Building a garage ?

modd1uk

Looking at a few properties and found one we like, i am looking at ones with room for a garage to be built in the back garden. A concrete sectional garage.

My question is how close to the fence can i build my garage ? I know you can put a shed right up to the fence but im unsure about garages ? It will be under 30sq meters and within building regs height.

nat38

no idea, but I'll be stalking this thread as I am interested in doing this too.
Also, any ideas of aprox costs?

modd1uk

Mrs went on local council website and found the following information out.

IF less than 2m from boundary wall/fence then it cant be more than 2.5m high.

Guttering etc cannot hang over fence so this has to be taken into account.

Less than 30sq meters, less than 50% of overall garden space

Cannot protrude past front of house (Ie if you had it on the side of your house and it went past the front).

Looks like im all sorted !

nat38

thanks for the info!
would you have an idea of costs?
we'd like to build it at the end of the back yard (mainly just lift a wall going from side to side if that makes any sense)

modd1uk

nat38 wrote: »

thanks for the info!
would you have an idea of costs?
we'd like to build it at the end of the back yard (mainly just lift a wall going from side to side if that makes any sense)

You looking at sectional concrete garages ? I have been looking at garages from about 13ft wide to 20+ foot deep. Need about 12foot to comfortably put a car in and open the doors. No point having a garage you cant work in !

mark5

nat38 wrote: »

thanks for the info!
would you have an idea of costs?
we'd like to build it at the end of the back yard (mainly just lift a wall going from side to side if that makes any sense)

It would probably cost between £5,000-10,000 to have a decent quality garage built, less if you do the work yourself.

modd1uk

mark5 wrote: »

It would probably cost between £5,000-10,000 to have a decent quality garage built, less if you do the work yourself.

That will be brick, spend much less on a concrete sectional that could serve the purpose just as well....

Mrs_Imp

Go an a brick-laying course. That's what we did, and once we have some pennies we'll be buying some bricks. It means we can do it a bit at a time, as and when we can afford another pallet of bricks.

It might be a good idea to contact your planning department and discuss what you intend to build. We did it in writing, and they confirmed, in writing, that what we want to build falls under permitted development. This will make life easier if the neighbours start asking questions about planning permission etc (ours will).

Oh, and keep an eye out on freecycle-type sites. One of our friends got rid of their sectional concrete garage that way.

dimbo61

Sold my old concerte on ebay for £250 TO A VERY NICE MAN who came round and took it apart.
He was very happy ( it was a good size and in good condition) and I was happy as building extension in the space.
He also told me that a new concrete garage that size was over £2000