New house new “garage”

[Gfleck067]

So I am in the middle of buying a new house. On 1.5 acres me and my dad figured out that I have room for a shop and the covenants allow a building as long as it matches the house. So I figured I have about 60-70k for a building including concrete.

I am a fabricator and build race cars on the side chassis work turbo kits drag car chassis etc. I am hoping to get my business going full steam with a new shop in my back yard. Got a few building builders that do good work Morton fbi etc

I was hoping to do a 40x60 but I don’t think the county will let me go that big. I was reading and looking around and found a 42x48. I know in my buddies 40x60 we can go three cars wide and roughly 3 cars deep with room to walk around them and do most jobs to them. Problem being I have a foxbody mustang that is my race car and a 1957 Chevy bel air which we all know is a big car with both of these cars a toolbox welding table Bridgeport bender and maybe a chassis table I’m hoping to have room for 2 more cars to be built or worked on.
Also thinking a lean to so I can put the lawn mower and stuff under it with out having it in the shop

Sorry a long winded post wanting to do this right the first time.

 

[gtsgarage]

Sounds great is there a question in there?

What’s the biggest the county will allow? Can you petition for bigger?

 

[dw1]

Yeah, I would get with the county and see what their requirements/setbacks/permits are. I had an old farm house on the property I bought, even though I was going to tear it down, I had to have the house there in order to build my barn (Outbuilding cannot be first building on lot) then-I couldn't build it bigger than the house, I went 30x50x12 If I ever would build again, I would go bigger and taller, I would like a mezzanine.
I went with 10' tall doors. If you are getting close to building it, I would check into the permit process now and see what you need.
Good Luck

 

[MushCreek]

You'd better find out all about the covenants, and whether they have any teeth. Some (most) HOA's are not going to be happy with you running a business in your back yard. We looked at a house once, but passed when the owner told us that someone called the cops (!) because she put her trash out before 7 PM the day before pick-up. In the neighborhood we did end up in, someone called zoning because I had an unregistered vehicle in the driveway for a couple weeks. It's not just whether or not you can build a building, but whether you can use it the way you want.