New guy from scotland

[THE APPRENTICE]

Hi guys i thought it was about time i said hiya .I have been spying in the background for months now and gathering ideas for my own garage .

Thanks to gj i now have an idea what i want and have a meeting to start my planning drawings on thursday .Im 26 and im in the building trade (joiner) with a local council here in the central belt so i hope to do nearly all the build myself and boy does my budget show it lol

Im hoping to go for a 2 storey garage around 24 x26 with 1 large door to the front and 1 small to the side with a nice fixed staircase leading upstairs. it will be a timber build on a block foundation which isnt very common over here people have very small garages and any that are big are usualy done in block with roughcasting.

I will keep this posted on my progress even tho it might be pretty long until i actualy start to build.
regards-- stephen

 

[Glenn M.]

Welcome to the GJ from the USA!

 

[fflintstone]

welcome from mid Michigan, please send Haggis, black pudding and them great breakfast sausages you have, hell Scottish bacon while your at it.

 

[theoldwizard1]

welcome from mid Michigan, please send Haggis, black pudding and them great breakfast sausages you have, hell Scottish bacon while your at it.

Send them any place ... just not here !

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Its hard to beat a good full scottish fry up .probably not the healthiest but it tastes great lol

 

[rburke65]

Welcome and luck to you in your build......from Ohio!

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Thank you all very much for the welcome

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Thought i would update and let use know how im getting on.Well the guy from the planning department phoned and there not allowing my 2 storey design that measured 6.8 metres in height.Instead it must be no more than 4.5 metre in heaight which doesnt allow for my dream mancave upstairs.As if i wasnt pissed aff enough i ave to bring it closer to my house . I will try upload some pics of plans and land

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

View media item 31231THESE WERE THE FIRST PLANS I SENT TO PLANNING AND BELOW ARE THE NEW DRAWINGS WITHIN THE GUIDLINES THEY HAVE GIVEN.QUITE A BIG CHANGE BUT I GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND GET ON WITH IT

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[THE APPRENTICE]

Here is my garden to the side of my house where the garage will be built,As you can see there is a very dodgy looking old wooden garage currently there that the previous owner built years ago .I dont think it will se another winter it leaks like mad and the roof is very homemade lol View media item 31225View media item 31226

 

[SpannerMonkey]

Welcome! Plenty of UK guys here.

 

[dazcapri]

Welcome from another Brit that Capri looks nice more details please

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Cheers spannermonkey.Its nice to see some fellow scots on here Dont know what its like where you live but compared to some of the guys on here the garages around my area are pretty boring and small .
Thanks daz its my pride and joy .I

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Welcome from another Brit that Capri looks nice more details please

Cheers daz the capri is my pride and joy i just bought it in september from a guy in suffolk . I have been into capris for a while but this is the nicest i have had ,its defo a keeper i lusted after it for a few years and eventualy got it even tho i used some of my garage money lol



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Its a genuine very early mk 3 1979 2.0 sport in jupiter red .This is a super rare colour i havent seen another 2.0 s that was jupiter red when it left the factory . I ts totaly original i even have the original ghia style wheels that came on the early sports .Its reading genuine 57,000 miles and is pretty straight and a good example but could do with a few bits doing here and there .
What kinda capri do you have daz ?

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[firecracker]

The planning dept obviously did'nt want your garage to be bigger than your house welcome to the garage journal, I'm new here as well.

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

To be honest it wasn't far of it lol think if it had been in a back garden they would have been ok with it.I have seen some big garages in a village nearby and there all way at the back of there gardens. I will just have to fill up the garden with some nice sheds lol

 

[joebachor]

welcome from toledo ohio USA. nice capri.

 

[dazcapri]

Cheers daz the capri is my pride and joy i just bought it in september from a guy in suffolk . I have been into capris for a while but this is the nicest i have had ,its defo a keeper i lusted after it for a few years and eventualy got it even tho i used some of my garage money lol



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Its a genuine very early mk 3 1979 2.0 sport in jupiter red .This is a super rare colour i havent seen another 2.0 s that was jupiter red when it left the factory . I ts totaly original i even have the original ghia style wheels that came on the early sports .Its reading genuine 57,000 miles and is pretty straight and a good example but could do with a few bits doing here and there .
What kinda capri do you have daz ?

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Sorry I've got no pictures of it but mines a 1.6 ls with a 2 litre Sierra engine fitted,it's got 2.8 leather Recaro's and 7 spokes,4 branch and big bore exhaust uprated suspension but it's stuck in the garage at the minute needing a few little jobs.

 

[ddawg16]

Your near Glasgow....right? I'm surprised to see a piece of land that large in that area.

I lived in Scotland for a couple of years back in the 70's....Fraserburgh to be exact. My X was Scottish....and I remember when a pint was 45p.

So, what are you paying for petrol now?

