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Posted by Lawrence on February 15, 2007, 9:36 pm
On Feb 15, 7:35 pm, bbe...@spamex.com wrote:
> Can someone tell me what it may cost to have a garage moved back about
> 10 feet? We bought a new house last March and the builder at first
> assured us that it was code to build the garage 10 feet from the house
> but he was going to give us 12 feet. We felt really uncomfortable and
> had a lot of time to play around with his 12 feet and could see it was
> just too close to the house due to the way the house is situated. We
> talked him into 16 feet and he had it done that way for us. He was so
> very slow that we only finally had finalized everything buying the lot
> next door in 9 months after we first signed for the house. But that
> 16 feet was close enough that after the final inspection was done on
> the house my husband cut the corner off the back porch to give us more
> room to back the car out. It still feels too close and I only backed
> the car out one time, and didn't pull the car in until the corner of
> the porch was removed. We are happy with the house and getting the
> lot next door, but we sure wish we had more room to get the car out of
> the garage. Me especially. Can someone tell me what it may cost to
> have a job like this done? We figure adding 10 feet of concrete
> behind the garage, and having the garage moved back to that point
> would be helpful. We would also need to have the electrical moved to
> the new location. We have the wiring in the garage for a generator so
> that would require the proper wire for that. The generator isn't
> hooked up but my husband was going to do that part himself.
Gosh golly that's a tough one. Asssuming the garage has it's own pad
that means demolishing that portion of the pad after the garage is
moved. I once hired some guys to move a large shed for me. It was
cheaper than I expected and when they showed up they were total pros
who knew what to do. Look in the yellow pages under house movers.
Hard to say what it will cost but it may be cheaper than you think.
A garage is usully very simply constructed. You should be able to
demolish the front part of the garage and pad to make room. Then put
an additon on the back to make up for it. It can't be much harder
than moving the entire garage at least it's another idea.
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