Does Anyone Have a Lidget Compton Concrete Garage?

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onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Like any purchase, it's a matter of whether it is appropriate for the needs of the purchaser. I agree that the walls are not suitable for fixings, which could be inconvenient for some. I use floor standing racking for storage rather than wall mounted shelving, but I do that in the conventionally constructed (block) garages as well. Unfortuntately their roofs leak and need replacing, so the prefab is the only dry outdoor storage I have at present.

The quality of the base is a reflection on who laid it rather than the garage manufacturer, I had a local groundworks contractor lay mine and have no complaints, it has held up for 4 1/2 years since being laid. Obviously that's no guarantee it will continue to do so. The person from Lidget that installed the garage did comment that it was nice to work on a slab that was square, level, the correct size and properly finished on the edges, and told me many that he had to install onto weren't.

I do not get sweating from either the base or the walls, even after the weather we've been having recently.

Obviously this works for you as it does many people and as we agree, it is all down to what you want to use it for and its cheapness to purchase and the quickness to put it up. Also I don't agree with Furt that they are not "pretty" enough.

I have now had a word with our builder who quoted for a brick garage, about the gap we would be forced to leave for the prefab garage, because the original builder of the property decided to build the garage next door sitting on the boundary of our property and therefore we would be forced to leave a 1 ft gap from the boundary to the prefab garage. Our builder who quoted us for the brick garage, has now said he would not need to leave this gap for a brick garage, therefore alleviating the need to rip up the pathway beside it and relay it 1 ft into our garden border which would just be another cost and job to do, though this depends obviously as he said on whether the garage next door is upright, so he might have to move it slightly to clear his garage wall. He has also offered to use different bricks which won't match exactly to our bungalow bricks but this is of no consequence because you can't see 90% of the brickwork from the front of the property so it would only be us that can see the difference which we are not fussed about. This would reduce the cost of the garage £800 which brings it nearer to the eventual cost of the prefab.

We have considered all the options but have decided to opt for the brick built garage as we believe it comes within permitted development which again saves us another £700 on Planning permission. So all in all, it looks like a go for the brick built option.