Right now is the perfect time to build....your summers are short...but the days long....nothing like coming out of the pub at midnight and it's still light outside...

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

welcome from toledo ohio USA. nice capri.

Thanks man . Did use have that model in the states? I know there were mk 1 capri s over there but never heard of any mk 2 or 3 capris .

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Your near Glasgow....right? I'm surprised to see a piece of land that large in that area.

I lived in Scotland for a couple of years back in the 70's....Fraserburgh to be exact. My X was Scottish....and I remember when a pint was 45p.

So, what are you paying for petrol now?

Right now is the perfect time to build....your summers are short...but the days long....nothing like coming out of the pub at midnight and it's still light outside...

Aye im only 20 miles from glasgow and a little more from edinburgh.The size of my garden is very rare around here never mind places that are closer to the toon.Some new builds that are going up around here have just enough room to get your bin past .There are a few houses in this scheme with big gardens and there all end of block houses that sit on the corner of another street.Its pretty hard to buy these houses people just dont sell them they often hand them down to growing family members.

You lived in a nice part of the country but i bet you had trouble with the accent in fraserburgh lol A pint right now is prob on average about 3 quid, 45 p wouldnt buy you a can of juice nevermind a pint pmsl Petrol is around £1.35 odd right now but you have your bandits who are even higher than that .

You described our summers perfect ,they dont last long at all some years but right now were doing ok weve had a good couple of weeks of sun .And yes many a time have i wandered out the pub and it aint dark yet

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Sorry I've got no pictures of it but mines a 1.6 ls with a 2 litre Sierra engine fitted,it's got 2.8 leather Recaro's and 7 spokes,4 branch and big bore exhaust uprated suspension but it's stuck in the garage at the minute needing a few little jobs.

I just sold a mk3 1.6 gl to a mate of mines that sat in my lock up for two years . very similar to yours it also had a 2.0 from a sierra in it and rs 7 spokes from a 2.8 injection.It also need some little jobs and i lost heart in it so my friend is getting here fixed up .

 

[dazcapri]

I just sold a mk3 1.6 gl to a mate of mines that sat in my lock up for two years . very similar to yours it also had a 2.0 from a sierra in it and rs 7 spokes from a 2.8 injection.It also need some little jobs and i lost heart in it so my friend is getting here fixed up .

Yeah those silly little jobs always seem to take ages. I've got to change the rear anti roll bar bushes in mine and typically the half the bolts have snapped,wouldn't be so bad but my garage is a council lock up half a mile from my house with no power.My mate's got a 3 litre mk1 he's realised he's never gonna get it done so he's bit the bullet and paying someone to do it for him.

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Yeah those silly little jobs always seem to take ages. I've got to change the rear anti roll bar bushes in mine and typically the half the bolts have snapped,wouldn't be so bad but my garage is a council lock up half a mile from my house with no power.My mate's got a 3 litre mk1 he's realised he's never gonna get it done so he's bit the bullet and paying someone to do it for him.

I was in the exact same position it was getting crazy laying on the floor under a car in a space thats ten foot wide lol Your body can only take so many scottish winters on a concrete floor haha

Your mate probably done the right thing i have realised that putting in some overtime and paying a garage to do it until i get my own built is much more easy haha The capri got its mot today but had a few advisories so i just ordered the stuff and told the guy to do them .It will take me ages to get round to it lol One of the advisories was rear anti roll bar bushes so i order poly ones from floflex.I have been told these are a great investment.Theres some on ebay right now on sale for around 15 quid .

 

[dazcapri]

Cheers i'll have a look for them on E bay Tickover want £38 for theirs

 

[DXB]

I'm not surprised your council didn't like your two storey plan Stephen. I had a 2 storey plan a few years ago which my council (in Surrey) put a stop to. Down south, we only have a maximum of 30m sq space as well, but you look like you aren't limited by that?

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

I'm not surprised your council didn't like your two storey plan Stephen. I had a 2 storey plan a few years ago which my council (in Surrey) put a stop to. Down south, we only have a maximum of 30m sq space as well, but you look like you aren't limited by that?

Were allowed to build upto 30 m sq without planning, they just require a building warrant and there are obv strict height regs etc that come along with that.To be honest i knoow many people who have built their garages like this and have added a little bit here and there and the council are none the wiser.Personaly i prefer it all to be legal just incase it bites me on the **** .

My garage is just shy of 60 m square and they dont seem to have a problem with this but im sure its because i have a big garden .I have been told your garage size cant be over a certain percentage of you total garden area so maybe this is why mines can be larger .The guy at the council actualy told me if my garage had been at the back of my house and no neighbours rejected my plans they probably would have allowed a two storey building around 5.5 metre.Wish i had a big back garden lol

 

[THE APPRENTICE]

Planning have finaly approved my garage so all i have to do now is wait 21 days to allow neighbours to object if they have any issues.If not i should be free to buils soon .Better check the piggy bank and see if need to save more lol