Moving garage so that it is attached to the house

chelseablue

At the moment between our house and garage there is a partially covered walkway.


Joined to our garage is our neighbours garage then their house is next to their garage


(I can attached a picture if someone tells me how)


What we would like to do is demolish our garage and rebuild it, but move it left so it is actually attached to our house.


We would still like side access to our garden so would use the space that is created from moving the garage away from our neighbour's.


Is this something that can be done? As long as the neighbour's don't mind of course

I_have_spoken

Doable for sure, but needs planning permission and a party wall agreement with the neighbour. I'd expect the cost to be out of proportion to the benefit unless you were thinking the attached garage would be converted into living space.

Dan-Dan

chelseablue wrote: »

At the moment between our house and garage there is a partially covered walkway.


Joined to our garage is our neighbours garage then their house is next to their garage


(I can attached a picture if someone tells me how)


What we would like to do is demolish our garage and rebuild it, but move it left so it is actually attached to our house.


We would still like side access to our garden so would use the space that is created from moving the garage away from our neighbour's.


Is this something that can be done? As long as the neighbour's don't mind of course

Sounds like an incredibly easy way to waste thousands and thousands of pounds

cyclonebri1

The cost is disproportionate unless as suggested above you have a very good reason or indeed are looking at some sort of conversion.

If you go ahead you can do it without a party wall agreement, but you need good neighbours for this to sign a formal agreement that you will cover all damage etc.

This is the first time I'd suggest that a PWA implementation is actually necessary.

Kiran

Have you got a photo? It may be possible to leave the existing structure in place and extend over to the house. You would then need to build a new wall for the outside of your garage. To avoid the PWA issues leave the old structure up to create covered rear access. Hope that's clear(ish). You will essentially be rebuilding the front wall and a new perimeter wall and also reroofing the lot.

chelseablue

I do have a pic on my computer, not sure how to add it though.


It wouldn't be just rebuilding a garage (should have said in my first post but didn't want to waffle on)


Behind the garage is an old brick outhouse/storage room that has our washing machine in so want to demolish that and move that over next to the house so we have a proper utility room off the kitchen.


Would like to add a downstairs loo as well if there's room

teddysmum

A house, across from, us has it's main door at the side ( kitchen door at the back) and the owners wanted a garage attached to the house,so that access to the main door had to be via the garage and planning permission was denied. They had to have either the main door clear of the garage (as it now is) or a covered passage between house and garage; all for safety reasons.


This was several years ago, but I imagine rules are even stricter,now.


Next door,had a detached garage, originally, but decided they'd like a rear toilet/laundry room, covered passage and an overhead bedroom, but the cost was so high for the ground level work,that they left out the bedroom.

chelseablue

Our main door is at the front of the house so that shouldn't be an issue


We have 3 bedrooms at the moment but the third one is very small so would look at the cost of doing a 2 storey side extension with a bedroom over the garage.


Or just move house :rotfl:

cyclonebri1

Kiran wrote: »

Have you got a photo? It may be possible to leave the existing structure in place and extend over to the house. You would then need to build a new wall for the outside of your garage. To avoid the PWA issues leave the old structure up to create covered rear access. Hope that's clear(ish). You will essentially be rebuilding the front wall and a new perimeter wall and also reroofing the lot.

If I have this right the OP wants to retain the gap to the rear garden so a passage way must be maintained, but it could be built on the existing base slb if strong enough, ( which I doubt), so simply slice through and mini dig a new "separating" footing away from the existing wall by say 900mm?, and build the new external garage wall off that.

chelseablue

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

If I have this right the OP wants to retain the gap to the rear garden so a passage way must be maintained, but it could be built on the existing base slb if strong enough, ( which I doubt), so simply slice through and mini dig a new "separating" footing away from the existing wall by say 900mm?, and build the new external garage wall off that.

We do want to keep side access to the back garden if possible.


But not the existing path between the house and the garage, we would want to move the garage so its attached to the house and the we would be able to walk down the side of the garage wall (hope that makes sense!)

chelseablue

Hopefully this goes to a pic of my house


http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r777/chelseablue3/Exterior_zps37qcdoby.jpg