Building A Garage

[Scoobum]

I can't believe the red tape involved in something that should be as simple as having a garage built. They want permits for everything...e ven one for taking the old one down.

[Scoobum]

I've got a 5x10 storage unit on hold for July 2nd to put all the stuff from the garage into while the new one is being built.

[TexasT]

I can't believe the red tape involved in something that should be as simple as having a garage built. They want permits for everything...e ven one for taking the old one down.

they don't want permits, They want the money that the permits fees bring in. 

[Scoobum]

You're correct Rich.

[Tim Hensley]

Red tap will wear on you ,just step back and take a breath.
Your on your way , they can they can slow you down but they can’t stop you.
I have a small lot too.  I have a 20X20 it’s wide enough wish it was deeper.
I bought the lot next door to build on.Blanky blank red tap said I have to build a house on it first.
Got a empty lot we mow the grass every week in the summer and ever outer week in the winter.
Up Sid one less jackass neighbor. Or a neighbor that don’t have to dill with this jackass.

[TexasT]

Can you have the two parcels resurveyed into one ? Then have enough on your one piece to build something.

[daveismissing]

I suspect then could never build a house on it, or sell it for value

[Tim Hensley]

Can you have the two parcels resurveyed into one ? Then have enough on your one piece to build something.

It was an option we strongly considered. We felt like it’s money in the bank even with a garage on it. But as a separate lot it’s has value, even if the economy tanks. Hawaii property with a ocean view on a corner is money and I got it right. Rich guy bought it got bad news from his doctor and gave me a price 50% of what it paid if I could cash him out before Friday ( three days) best money I ever spent on anything. 
Go Scoobum some may think your not going big enough. That’s just the right size so you don’t have to exercise self control on how much $hit you can horde. A lift  in a garage is so handy usual for your beer drinking friends how just need to use it for a hour and realized he for got to get something and it’s up in the air for two weeks waiting for it.
My son keeps telling me to use his shop,he has 3 lifts ever time I go over to help out I drive something that needs a oil change. I leave and go home and roll around one the floor because his place is full, guess that why he calls me up for help.

[Steve Wood]

My lift is used mainly for storage.  As I got older, my back preferred I lay on it under the car instead of standing up and reaching up under the lift!  

[Scoobum]

Highest I can go is 9 feet...so that's what I'm doing. Not allowed to have a pit either.

[TexasT]

Just have to get it resurveyed and split off when you decide you want to sell it. The new owner can keep or bulldoze the building as long as it isn't built on the property line. 
Land anywhere will have value, some not near as much as real estate on one of the Hawaiian islands and is generally a decent investment but cash flow on a parcel ain't much if it is just sitting there. A building to do things and store things in adds value to any car or motorcycle guy but that doesn't produce the cash flow either. Some things are just cash consumers. 

[Tim Hensley]

Any one try quick jack
Texas t something to check on thanks

[Scoobum]

Tim, that'll be something I look into after I get this built.

[Scoobum]

Gonna shoot vids as the old one is being demolished and the new one built. You'll see how small a yard I have, and this is as big as I could go.

[Scoobum]

The new garage is 4 feet deeper in the lot, so I have room to get the snowblower and motorcycles between the garage and deck from the shed in the back.