ballpark to extend garage

canaldumidi

anotheruser said:

A bit sad that nobody as yet has actually answered the OPs question.
While having other points is great, some sort of estimate from people who have had perhaps similar work done would surely be welcome too?

Yes, some idea would be welcome to help with budget plannng - not that this will affect the purchase decision. House otherwise ticks all boxes and after 3 years it's the first one that does....

I suspect the (useful) suggestions, if feasible,  will have brought the overall cost down to a manageable level.

For context:

Doozergirl

anotheruser said:

A bit sad that nobody as yet has actually answered the OPs question.
While having other points is great, some sort of estimate from people who have had perhaps similar work done would surely be welcome too?

You're making the assumption that the OP was asking for something perfectly feasible and/or that it is easy to estimate building work with virtually zero information apart from a bit of imagination.    Removing an entire side of a house is a highly unusual job.  

Section62 addressed it somewhat in the second post, but the costs would probably be prohibitive *if* they could find a builder prepared to carry out a pretty dangerous level of work.  

I'd say what they asked for would quickly exceed £50k as a start because of the level of engineering involved.  The alternatives are more sensible if the problem to be solved is to be able to open a car door.   Even then, it isn't straightforward.  

I can't guess what level of insulation or fireproofing that house has to make it feasible to open up the side of the house and then make sure the house meets building regulations for the thermal envelope, or what the difference in floor levels is between garage and driveway.  We were only provided with a photo on page 3. 

Yes, it's disappointing that no one gave an approximate cost but it's also disappointing that people think that building work is so simple to be able to even guess at it from a few sentences!   

GDB2222

There’s a house down the road from us where they took the gable end wall off in order to extend the house by 2 to 3 metres. I can’t quite remember when they started, but it was near the beginning of the pandemic. The work is progressing, and they hope to be able to move in next month.

This is a scion of a well known family of property developers, so you can assume that he knows what he is doing and has the cash needed to get the job done. He has a well known local contractor on site.

He has also extended the back of the property, and completely gutted it.  So, it’s a big job, but it has overrun by about a year.  It may make financial sense, as the property was a bit down at heel and had some subsidence, so he bought it fairly cheaply.

 The idea that @ca@canaldumidi would take the immaculate house in the picture above and move the gable wall out just to get a bigger garage! It’s a nightmare.

GDB2222

Do many people park in a garage these days?

Section62

anotheruser said:

A bit sad that nobody as yet has actually answered the OPs question.
While having other points is great, some sort of estimate from people who have had perhaps similar work done would surely be welcome too?

I think the problem is the chance of someone on this forum having had similar work done recently enough for the information to be relevant is close to zero.

The best we can offer is advice on how to get somewhere close to a project which is practicable and for which a ballpark figure could be guessed at.

However, it is now clear from the picture why canaldumidi is so keen on this property and willing to pay what it takes to make it work for him.

It might also be worth a comment from @stuart45 about the brickwork above the first floor window heads.  I'd guess it is just a case of the mortar being mixed differently that day, but could be that some rectification work had to be done.  Certainly something to bring to the attention of the surveyor before they visit.

canaldumidi

Doozergirl said:

anotheruser said:

A bit sad that nobody as yet has actually answered the OPs question.
While having other points is great, some sort of estimate from people who have had perhaps similar work done would surely be welcome too?

You're making the assumption that the OP was asking for something perfectly feasible and/or that it is easy to estimate building work with virtually zero information apart from a bit of imagination.    Removing an entire side of a house is a highly unusual job.  

Section62 addressed it somewhat in the second post, but the costs would probably be prohibitive *if* they could find a builder prepared to carry out a pretty dangerous level of work.  

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Yes, it's disappointing that no one gave an approximate cost but it's also disappointing that people think that building work is so simple to be able to even guess at it from a few sentences!   

Sorry to disappoint you on this occasion Doozergirl and yes, I acknowledge both the difficulties involved in the work, and the difficulties involved in guessing the cost!

Section62 said:

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However, it is now clear from the picture why canaldumidi is so keen on this property and willing to pay what it takes to make it work for him.

It might also be worth a comment from @stuart45 about the brickwork above the first floor window heads.  I'd guess it is just a case of the mortar being mixed differently that day, but could be that some rectification work had to be done.  Certainly something to bring to the attention of the surveyor before they visit.

End of the day, if it's parking on the road then it's parking on the road. Not a show-stopper. Just seems a shame to have both a garage and a car port and not be ableto use either! But the house has other (hidden) attractions that far outweigh this issue....

Yes - I'd also spotted the different brickwork. But you can just see the same colouration of bricks lower down on the neighbouring property. To the right of the 2nd downpipe. I think it's just different bricks or mortar used when built.

As for the apparantly wavy guttering, I think that's the photographer as it wasn't noticable with binoculars when viewing!

Section62

canaldumidi said:

As for the apparantly wavy guttering, I think that's the photographer as it wasn't noticable with binoculars when viewing!

Wavy along the top?  I assumed it was some kind of gutter guard which hadn't been fitted that well.  If it isn't there now then maybe they've fixed it?

Loose bird guard (eaves comb) could be the other possibility... but the roof is slated?

canaldumidi

GDB2222 said:

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 The idea that @ca@canaldumidi would take the immaculate house in the picture above and move the gable wall out just to get a bigger garage! It’s a nightmare.

Not the entire gable wall!

In my naivity I envisaged leaving the upper storey as is, removing the ground floor gable wall and adding a new single garage to the side to create a double width garage.

Doozergirl and others have firmly scotched that idea. Now I need cake to recover from the scorching!

But alternative ideas have been helpful though I'm not convinced by https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165211647657

GDB2222

I’m guessing from the name of the house and the name of the poster that the hidden attraction is access to a canal. Perhaps, even, a private mooring.

Section62

canaldumidi said:

Now I need cake to recover from the scorching!

Toasted tea cake maybe?