Garage Build Costs

[RedCabbage]

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

[Fatboy]

You need to PM King Herald - he built one a year or so ago, quite a good thread on it IIRC

[phib]

IS that wood or brick ?

I am having a 4 bay built wood ( foundation - to completeion) and its 35k so on that ratio it sounds about right

[Busamav]

RedCabbage said:

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

the 7 sounds too cheap to me.

I would have adbvised a budget of 10 for such a structure.

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

[Esselte]

Busamav said:

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

even if there's no intention of building over it..?

[RedCabbage]

Esselte said:

Busamav said:

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

even if there's no intention of building over it..?

According to the latest building regs. yes.

[esselte]

RedCabbage said:

Esselte said:

Busamav said:

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

even if there's no intention of building over it..?

According to the latest building regs. yes.

OK

[Tuna]

Esselte said:

Busamav said:

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

even if there's no intention of building over it..?

I think the idea is that, if the house moves, you want the garage to move by the same amount - so similar footings mean that they're both anchored equally well to the earth. If your garage had lightweigt footings and you had swell/heave etc., then it would move away from the house and you end up with cracks and so on.

[Davi]

RedCabbage said:

Esselte said:

Busamav said:

Remember , as it is attached to the house , it will need footings at the same depth as the house .

even if there's no intention of building over it..?

According to the latest building regs. yes.

yet I'd be surprised if it works both ways... my house doesn't really have footings (well, if you want to count a narrow strip of crumbly concrete 6" deep, 2" below the ground level I suppose it does...) but would they let me put a garage up on that? ohhhhhh no.

Clucking Fonts the lot of em.

[Swilly]

RedCabbage said:

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

£3569.75

[RedCabbage]

Swilly said:

RedCabbage said:

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

£3569.75

I had budgeted £4k.

I've been spot on with every other part of the house so I was surprised to be so far out on the garage.

[Swilly]

RedCabbage said:

Swilly said:

RedCabbage said:

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

£3569.75

I had budgeted £4k.

I've been spot on with every other part of the house so I was surprised to be so far out on the garage.

Im staring at you with dull eyes !!

[RedCabbage]

Swilly said:

RedCabbage said:

Swilly said:

RedCabbage said:

What have you been quoted/paid for construction of a single garage.

Mine will be sited on the side of a semi detached house so really it is only a 3 walled structure but quotes so far have been between £7-£12k!

£3569.75

I had budgeted £4k.

I've been spot on with every other part of the house so I was surprised to be so far out on the garage.

Im staring at you with dull eyes !!

For why Keytes?

[King Herald]

Fatboy said:

You need to PM King Herald - he built one a year or so ago, quite a good thread on it IIRC

Mine is 16' x 20', and I reckon it cost me about £7000, but I did every last single thing on it myself, apart from pouring the concrete base. It has tiled roof, concrete block walls, 6" thick concrete base, damp proof course, 12 double sockets, 6 double flouro lights etc. I should have rendered the exterior, but I'm lazy and I just painted it over the block work, last week actually.







I had a quote of £20,000 for a proper builder to build it from brick, I don't have that sort of money, and I really wanted to build one myself anyway.

It took me a year or so overall, but at times it didn't seem such a good idea afterall....

Edited by King Herald on Friday 1st August 14:03

[schmokin1]

KH

Did you make your doors, have them made of get them off the shelf?

Also did you put in steel support across the door lintel in the end?

I followed your build thread with great interest....

Cool rod BTW

[King Herald]

schmokin1 said:

KH

Did you make your doors, have them made of get them off the shelf?

Also did you put in steel support across the door lintel in the end?

I followed your build thread with great interest....

Cool rod BTW

Yep, even made the big doors myself using cedar floorboards from B&Q. They were half the price of wood bought from a regular builders merchants.

I still haven't got round to putting the steel in above the door, as the wood seems to have stayed where it is for the last six months. I have a mark, and a measurement, so I can check from time to time.

I've now sold the black rod, and I'm building another one. Still a long way to go, but it is so much easier with a garage that is big enough to fit in.

Sometimes I just go and sit in the garage, with a coffee, and music on, and do nothing, just sit and think; my cave.

[schmokin1]

[SkinnyBoy]

King Herald said:

Sometimes I just go and sit in the garage, with a coffee, and music on, and do nothing, just sit and think; my cave.

Awesome! Every man should have a garage/shed.

I'm currently getting the funds together to build a monster in our back yard. 20 x 10m Can't wait, sitting in my domain having a smoke. Simple pleasures!

[GreenDog]

SkinnyBoy said:

King Herald said:

Sometimes I just go and sit in the garage, with a coffee, and music on, and do nothing, just sit and think; my cave.

Awesome! Every man should have a garage/shed.

I'm currently getting the funds together to build a monster in our back yard. 20 x 10m Can't wait, sitting in my domain having a smoke. Simple pleasures!

20 x 10 metres ?!!! Thats BIG

[King Herald]

SkinnyBoy said:

Awesome! Every man should have a garage/shed.

I'm currently getting the funds together to build a monster in our back yard. 20 x 10m Can't wait, sitting in my aircraft hanger having a smoke. Simple pleasures!

Way to go dude.