ᐅ Build the garage yourself or not? Which option is more cost-effective?
Created on: 30 Oct 2018 13:02
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Hi, we are currently working on the exterior design and are also considering the garage.
My wife’s uncle, a trained mason, will help us build the garage ourselves.
Our house exterior is made of 36.5 cm (14.5 inches) Ytong blocks.
We plan to build the garage with Ytong as well.
Here we are planning to use 24 cm (9.5 inches) blocks.
Size is 3.62 m x 9.50 m x approx. 255-270 cm (126-106 inches) high, flat roof with a slope to the back.
I have already calculated the amount of blocks and the estimated cost for the blocks alone comes to just under 2000 €.
This is based on the average price found online per block (so no bulk discount or anything).
Of course, I have no idea yet what the large sectional door will cost, the roof, the ring foundation, etc.
We want to build the garage in a U shape directly attached to the house, so that one side is shared and space is saved.
We have received quotes from IMM Garagen for a timber frame garage at €12,600 with an electric door, one window, and one additional door.
This price does not include the concrete slab or plastering.
Then there is a quote from Fink Garagen, also timber, for €15,000, primed but without plaster or concrete slab.
And another for a steel construction garage from Exclusiv Garagen for €8,750, size 3.50 m x 9.00 m.
However, there are not many good reviews about this option.
Do you think building it ourselves with masonry will be better and cheaper?
Thanks in advance.
If I forgot any information, sorry, just ask and I will try to provide it.
My wife’s uncle, a trained mason, will help us build the garage ourselves.
Our house exterior is made of 36.5 cm (14.5 inches) Ytong blocks.
We plan to build the garage with Ytong as well.
Here we are planning to use 24 cm (9.5 inches) blocks.
Size is 3.62 m x 9.50 m x approx. 255-270 cm (126-106 inches) high, flat roof with a slope to the back.
I have already calculated the amount of blocks and the estimated cost for the blocks alone comes to just under 2000 €.
This is based on the average price found online per block (so no bulk discount or anything).
Of course, I have no idea yet what the large sectional door will cost, the roof, the ring foundation, etc.
We want to build the garage in a U shape directly attached to the house, so that one side is shared and space is saved.
We have received quotes from IMM Garagen for a timber frame garage at €12,600 with an electric door, one window, and one additional door.
This price does not include the concrete slab or plastering.
Then there is a quote from Fink Garagen, also timber, for €15,000, primed but without plaster or concrete slab.
And another for a steel construction garage from Exclusiv Garagen for €8,750, size 3.50 m x 9.00 m.
However, there are not many good reviews about this option.
Do you think building it ourselves with masonry will be better and cheaper?
Thanks in advance.
If I forgot any information, sorry, just ask and I will try to provide it.
cschiko schrieb:
....Yes, here fences are allowed up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) high on the sides and only 1 to 1.5 meters (3 to 5 feet) towards the street (I don’t know the exact number). One neighbor has already reported the other to the city, and now there is a letter demanding the fence be taken down.
Hedges can extend beyond 15 meters (50 feet), like fences, but their height might also be regulated.
The 15 meters (50 feet) only refer to boundaries. So, if you move 3 meters (10 feet) away from the boundary, you can fill your property with garden sheds.
If the 25 m² (270 sq ft) includes the roof, achieving a clearance height of 2.1 meters (7 feet) for passage might be difficult, right? What does your mason say about the maximum height you can get while staying within the 25 m² (270 sq ft) limit?
How does it work if you:
- build a garage 8 meters (26 feet) long and 3 meters (10 feet) high (which equals 24 m² / 260 sq ft),
- place a wooden shed directly behind the garage with immediate connection,
- are the 25 m² (270 sq ft) counted for this new structure separately, or are they combined due to the direct connection with the other 24 m² (260 sq ft)?
- if combined: how much distance would need to be between the two buildings so that the shed qualifies for its own 25 m² (270 sq ft) allowance?
- if not combined: if the shed is now built with masonry, does this still apply? Meaning, garage and shed as two separate buildings, both under 25 m² (270 sq ft) individually.
I definitely consider this a gray area.
And this gray area is usually avoided in many building codes/planning permissions by having, on the one hand, area limits and, on the other hand, a maximum length for boundary construction, often with the additional restriction that this maximum length must be divided across two sides.
A common example is a 15 m boundary construction with a maximum of 9 m on one property side. This allows placing a 9 x 6 m (30 x 20 ft) garage in the corner of the plot.
A common example is a 15 m boundary construction with a maximum of 9 m on one property side. This allows placing a 9 x 6 m (30 x 20 ft) garage in the corner of the plot.
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