ᐅ Garage: What does "attached" mean? Does it mean that the walls are physically connected?

Müllerin schrieb:
why is a green flat roof on a garage not advisable if the garage is directly attached to the house?

I’m not an expert, but I assume that having greenery up against the exterior wall could cause problems, and that’s why it’s generally not done, as it’s not considered proper practice. It’s similar to having grass right up to the outside wall at ground level without any splash protection.

The building authority obviously doesn’t mind, but it also doesn’t rule out covered parking spaces whether attached or detached – both are allowed.

However, this is just my conclusion; I don’t actually know for sure.

ypg schrieb:
I'm not an expert, but it seems to me that greenery on the facade could cause problems, and it’s generally not done that way since it’s not professional practice. It’s similar to laying lawn directly against a ground-level exterior wall without any splash protection.

In our case, however, we do have that. Why shouldn’t it work?
The connection is sealed with a metal flashing, and the lawn does not grow directly against the house. There are larger gravel stones in between, at least 40cm (16 inches) of distance.

:-D That works out well since we are using brick cladding anyway. We have an attached garage, which will also be greened, but only with low-maintenance succulents. I’ll report back in 10 years then 😉

Then I must have misunderstood [emoji4] and there must be a different reason.

Thank you for your answers. The development plan dates back to 1997, and I estimate that about 90% of the area is already built up. We took a closer look today. There are several houses with green flat-roof garages or carports directly attached. Additionally, many garages are well within the 5m (16 feet) setback from the boundary. There are even carports just a few centimeters behind the boundary with the street, although the development plan specifies a 2m (6.5 feet) setback.

So, if this has apparently been approved before, can it be assumed that they must approve it again? And can something like this still be done through a notification or simplified approval process?

We are just at the very beginning of the planning stage and do not yet have an architect, but we are already thinking carefully about what we want (and what we don’t).

Do you really need to get approval for a prefabricated garage? I bet the garages and carports you described were simply placed there. Here in SH, it’s completely legal. According to the development plan, we are supposed to add greenery; everyone is, but somehow no one has gotten around to it yet. [emoji3]