not sure what the benefits would be either way when you compare the expense of a lift to the expense of a seond floor built to support the weight of the car, etc. Great ideas though guys, thanks so...
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    Building on a slope

    The township is saying I can not exceed 1200 sqft. but I was thinking if I made it two levels, and the bottom level was considered half exposed foundation, I might be able to get away with it. Last night I was thinking, a 12' high 30X40 foundation where the garage would actually be (using that...
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    Building on a slope

    I have visited the Ultimate Garage Site, and Steve's work is awesome. I can't even imagine the cost to do something like the house on a slope he has here, but one can dream :-) I'd be willing to do a lot of the work myself with my 763 Bobcat. I just can't get anything down there. Its funny...
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    Building on a slope

    The winters are not too bad. We do get ice storms though. Attached are two renderings. One from before taken by satellite and the other just a photoshop idea.
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    Building on a slope

    Here is a pic from the yard
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    Building on a slope

    Hey guys. I just joined, and man, there is a lot of good stuff here. I spent hours in the gallery alone. Here is my issue. I have 3 acres, of which only one is accessible to me. The rest is at the bottom of a steep hill. So, in an attempt to at minimum make the backyard accessible, I...
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