Which of these garage designs?

[Plus4E]

OK, yet MORE boring Nick and his garage crap....

We have hit some potential issues - one is that we have identified a covenant in the title which restricts out buildings to a maximum height of 2m!! We have also learned that to fall under "lawful development", given the proximity to the boundary, we would be limited to less than 2.5m overall height. We had originally believed this to be 2.5m eaves, 4m apex, as the wording was ambiguous (we read it to be proximity to the main house, rather than to the boundary of the estate)

What this means for us is that we now have to first of all get agreement from all the neighbours for whatever we build (if it's over 2m). Once we know what they will unanimously agree too, we can then go to the planning office for permission to build something over 2.5m if the neighbours agree. If the planning falls through or the neighbours will not go for an option of more than 2.5m, then we need to go down the lawful development route. If the neighbours won't play ball at all, then we are limited to 2m height.

So, here are the options. Options 1 and 1.1 are in principle the perfect word options. They take up less floor space in the garden. I must confess, that option 2 is starting to have appeal, as it has greater square footage (as a concession to losing the storage space in the roof). Option 3 is of course the worst case scenario.

OPTION1


OPTION 1.1


OPTION 2


OPTION 3

[FIGJAM]

Do you want to be able to fit a lift in?

[Tordy3002]

It say one of the top too. Pitched roofs always look better and you have the additional ceiling height inside if required.

[Tech]

option 2 is far nicer, astetically (sp) and practically.

if possible, match the roof pitch and roof/ wall finish of your house, try to compliment surroundings with the windows/ door finishes too

[TallPaul]

Could you not dig down, maybe have the floor level of the garage half a meter below ground level? I guess drainage/flooding may be an issue, but its a thought.

[Tech]

I guess drainage/flooding may be an issue, but its a thought.

build a moat around it then, with a draw bridge! then when the planners come to knock it down you can hide there

[Johnny]

build a moat around it then, with a draw bridge! then when the planners come to knock it down you can hide there

It wont make a very good hiding place if he can only hold his breath for 30 seconds

[Plus4E]

Just realised I didn't label any of the pics - doh. Done now.

[Plus4E]

Do you want to be able to fit a lift in?

Hmm, vague notions of it at one point, but those have since disappeared into the mists. Like I say, a lot of this depends on what the neighbours are happy with.

[Plus4E]

option 2 is far nicer, astetically (sp) and practically.

if possible, match the roof pitch and roof/ wall finish of your house, try to compliment surroundings with the windows/ door finishes too

Well, it'll be 100 ft way from the house, so it doesn't really matter much. Oh, and what you have called option 2, is option 1.1 in my world (for weird reasons...)

[FIGJAM]

Option 1.1 looks best for me although if you are looking into a ramp then you will need to centre the door

[Tech]

Another possibly option that the planner might like....

go for the flat roof @ the maximum height of 2.5m, but go for a GREEN roof
Will still give you a comfortable ceiling height of around 2.25m

If done propery could look quite nice

edit, yes 1.1 sorry

[Pete C]

If it's not tall enough for a ramp then you'll definitely need an inspection pit

[SX_BIG]

can you not bury down? and have it say... sunk 1000mm onto the ground?

[pdh 14a]

Any apart from the last one,2m is a door height,if you did work on any other car,like an Altea for example,then you'll only have 6' to jack it up in!

[Plus4E]

Another possibly option that the planner might like....

go for the flat roof @ the maximum height of 2.5m, but go for a GREEN roof
Will still give you a comfortable ceiling height of around 2.25m

If done propery could look quite nice

edit, yes 1.1 sorry

Planner doesn't even need to know if I'm only going up to 2.5m - the neighbours are the only obstactle for option 2

[Plus4E]

can you not bury down? and have it say... sunk 1000mm onto the ground?

Yeah - I've thought about it. Not sure what issues I'd have with damp / flooding. My thought was to go down so that the floor was 1000mm below the surounding land, and then build a brick wall up to level and then put the building on top of that.

It's likely be a steel building, buy the way, but possibly timber. Brick or block is way out of budget, on the basis of the quotes I've had.

[green_rs13]

opyion 1 would be the best if you intend on having a 2 post ramp

[Plus4E]

opyion 1 would be the best if you intend on having a 2 post ramp

Like I say, ramps are way out of scope now.... And to be honest, I've managed without one for all these years. The project that's going to spend most time in there doesn't even have anything to access from underneath....

[Johnny]

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It's likely be a steel building, buy the way, but possibly timber. Brick or block is way out of budget, on the basis of the quotes I've had.

out of interest what sort of prices have you been quoted for that - I am looking at getting a 20' x 11' garrage put in, just as a carpark - but was quoted £15k - £22k ... so now looking at metal or concrete prefab