Hello everyone,
we are currently having a house built by a developer, and I’ve been thinking about the garage. According to the site plan, a 9m (30 ft) garage is allowed up to the house wall. However, since an additional floor-to-ceiling window was installed on the ground floor, you can now only build a 6m (20 ft) long garage without blocking the window. No problem, I thought: just move the garage further into the garden. But the city does not allow that because it has to blend into the overall appearance 🙄
After a long discussion with the planning advisor, I simply came up with the idea to extend my 6x3m (20x10 ft) garage with a 3x3m (10x10 ft) tool shed. In this case, I would leave the back wall of the garage open and therefore have more space for parking. Although the advisor was not too enthusiastic, this would be permitted 🙂
The alternative idea would be to build a kind of 3x3m (10x10 ft) canopy in front of the garage with a wall facing the neighbor (see picture). But not made of wood. However, this would darken the floor-to-ceiling window quite a bit. It could also look quite stylish. If I leave the garage door open, another vehicle could partially be covered by the roof.
I have attached the floor plan and hope you might have other ideas.
Garage idea with canopy:
we are currently having a house built by a developer, and I’ve been thinking about the garage. According to the site plan, a 9m (30 ft) garage is allowed up to the house wall. However, since an additional floor-to-ceiling window was installed on the ground floor, you can now only build a 6m (20 ft) long garage without blocking the window. No problem, I thought: just move the garage further into the garden. But the city does not allow that because it has to blend into the overall appearance 🙄
After a long discussion with the planning advisor, I simply came up with the idea to extend my 6x3m (20x10 ft) garage with a 3x3m (10x10 ft) tool shed. In this case, I would leave the back wall of the garage open and therefore have more space for parking. Although the advisor was not too enthusiastic, this would be permitted 🙂
The alternative idea would be to build a kind of 3x3m (10x10 ft) canopy in front of the garage with a wall facing the neighbor (see picture). But not made of wood. However, this would darken the floor-to-ceiling window quite a bit. It could also look quite stylish. If I leave the garage door open, another vehicle could partially be covered by the roof.
I have attached the floor plan and hope you might have other ideas.
Garage idea with canopy:
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