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    Construction question

    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...
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    Underground garage?

    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...
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    Considering building it myself

    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...
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    Attaching a garage - breezeway or no?

    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...
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