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Pole Barn Garage

50 ft is a lot of property that can't be messed with!! I haven't heard of this. here in our area inside the city I thought it was a 4-6 ft boundary for buildings. our house there is barley enough room for me to walk between the side of the house and the fence which is on the property line. I know if there is a major highway or county road it's a little different.
 
dbrannon79 said:
50 ft is a lot of property that can't be messed with!! I haven't heard of this. here in our area inside the city I thought it was a 4-6 ft boundary for buildings. our house there is barley enough room for me to walk between the side of the house and the fence which is on the property line. I know if there is a major highway or county road it's a little different.
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Yup, nothing like government dictating what you can do with your land. Road setback is 100-feet, 50-feet on the sides and back. So thats 2.13 ares of my 5.13 I cant do a thing on structurally.

I guess its keeps us rural folks rural though.
 
DieselSlug said:
Been raining now stop, of course causing pounding in my only low area.

One new issue is that setback now requires 50-foot from the property line. Back when I planned and commenced the site work it was only 25-feet. This now puts me right up against my slope to the grass. We will need further grading down the road.

Of course now this puts me right in the low area where the water is ponding. Before I was a good 8 feet on the highway side of this area with my plan to run a French drain through the center. Thanks government.
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Can you get an adjustment?

A friend built his garage too tall, too wide and too long.

When all was said and done, they fined him $500 and all was good
 
Not sure I will have to ask.

I know there was a house built and the garage jutted out to within some distance of the road, and they made the contractor tear it down and move it back. Im trying to get some info on it.
 
I was gonna say sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission!! if the building was already plotted and okayed and permitted according to the drawings......

on the other side I wouldn't want to be the guy the city / county is upset at or out to get from all the hoopla. I've been on that end of the stick with our city a few years ago LOL
 
So I reached back out to the Codes guy and confirmed the setbacks are regulation in my Town. Nuts....

There is a variance process, which he gave me the paperwork to. Another 7 sheets of crap that has to go infront of the board for approval. Im going to propose 30-foot setback. Even with this setback we are still over 200-feet from my neighbors house with many trees in between.

On the other front one of the contractors has seemed to drop off the face of the planet. Im not going to lie, to commit $50K im going to be a bit needy through the quote process as I am a detailed individual. I've had hard feelings about his comms the whole time.
 
Yeah residential construction is a battle of communication. Commercial is a battle of documentation.

That would be a red flag for me. Usually the quote process and honeymoon phase comms are good at least decent. Then comms degrade over project.

These pre construction meetings are important to set expectations. How many projects have you done? I am no expert but have done a couple.

I hope I’m not preaching to choir here. I can add or back off. This should be the honeymoon.
You should have a contract, check lists, updates, schedules, draw schedule, inspections (personal and county) , change order procedures and mark up fees pre determined etc etc. Trust but verify everything. Take picture, sketches, and notes of as built everything especially things that get covered up or underground. Good to get a list of suppliers/vendors and any subs.

Deposit. Get some interim release of lien for materials and any labor for this deposit negotiate for some % complete release if deposit is much more than material costs.

Draw schedules are notorious for front loading and usually bank controlled or inspired. Banks aren’t constructors and their draw schedules don’t reconcile easily and usually don’t have good retention.
 
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