Will knocking down this garage devalue my home?
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Another vote to flatten it, and for a carport. Don't pay anyone to do the job, an afternoon with a sledge hammer will see it gone. If the base is concrete that can be broken with a breaker, easy to hire for not a lot of £ - https://www.jewson.co.uk/tool-hire/breaking-demoli...
Knocking that down will increase the desirability of the property no end.
I don’t think buyers of 3 bed semis are particuarly bothered about garages these days, but certainly some outside storage is desirable - you need somewhere for the lawnmower, kids bikes and the sun loungers the Mrs bought and gets out once every 3 years.
I’d drop the garage and put a decent 10x8 shed in the corner on a concrete base. I had a Tiger Sheds loglap workshop shed at my last house and it was definitely a positive with viewers and the eventual buyer.
I don’t think buyers of 3 bed semis are particuarly bothered about garages these days, but certainly some outside storage is desirable - you need somewhere for the lawnmower, kids bikes and the sun loungers the Mrs bought and gets out once every 3 years.
I’d drop the garage and put a decent 10x8 shed in the corner on a concrete base. I had a Tiger Sheds loglap workshop shed at my last house and it was definitely a positive with viewers and the eventual buyer.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Another vote to flatten it, and for a carport. Don't pay anyone to do the job, an afternoon with a sledge hammer will see it gone. If the base is concrete that can be broken with a breaker, easy to hire for not a lot of £ - https://www.jewson.co.uk/tool-hire/breaking-demoli...
Gone in an afternoon? Wow you work fastDoubleD said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Another vote to flatten it, and for a carport. Don't pay anyone to do the job, an afternoon with a sledge hammer will see it gone. If the base is concrete that can be broken with a breaker, easy to hire for not a lot of £ - https://www.jewson.co.uk/tool-hire/breaking-demoli...
Gone in an afternoon? Wow you work fast
0a said:
People obsess too much about house prices. Knock it down if this is what you want.
I get you, but.... this may be the OP's first home. (EG) £120K value, £100K mortgage. Does something to slice some value off it, say £5K, that's £5K less to spend on the next one up the ladder. My house has a garage (detached from the house) in the back garden, accessed from the driveway at the front. It was built (by the developer) as a "semi-detached" garage sharing a wall with my next-door neighbour. It also has the drain/sewer running under it along the back of all our houses (which meant my plan to put in an inspection pit went up in smoke).
None of the houses with this design of garage have converted them into other things.
The four houses along the end of the cul-de-sac are of a different design, with a garage built into the house. All four of them have had their garages converted into rooms, and lost their garage doors. Only one (in the corner) has a garage now, where the last owner put up a garage alongside the house. Losing the garages doesn't seem to have affected the desirability nor the value of these houses.
I know it's a different case for the OP, but that garage is quite staggeringly hideous, and in probably the least practical position for making good use of the garden space.
OP? Either get rid of it, or get rid of it and rebuild something nicer where it doesn't ruin the practicality and looks of your house and garden...
None of the houses with this design of garage have converted them into other things.
The four houses along the end of the cul-de-sac are of a different design, with a garage built into the house. All four of them have had their garages converted into rooms, and lost their garage doors. Only one (in the corner) has a garage now, where the last owner put up a garage alongside the house. Losing the garages doesn't seem to have affected the desirability nor the value of these houses.
I know it's a different case for the OP, but that garage is quite staggeringly hideous, and in probably the least practical position for making good use of the garden space.
OP? Either get rid of it, or get rid of it and rebuild something nicer where it doesn't ruin the practicality and looks of your house and garden...
Is that a block of garages beyond it?
It might be worth asking if you can buy one of those, ideally the end one adjoining your garden. Then you could just knock the existing one down and expand your empire a bit. Quite often those sort of garages are virtully unused, and if you got that end one for a reasonable price you would definitely be upping the value of your house and the enjoyment of living there.
It might be worth asking if you can buy one of those, ideally the end one adjoining your garden. Then you could just knock the existing one down and expand your empire a bit. Quite often those sort of garages are virtully unused, and if you got that end one for a reasonable price you would definitely be upping the value of your house and the enjoyment of living there.
+1 for knock it down, create some hard standing if you need off-road parking and a small shed for storage.
That’s the sort of building put up by someone who’s more bothered about having a garage than about having a nice house.
By maki g the house nice, when you come to sell it you’ll recover way more than by keeping the garage.
Oh and we deffo need demolition photos..!
That’s the sort of building put up by someone who’s more bothered about having a garage than about having a nice house.
By maki g the house nice, when you come to sell it you’ll recover way more than by keeping the garage.
Oh and we deffo need demolition photos..!
I agree, knock down, build something far more suited to the place.
If it was a wooden garage this guy might be able to help.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Or get my misses or rsbmw to help.
If it was a wooden garage this guy might be able to help.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Or get my misses or rsbmw to help.
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