Ok let's talk about all the crazy red tape I had. I get cities rules change and are there to protect us. But man this was such a beast. Ok, first I did not have plans to build the second floor yet just space for it in the future. Well, the city said they now count future space as square footage now. As i type this it makes me so mad to think about this argument. So In the city of Rock Hill SC, my garage max allowed is 600SQFt built (for a detached garage) but with me having a high roof and room for a second floor the city said I was at 1200SQFT. ahhhhh. Ok fine, let us add a breeze way. Nope, the city said. no longer allowed. Ok, a hall way or another bead room. Nope. the city said it must now have a main support wall up to a main support wall of the garage to count and be allowed to be built. So after 4 months of back and forth, I gave up on the off to the corner garage. It would take the city two to three weeks to review any changes and they would just deny it on any little thing and not tell us all the little things that out cause it to be denied. So my builder and I sat down and said let's blow it up!!!! if the city will not let me have a small garage lets build a mega garage. HAHAHAHA we attached the design to the house and made it two stories. The city said it was too big again hahaha. But we proved we were in all the codes and even had to provide a rain water run off engineer plans to prove we would not push water into my neighbors' houses. Who needs a yard anyway right. Now you can see our house is like a long now. But I get my wood shop space, my car work space, and second story art studio space. Finally, the city signed off on it. Boom!
