ᐅ Double garage positioned perpendicular to the street

Jochen104 schrieb:
That also works with an offset garage. @Speedy-OTW has it too, as far as I know from his building permit and architect.
Why don’t you just put the garage door on the street side?

Because we need 5.50m (18 feet) of storage space in front of the garage. Unfortunately, our plot is too small for that.

thelastscout85 schrieb:
Unfortunately, our plot of land is too small for that.

Then it is either the wrong plot for the desired house, or vice versa.

RobsonMKK schrieb:
Then either it’s the wrong plot for the intended house, or the other way around

There’s nothing we can do about the plot anymore; it’s already owned by us. So I guess when it comes to the house: If it doesn’t fit, we make it fit!

MarcWen schrieb:
I don’t really see any real advantage there. Crossing the "pedestrian traffic" to a parked front door. It’s much more comfortable to step out of the front door without having to watch out for traffic.
If you have to build at least 5 meters (16 feet) from the street, with a 6-meter (20 feet) wide double garage, you also have at least 2 parking spaces in front of the garage. Otherwise, make the area in front of the house more spacious.

What pedestrian traffic are you crossing? Here, one or two cars are parked in front of the door every few weeks at most. Otherwise, I’m very happy with my driveway.

Quote Jochen:
"This also works with an offset garage. @@Speedy-OTW has that too, as far as I know his site plan and architect.
Why don’t you just put the garage door facing the street?"

You’re absolutely right. We have a passageway between the garage and the house.

thelastscout85 schrieb:
Is there a general rule for how much maneuvering space is needed?

No, there are theoretical turning circle calculations... otherwise, you need to accurately draw the cars to scale on the site plan (with the house positioned on it) and experiment with maneuvering. That’s how I did it at least; a rough estimate was sufficient, and we have no problems with traffic in our yard when it is used by guests, nor do we need to repeatedly adjust while parking. But we’re also not afraid to reverse. That’s just how it is with garages: whether perpendicular or parallel to the street...

thelastscout85 schrieb:
Especially the length of the driveway to the garage would be interesting here.

The length is not relevant to your question. It depends on the space in front of it.

Jochen104 schrieb:
May I ask why you even have this idea?

MarcWen schrieb:
I don’t really see any advantage there. Crossing pedestrian traffic, parking right at the front door. It’s much more comfortable to be able to step out the front door without having to watch for traffic.
If you must build at least 5 meters (16 feet) from the street, and have a 6-meter (20 feet) wide double garage, then you automatically have at least two parking spaces in front of the garage.

Marc + Jochen, it’s not that uncommon in my experience. And I think it’s even more practical, since you’re using your own yard, which also structures the space. Attaching a garage directly to a house is standard, but it usually means longer distances between garage and entrance as well as a duller, rectangular front garden or driveway.

thelastscout85 schrieb:
Because of the direct access from the garage into the house, unfortunately there aren’t many options for how to design the driveway.

Well, you actually have quite a few options. However, I wonder why the architect made the drawing this way.
You could place the driveway on the north side heading east, the garage in the northeast, with the garbage/recycling area behind it, the entrance on the east, and then orient the entire layout differently to let light into the house from the west.

I don’t understand why it always has to face south. Our terrace faces west, and we are absolutely happy with that. Sitting comfortably in the evening with a glass of wine on the terrace and enjoying the sunset late at night is pure luxury (to continue the description from @Bauexperte in the parallel thread).

In summer, I’m glad the sun doesn’t shine directly on the terrace around midday. And for a lunch spot in spring or autumn, there is a small area on the south side.