Hi
Sorry for a really vague set of questions, but before I take on a potentially big job I'd like to check whether it's one job too far!
I have a spot at the foot of my garden where I park 2 cars (one in front of the other), alongside I have a greenhouse and a shed. The area is approximately 5 metres wide by 8 metres long.
I have had an approximate quote of £700 to have this area concreted up to depth of 4 inches. What I really want is to have a workshop built over this area too. The shed will be donated to my dad, and the greenhouse moved. I'm currently waiting for a quote for a cheap workshop but I expect it will be hugely expensive.
Firstly, planning. I understand that if the eaves are under 2.5 metres, and the ridge under 4 metres (?) then planning permission might not be required. However, the overall footprint would be 40 square metres, would that mean planning permission is therefore required? Also, the nonsense of being more than 1 meter away from a boundary is, well, nonsense. My garden is only 5 meters wide anyway, and most houses in my row have massive workshops and outbuildings anyway. Plus, my neighbours would have no problems with it.
Due to the expected expensive quote, I'm thinking about taking it on as a winter project. I would want it as cheap as possible, but fit to last a good few years. I was thinking of the simple overlap/ship lap type finish. Roof would be the corrugated type. I'd have a single shed door type entrance at the back and a 3 meter wide roller door at the front (sourced separately). Does anyone have any vague ballpark figure of how much the structure would cost in materials? I honestly have no idea whatsoever!
Assuming I do take this on, what is the expected approach? Build a rigid timber frame with roof joists, clad the walls then put the roof on? Build wall panels like a standard shed, tied together by the ends and the roof joists? Lay a couple of course of bricks around to secure the timber to?
Thanks in advance for any tips or ridiculing you can think of!!
Sorry for a really vague set of questions, but before I take on a potentially big job I'd like to check whether it's one job too far!
I have a spot at the foot of my garden where I park 2 cars (one in front of the other), alongside I have a greenhouse and a shed. The area is approximately 5 metres wide by 8 metres long.
I have had an approximate quote of £700 to have this area concreted up to depth of 4 inches. What I really want is to have a workshop built over this area too. The shed will be donated to my dad, and the greenhouse moved. I'm currently waiting for a quote for a cheap workshop but I expect it will be hugely expensive.
Firstly, planning. I understand that if the eaves are under 2.5 metres, and the ridge under 4 metres (?) then planning permission might not be required. However, the overall footprint would be 40 square metres, would that mean planning permission is therefore required? Also, the nonsense of being more than 1 meter away from a boundary is, well, nonsense. My garden is only 5 meters wide anyway, and most houses in my row have massive workshops and outbuildings anyway. Plus, my neighbours would have no problems with it.
Due to the expected expensive quote, I'm thinking about taking it on as a winter project. I would want it as cheap as possible, but fit to last a good few years. I was thinking of the simple overlap/ship lap type finish. Roof would be the corrugated type. I'd have a single shed door type entrance at the back and a 3 meter wide roller door at the front (sourced separately). Does anyone have any vague ballpark figure of how much the structure would cost in materials? I honestly have no idea whatsoever!
Assuming I do take this on, what is the expected approach? Build a rigid timber frame with roof joists, clad the walls then put the roof on? Build wall panels like a standard shed, tied together by the ends and the roof joists? Lay a couple of course of bricks around to secure the timber to?
Thanks in advance for any tips or ridiculing you can think of!!
