new garage build

so its time to build a new garage

we got our house about 3 years ago and has taken that long to sell the old house

this is the house as it stands

front



garage will be extended further back which we are converting to more living room and a bed room for my mum


back the conservatory will be removed and a proper extension built which will be a bedroom for my mum and a summer room next to it




and this will be where the new garage will go









garage will follow the boundary line so gets wider as it goes back

plans off the house now with out conservatory




and off what we are hoping to get passed



got to decide how big we want the new rooms and where we want doors and stuff before tomorrow night as the architect is coming round to discus the last bits

 

quick pic of what it should look like will have the full plans in to council this week then its 8 weeks to wait see what they say will also have a copy of all the plans this week will post when i do

 

so got all the plans now








how the house looks now





and what we are hoping to get passed



and what the floor plan will be

 

so got the building regulations submission drawings all sorted




had 1 builder round for a quote got 2 more coming in next few days

 

so the work started today at 1

 

so some more digging out done 2 more skips full

 

so footings in this morning






thats where we up to today 13/3/2017

 

Wow beautiful house mate. That house would be near on a million pounds in Bournemouth

 

Nice build mate , I've got my garage build in the garage section .
I bet that's costing a small fortune as my garage alone will end up around 16k.
That's why my builder didn't want to use a digger for the footings lol , they are very wide and the bucket really does mess the edge up , I wonder how much extra concrete that's cost you?.
Also with the size of your drive you wanna get black plastic down and dump soil etc and get a grab lorry . I pay Ł120 for 10 tons taken away so half the cost of a skip hire.
Lovely house , you thought about rendering the stone work as I think it will bring it bang up to date and maybe change the arched window?
Good luck and keep us up to date with the build

Cheers paul

 

Looks a great house and plans look good.
How did you find selecting the builder?, was it an easy process and did they give advice on contingency budget etc?.
we are just getting quotes in now and the prices are surprising!

 

yes its not cheap but need must digger was the only way to go as its about 60tones hes had to remove

to late for a grab lorry now as its all taken away

wont be rendering the house as we dont like it and it wouldn't look right with all the other houses

arch window will be done at some point but other things to do before that

 

selecting the builder we had 6 quotes looked at previous work they had done for friends

had 3 builders we was happy with all within 5k of each other 1st choice he was fully booked up for 6 month's luckily the 2nd builder had a job put back so we have gone with him still had to wait 10 weeks hes done a big build for an old work mate which is spot on we have also seen 2 other jobs hes done and spoken to the owners he did the work for

contingency budget etc?. we are on budget as the worst part is getting out off the ground luckily we had no problems there

 

Lol it's a funny old game getting quotes for building work , I got quotes to build the shell with roof on and I would fit doors and do all the inside of my extension and got a builder for Ł7500 cash , was starting on Monday and I hadn't heard anything from him so called for him to say he's miss quoted and he wants another grand so he got told where to go , then had quotes from Ł7500 to Ł16000 and lots in between . I used the cheapest as I've seen his work and he's done work for family friends so knew he was reliable , cracking job and he's now building my garage .
My advise is get plenty of quotes and go see there work at a minimum.
60 tons Jesus I can see why he needed a digger lol.
How deep did your footings go ?

Cheers paul

 

brick work started

 

so now we are up to floor level so ready to back fill and level then concrete

 

All looking really good, well done

 

back filled

 

A busy day
28 tonne out
10 tonne crusher run back in and compacted ready for building inspector visit

 

so yesterday half the slap got layed i wasnt here as i was on a trackday

but got some pics these 2 pics give a feel for the size builders van with trailer on








































then he was back this morning to smooth it off

 

2nd part off floor layed will get level tomorrow morning then start on the brick work

 

Been past yours on tram loads of times and never knew till reading this thread.

 

so floor nice and flat



also got some bricks but the weather is shit here

 

id love a garage..or even a drive

 

so weather been good today so more bricks

















should be more done tomorrow as they want to make up for lost time

 

Looking really good

 

Tidy bit of brick work is that mate and a good size, I would soon fill it with junk.

 

CRACKING ON NOW

 

Thats gonna be some size garage.

 

Wow u guys don't hang about building a wall looks great.

 

so more brick work done today and some blocks and sand delivered

 

Looks huge, how long is it, front to back?

 

just short off 11meters

 

block work gone up today

 

Thanks, pretty much same as mine so you will easily get 2 decent cars one in front of the other.

 

just happy to get the s1 and my 2 jetskis in anything else is a bonuses

 

That's a great skill set you have, well done.

 

so scaffolding went up last week but brickei had a cpl of days off for personnel reasons



but was back on it today

 

Looks stunning mate I love to see good brick
work

 

so bit off an updat it has been decide to do the summer room instead of waiting as this will make it easier to dig the foundations as we can still get the digger in at this point

if we left it till after the garage is built we would not get a digger in which will put the price up quite a lot

just means we will have to knock a few bricks down on this wall



so ground works for summer room will start next week

so just more brick work on garage today

 

Loving it mate keep them coming .

me and my partner are battling with planners at the mo as we won't to build awer own house using reclaim bricks as it's in the countryside . But first pre application we was turned down so we are planning on going to appeal .