CultClassik
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Hi everyone, I haven't been super active here but wanted to post my project. If you have questions, opinions or suggestions please feel free to say so!
I started thinking about building a real garage about two years ago. When we decided to move in late 2015, the home we purchased was selected (among other reasons) for it's nice big lot. After speaking with the city and confirming that I could build the detached garage I wanted, I was sold. The home had a 3 car car port already. Nothing really fancy but having covered parking for the "regular" cars meant the detached garage would be my project paradise.
Fast forward a bit to 2016, turns out that the rules are different depending on who answers the phone at the city office. After consulting with my chosen GC and a third party inspection company, I can't build the detached because it would have to be 30' off the side street putting it pretty much in the middle of the backyard.
Already bought the house, so the only option was to demo the car port, remove pretty much all of the concrete and build a new attached garage. As it turns out the garage will be a lot nicer, but will have to house both projects and daily drivers so the actual usable space is down a tiny bit from what I originally had in mind. Oh, and the cost went up by about 20k, that hurt.
After a severe hail storm in spring 2016, fighting with the insurance company after they only paid about half of the damages, then getting laid off and a million other things - Now it's February 2017 and I JUST got the final check from the hail damage and have secured a new job that I am starting next week. Well, we started on Friday (Feb 17). FINALLY, I can't believe we're making this happen.
Posting the plans so you can see what is in the works.
I started thinking about building a real garage about two years ago. When we decided to move in late 2015, the home we purchased was selected (among other reasons) for it's nice big lot. After speaking with the city and confirming that I could build the detached garage I wanted, I was sold. The home had a 3 car car port already. Nothing really fancy but having covered parking for the "regular" cars meant the detached garage would be my project paradise.
Fast forward a bit to 2016, turns out that the rules are different depending on who answers the phone at the city office. After consulting with my chosen GC and a third party inspection company, I can't build the detached because it would have to be 30' off the side street putting it pretty much in the middle of the backyard.
Already bought the house, so the only option was to demo the car port, remove pretty much all of the concrete and build a new attached garage. As it turns out the garage will be a lot nicer, but will have to house both projects and daily drivers so the actual usable space is down a tiny bit from what I originally had in mind. Oh, and the cost went up by about 20k, that hurt.
After a severe hail storm in spring 2016, fighting with the insurance company after they only paid about half of the damages, then getting laid off and a million other things - Now it's February 2017 and I JUST got the final check from the hail damage and have secured a new job that I am starting next week. Well, we started on Friday (Feb 17). FINALLY, I can't believe we're making this happen.
Posting the plans so you can see what is in the works.
