Garage or Extension with Garage ??? Decisions!!!!

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:07 pm

have you even consulted the wife yet?

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 12:46 am

a wife

what made u think i had one of them

if i had a wife i don't think i would have the house and car too

Darth Bourj · Post by **Darth Bourj** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:31 am

It may not be the same in Scotland, but you may find that the planning authority will want you to set your garage back by 1m. Why not extend over the garage. and get another bedroom. It may increase the value of your propery by an amount that will make sense of the extra building work.

I built my own garage. It is only a prefab concreate thing and it only cost me 85 pounds. I did put a nice remote rollerguide door on it though, which put the cost up a little. Having that style of door makes the garage far more usable and adds to the display- garage door automaticly closing and car roof going down. Sad I know.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:07 pm

Darth makes a good point, i've designed plenty in my time and havent had to worry about that though. Basically, your design needs to be of a similar nature to other properties around your area. Your local authority will probably dictate what you end up building.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:49 pm

It may not be the same in Scotland, but you may find that the planning authority will want you to set your garage back by 1m. Why not extend over the garage. and get another bedroom. It may increase the value of your propery by an amount that will make sense of the extra building work.

I built my own garage. It is only a prefab concreate thing and it only cost me 85 pounds. I did put a nice remote rollerguide door on it though, which put the cost up a little. Having that style of door makes the garage far more usable and adds to the display- garage door automaticly closing and car roof going down. Sad I know.

building a room above the garage was part of the original question.

and don't worry about the automatic door - that's at the top of my priorities

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:25 pm

So what you're saying derek is that you've not got a wife, thats why you have a house, a nice car AND getting an extension... cos if you had a wife you wouldnt have any of that

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:42 pm

got it in one

if i did have a wife i would have been divorced by now - that was a close call

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:53 pm

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:45 pm

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:02 pm

just get a greenhouse!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:35 pm

u can't put a car in a greenhouse - or maybe u can where you live but surely they would throw stones at it in livingston

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:20 pm

You are soooo bloody cheeky you!!

More likely the would steal it from Whitburn!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:13 pm

don't be thinking everywhere is like livingston

Tracey · Post by **Tracey** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:36 pm

I replied to this at 3am this morning and its dissapeared! hmmmm

Im just sitting here thinking "im glad everywhere isnt like whitburn!" lol

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:48 pm

I could be coming in a little late on this one but

if you building the garage with a path between house and garage you are paying for an extra wall which you you could avoid if the garage was build as extension. Have the path between boundary and garage.

I am not familliar with scottish planing law but have just checked the statutory instrument and it is very similar to english.

It is possible that the garage would be within permitted development so you would not need a planning consent but there would be a height limit (4m) on any thing within 2m of boundary and there is a size limit (24m2 or 20% of existing floor area if greater but in any case not more than 30m2) if it is outside those limits you will need planning consent. So adding extra room or floor will almost certainly need planing consent. The planners would probably want the extension to be set back as someone said previously although if within permitted development the garage could be be positioned anywhere behind the front of the building. If you happen to be on the corner and there is a road to the right of the house no permitted development and difficult to get planning permission. The garage will be treated as an extension if within 5m of house. LPAs tend not to like extension on semis which are two storey and which go right up to the boundary ther call this "terracisation" as if every one does it it turns a row of semis into a terrace

Is it worthwhile to build the extra bedroom seek advice fom an estate agent. Has any one else in the road done it? will it make the house top heavy ( more bed accommodation then reception) ? this factor may affect the value of the final house.

I do this sort of thing for a living feel free to PM me.