Building New Garage

[TBK]

Getting ready to build new Detached garage and looking for HINTS!

 

First, Single , small house (1100sgf), 1 Z, 1 Work van, no other storage, 1/2 acre lot.

 

Had (at old House) 28' x32' worked ok but seemed cramped sometimes.

had one large oversized door think 20x9 but dont remember. Didnt like the door setup, seemed flimsy, had to jocky into garage sometimes.

 

Thinking atleast as big for new, what kinda things would you Z heads do if you had to do it again! Dont wanna get to carried away, thinking of staying around 20,000 to 25,000. will prob Plumb water for sink and test area(work on alot of Ice machines). and of couse electrical.

[grumpyvette]

first I think YOUR dreaming if you think that with todays current labor and material costs youll build a 28' x32' or larger garage for $25,000 EVEN IF YOU DO 90% of the WORK yourself, ID strongly suggest getting FIRM BIDS with ALL DATES AND MATERIALS LISTED and PERMIT COSTS figured BEFORE YOU START....I just built a 36' x 74' garage and it cost in excess of 100K

now Ill FREELY admit I did everything FIRST class and 2700sq feet is a whole lot larger than 900 sq feet your talking about but I think youll be closer to $35,000 even cutting alot of corners,UNLESS your refering to a steel prefab building, on a concrete slab, now I built my dream garage and I CERTAINLY would like EVERYONE to BUILD THIER DREAM GARAGE, but IM forced to point out that CAREFULL FINANCIAL, PRIOR PLANING will help prevent MANY PROBLEMS......SOMETHING I learned the hard way!!!

yes you can build a garage for that estimated cost, but be aware that once you start things tend to spiral upwards cost wise!

and asking contractors for an ESTIMATE is basically a BAD JOKE, because EVERY DAMN ONE CAME CLOSE TO DOUBLING thier ESTIMATED PRICE once you PINNED them into a CONTRACT with due dates to meet, and scheduals and materials

PLEASE don,t think IM RAINING ON YOUR PARADE! thats the VERY LAST THING I intend, I only want you to be aware of a HUGE differance between

VERBAL ESTIMATES & MATERIAL COST ESTIMATES VS REALITY, once you start building

 

 

these may help

 

http://www.archwaypress.com/browse.php/ca311db0033aba7c5f6563c8c7253920.html

 

http://www.generalsteel.com/

 

http://www.usbuildingsdirect.com/a-model-steel-buildings.htm

 

http://garageplans.hsh.com/

 

http://www.justgarageplans.com/index_garage.php

 

http://www.behmdesign.com/

 

http://www.hometime.com/store2/p_garage.htm

 

http://www.10000homeplans.com/garage_gallery.html

 

http://www.americansteelspan.com/?source=googleppc

 

http://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/requestbid/default.aspx

 

http://www.alliedbuildings.com/project_quote.php?sendroicid=4ca9a5ff-f0e9-4fa7-998d-1b89b3c24a81&sendroikwd=steel+buildings

 

be aware that it ALWAYS costs much more than the first estimate

 

BTW

 

http://www.usbuildingsdirect.com/a-model-steel-buildings.htm

 

these guys sold my neighbor a 30 x 60 garage kit,(model A) it looks nice, held up in three hurricanes , and cost well under 1/2 what my garage cost, but he did the TOTAL INSTALL including the slab himself

[Okimoto]

Thinking atleast as big for new' date=' what kinda things would you Z heads do if you had to do it again! Dont wanna get to carried away, thinking of staying around 20,000 to 25,000. will prob Plumb water for sink and test area(work on alot of Ice machines). and of couse electrical.[/quote']

 

Here in socal, ime the typical bid is around 300 a square foot for a single family dwelling. I've seen bids below 200 but I would be a bit scared of their quality of work.

 

I know that in the big city areas like where I live, you really need to check with zoning before going too deep. They will let you know where your buildable area is.

 

28x32 is a pretty nice sized garage... I wish I had one of those. I have a 24x20 with 2 generations of family crap in there my grandma wont let me throw away over her dead body! good thing the Z is small. I get a 18" workspace around the z car when I move stuff around.

 

A cheap alternative might be one of those prefab steel buildings.

 

Also I've run into problems with the sewer slope not meeting code and having to use ejector pumps to get the water to the lateral, per the UPC. Depending on your sanitary sewage situation, you might have the same problems.

 

How much of the work will you be doing yourself? You can pull an owner/builder deal if you're cut out for the challenge.