Considering putting up a garage in Dallas. If I did this I'd want to do a second story with an office above it. I have been googling everything I can think of and can't seem to find out if it's allowed.

1. Main house is one story. Not sure if I could put a two story structure in the back yard.

2. I've seen some mention of limits to the size of secondary buildings being 750 sf. Not clear if that's the footprint or total square footage.

Anybody who happens to know anything about this?

Do you need a builder?

Depends on what I'm allowed to put up. Too many restrictions and probably not worth it.

Depends primarily on the deed restrictions on your property. I've had pretty good success finding documents related to my house using the Dallas County public records search tool. A lot of info will likely come up if you put it into OCR mode and enter your address.

https://dallas.tx.publicsearch.us/

Thanks I will definitely check this out

Make sure you do all your homework regarding deed restrictions, zoning issues and utility easements.

akaggie05 said:

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Depends primarily on the deed restrictions on your property. I've had pretty good success finding documents related to my house using the Dallas County public records search tool. A lot of info will likely come up if you put it into OCR mode and enter your address.

https://dallas.tx.publicsearch.us/

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Deed restrictions are one thing, but they expire many times. The Zoning restrictions are the hugest impact usually.

I have done exactly what you are describing. I live in a historic district and had to jump through a lot of hoops though due to the historic district and then a zoning variance because of our lot location. Bottom line, most likely can be done.