If you’ve been without a garage, you’ll know how annoying it can be when you have nowhere to park your car, especially in poor weather. As well as being a place to store your car, a garage can be used for storage, as a workshop, or even as an extended entertainment area in a pinch. Don’t go without a garage any longer. Get one built today. Here’s what you need to know.

A new garage can be a freestanding structure or attached to your home. If you attach it to your home, you have the advantage of easy access between the home and the garage. Your new garage extension will be designed so that it is the right size for your needs, that it contains any storage that you may need (such as built in shelves), that it has the appropriate doors (single or double garage doors and internal doors), that it is adequately powered, and that it is made from materials that match or complement your home and any other existing structures on your property. Once the necessary council approvals are gained (your professionals can help you with this or even do it for you), the building process will go ahead.

You can have your new garage built by a garage builder or by someone that is experienced in building extensions. Whoever you choose for the project, you should look at their previous work to determine what they are capable of, and also check references. Ask them what time frame they will be able to complete the new garage in and ask what contingencies they have in place should anything go wrong. You should sign a contract for your new garage outlining all the costs, so the quoted cost based on the design should not prove to be a surprise.