Garage With Temporary Living Quarters
Garage With Temporary Living Quarters
Rough costs - Triple garage with living accommodation above
Rough costs - Triple garage with living accommodation above
Friday 10th February 2017
DKL said:
If you get anywhere near that for a listed building site let me know!
I enquired for a triple with my conservation officer. Nothing off the peg, even an oak frame, was going to be acceptable. It had to have architectural merit in its own right. Forget roller doors or anything practical, wooden front opening only.
I'd planned a steel building clad with shiplap or similar to blend in and reckoned it would come in around 20-25k. The required building was going to be at least 60 plus architects fees.
It got shelved.
2 prefabricated concrete at the minute, one I've re-roofed with tin as the asbestos just cracked and it leaked badly. the other still has an asbestos roof, so oak would be more in keeping. Its not attached to the house (c400 years old) and I'd want hardwood (ideally oak) doors anyway so not an issue for me. Given the cost and additional height I'm not too fussed about an upper level. Certainly didnt want a kitchen as it'll be around 20m from the house and it already has a kitchen.
FFG
Edited by FlipFlopGriff on Friday 10th February 14:54
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Friday 10th February 2017
LeoSayer said:
Last year my builder completed my 45sqm double garage including groundworks which were substantial due to clay soil and nearby trees. He even discovered a WW2 shelter complete with 'Idris' bottles, one of which he opened and took a sip from.
No living accomodation but it is habitable with insulated floor and roof, double glazing etc. and has a loft area for storage.
The total cost was £40k to £50k depending on the man maths I use.
Wood frame wasn't an option because it was built next to a boundary. As was building it over 4m high.
Was that block? Though that implies wood is cheaper, and I don't necessarily know if that is the case....
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Friday 10th February 2017
dsl2 said:
That looks cracking, got to say if mine ends up looking like that I'll sell the house and move into it!
dsl2
1,383 posts
173 months
Friday 10th February 2017
Indeed this is only temporary accommodation during a new house build but I got a bit carried away & ended up doing it top(ish) spec throughout, said to the wife when we moved in this is so nice I don't why I'm bothering to build the actual house as I could happily live in there for ever!
pdavison
Original Poster
1,622 posts
249 months
Friday 10th February 2017
dsl2 that is stunning! Probably not quite what I will be able to achieve but something to aim for nonetheless!
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Friday 17th February 2017
pdavison said:
dsl2 that is stunning! Probably not quite what I will be able to achieve but something to aim for nonetheless!
Have you had any quotes/progressed at all?
Two architects quoted me the circa 50k budget, though that's tight and most likely without the room above being completed.
I'll be getting some more quotes soon, so will try to add to this thread.
Friday 17th February 2017
Not the complete living space as I didn't install running water or a loo. But it is a triple bay garage with a room above that had light and heating (it was an office). Cost, about £50k once all the bits and pieces were taken into account, and that was West Lothian in Scotland.
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Friday 17th February 2017
Dr_Rick said:
Not the complete living space as I didn't install running water or a loo. But it is a triple bay garage with a room above that had light and heating (it was an office). Cost, about £50k once all the bits and pieces were taken into account, and that was West Lothian in Scotland.
Many thanks for your post, very nice, that's very similar to what I'm hoping to do, except I'm thinking of sectional folding doors slotted behind each garage oak at the top to aid sealing, I'm assuming those double doors are very difficult to insulate etc?
Friday 17th February 2017
Buy some land with a barn already on it and build out living quarters either on a second floor or in a corner. I have a pretty large building here in Texas with an office. It's on 1.5 acres and has running hot water and 220v electric and a gas connection (not currently used). The office space is about 400sq/ft and is insulated. It would not take too much effort to convert it to full living quarters if I wanted to rough it.
Biggest challenge about living in a place like that is the rats (we don't have mice in Texas). While I've been fortunate enough to not see any in recent months, I know that they're around because I see the snakes 
Friday 17th February 2017
I love how pistonheads this thread is, garage first living accommodation second 
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Friday 17th February 2017
patmahe said:
I love how pistonheads this thread is, garage first living accommodation second
Not wrong - see the previous poster with a 5 bay and two bed flat above, if mine turns out anything like his, albeit on a smaller scale, I'm moving out of my place and above the garage!
V8RX7
22,708 posts
235 months
Friday 17th February 2017
DKL said:
If you get anywhere near that for a listed building site let me know!
Depends on the Area / Building / Planner / Architect.
My father has a listed Farmhouse and outbuildings.
He was allowed to build a very ordinary brick & block triple garage with storage above, 3 steel doors on the front.
It was around 10yrs ago but he had change from £30k using a local builder.
Wednesday 1st March 2017
Genuinely my ideal house,
A converted barn/garage/coachouse with at least 3 spaces with a really nice spec flat above 
Thursday 2nd March 2017
MitchT said:
Sounds similar to the home I dream of building one day. Essentially it would be an open plan garage with four parking spaces, each 3m wide and 6m long, with what would essentially be a spacious two-bed bungalow sitting on top, preferably built on a slope so the garden at the back could be accessed via patio doors at the rear of the property from the "living" level, if that makes sense.
Will you marry me?
acme
2,687 posts
170 months
Wednesday 1st November 2017
Thought I'd update on this post, 7m x 10m triple with open plan room above, services there but unconnected, two quotes of £140k!
Ridiculous........
Thursday 11th January 2018
RichB
46,245 posts
256 months
Thursday 11th January 2018
AJLintern said:
I'm hoping to build something like this:
Is that something blocking the floor space of the centre garage (stairs up?) or would you not use the middle one to garage a car?
Thursday 11th January 2018
Well the garage is extended deeper so there is enough room for a smaller car in that bay, particularly if facing forward so the bonnet is under the slope of the stairs
Friday 12th January 2018
AJLintern said:
Well the garage is extended deeper so there is enough room for a smaller car in that bay, particularly if facing forward so the bonnet is under the slope of the stairs
You might want to check Building regs for that, I'm fairly convinced that you will need some extensive fire protection between Garage and Hab area upstairs.
Jim
(not an expert, but have skimmed the regs a few times)
Friday 12th January 2018
Yes I've realised that, will probably end up having to box it all in with the accepted thickness of plasterboard etc. I wonder if I might get away with just doing that with the bedroom rather than the whole upper floor though... or I might just end up losing the internal staircase to separate it completely.
Perhaps a fireman's pole? 
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