Minimum double garage width - 5 metres?

[LeoSayer]

I'm planning to replace my single garage with a double and due to wifely pressure I don't want to eat up any more of the garden than is strictly necessary.

So is 5 metres adequate width for two cars? To get in and drive each of them.

I guess most cars are c. 2m width so to allow another metre for opening doors and to avoiding scraping walls sounds...tight.

Any experience gratefully received.

[S47]

IMO 6 metre width [20' old type feet!] is better for 2 cars, If you're goin to the expense of a new garage, then it's better to get what you really want, rather than make do, cost won't be much more either.

[Sam_68]

Bigger the better, but 5 metres overall external width is really too small.

The smallest typical 'developer' double garages are around 5.2 x 5.2 metres overall external, and they're generally regarded as too small. We've got a few size ranges (to suit various specific design/planning requirements), but on all but the 'poverty spec.' sites, we'd use garages that are 6.56 wide by 6.22 deep, overall.

[RedLeicester]

Our old one (which is being altered next week to become more house rooms) is 6m x 6m, and I'd say that's a bare minimum. My father's is probably closer to 5m x5m and getting in and out of cars, or getting access to shelves at the back is a complete ballache.

[herbialfa]

A typical Supermarket parking space has to be 2.5m wide by 5m long.

Just to give you a guide!

[clarkey]

You need building regs for anything larger than 6x5 external floor area, so it's best to stay under that if you can or it'll usually be much more expensive.

[herbialfa]

& under 4 metres in height!