How much would it cost to build a double garage?

[Ari]

Just that really, if you wanted a double garage built, what's a rough ballpark figure?

[Herman Toothrot]

At Goodwood last year a company was selling really nice solid pine cabin style garages for £3000 including a side work shop. They said they have recommend builders and they charge about £1500 to assemble. You just have to sort the base beforehand.

[Ari]

Hmmm.. interesting!

So about £5K all in?

[andye30m3]

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

[marlinmunro]

My son built one a couple of years ago, doing a lot of the labour himself with help from mates ( mates rates) spent around 20K, mind you built in Peak Park area so planners made it expensive due to materials specified.

[CraigyMc]

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

[_Batty_]

CraigyMc said:

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

no its not.
17k would be about right for a faced brick double. (depending on doors specc'd etc)

[Herman Toothrot]

CraigyMc said:

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

£8k a bedroom! A chap in my village got in some building magazine as he had managed to build a 4 bed detached nice looking house for £180k excluding the plot, they were praising him for clever use of materials to build the house for so little. He sold it.for £550k a few months later, it was a nice house. I imagine a £24k build looks right pikey.

[mrmarcus]

I had been looking into building a garage and was looking up building regs and planning permissions. You cannot have timber garage bigger than 15sqm if within 1 meter of a boundary. You need to look up your local council site and check out the building regs too.

[OzzyR1]

CraigyMc said:

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

What?

Your dad needs to update his prices from 3 decades ago!!

A half decent house should be budgeted at about £2,000/m² on the total floor area nowadays - enjoy your standalone 4m² bedroom though

Edited by OzzyR1 on Wednesday 3rd November 19:06

[anonymous-user]

depends on spec, I'd reckon on about £35 per sq ft to do it to proper PH standards

[Sticks.]

I'd like to have my single garage converted to a double but not sure if there's room. What's the overall size I'd need so that it wasn't a waste of time? I assume planning perm is needed so where's the best place to start - just ask a builder or need drawings first? The old one's not extend-able, not least as it's on a concrete raft rather than footings.

Not something I know much about, obviously.

Thanks

[Fish]

OzzyR1 said:

CraigyMc said:

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

What?

Your dad needs to update his prices from 3 decades ago!!

A half decent house should be budgeted at about £2,000/m² on the total floor area nowadays - enjoy your standalone 4m² bedroom though

Edited by OzzyR1 on Wednesday 3rd November 19:06

Mainstream builder all in is £75-£85 Ft gross to a standard wimpey/barrat spec. NOT £200.

[al1991]

All the builders around here have top end houses (understandable) and some serious motors. Astons etc.

Should have gone down the trade route and not an academic one!

[OzzyR1]

How big is it?


Excavation, hardcore base, blinding, concrete slab incl formwork (say 120mm min thick as you'll be parking cars, jacking etc): £60m²

Brick external, block internal uninsulated walls: £75/m² (for a mid-range brick)

Timber roof structure (joists, rafters battens etc), felt, tiles, gutters, downpipes etc: £85/m²

Windows - say £400/each

Double door - say min £2K installed dependant on metal / wood, is it automatic etc

Assume can extend electrics from house and put a few sockets / strip lights in: £500


Guesstimate obviously but you should go too far wrong

[H_Kan]

We had a single brick built garage with cavity and internal breeze blocking with roller door done for around £6k about 5 years ago, however most builders were asking around £10k.

So given inflation and OP wanting a double, I would imagine £15-18k would be about right.

Key for a cheaper job is find a newish builder who is still trying to establish himself and build up a reputation. Check his work thorougly and you could get a bargain as my parents did.

[OzzyR1]

Fish said:

OzzyR1 said:

CraigyMc said:

andye30m3 said:

My mum was quoted £17K a few years ago to demolish a single and build a double, face brickwork with pitched rood, attached to house on one side and had a hipped end on the other.

My dad is a builder (has been for 3 decades). In terms of labour and materials at trade prices, a house is about £8K per bedroom. 17K for a garage is making a builder very rich...

C

What?

Your dad needs to update his prices from 3 decades ago!!

A half decent house should be budgeted at about £2,000/m² on the total floor area nowadays - enjoy your standalone 4m² bedroom though

Edited by OzzyR1 on Wednesday 3rd November 19:06

Mainstream builder all in is £75-£85 Ft gross to a standard wimpey/barrat spec. NOT £200.

Is this if they are building a whole estate of them as cheaply as possible?

Homes from Hell style: tiny rooms, paper thin walls, crap spec £1.5K Magnet kitchen and other fittings, B&Q basics bathrooms, crap heating system, poor finishes etc?

If so, you will note that I said a "half decent" house would be around £2,000/m² or £185/ft².

I haven't changed my mind.

Edited by OzzyR1 on Wednesday 3rd November 19:31

[Rich1973]

Depends if you want a brick one or concrete section. I am having a 22 x 24 ft double garage in concrete section, brick faced front and modified spars for electric door opening with 3 windows and 6inch extra height for £5200. This does not include the cost of the base though. A double garage will also be subject to building regs as well as planning permission.

Garage is from Hanson garages.


Richard

[Ari]

Wow, those Hanson jobbies certainly seem to be the answer!

[dave_s13]

NeMiSiS said:

stuff about Hanson

I want one of those!!!