We are building a second floor living area over our garage as a place for my disabled father to live.
We would demo the 23'x23' garage, but I am pretty fond of it:
We also found out that despite no power lines above our garage, there is a aerial easement over the back side of the garage.
Plans are to come forward 5 feet to satisfy the stupid easement, but build a 30x30 structure, raising the ceiling of the existing garage to 10 feet from 8 feet to enable me to fit a lift. Then a 30' by 8' upstairs deck/patio.
Inside, mostly open except for that back room which will have W/D, bathroom/closet.
Permits applied for in August, then Harvey happens. Approved in late December, then waited on HOA.
They engineered a way to reinforce the current slab. City inspectors and the engineers have come out and approved it.
Then new driveway/slab poured today.
The big box you see just left of center is the foundation for the electric dumbwaiter. Stairs will wrap around it.
And let my 5yo and 3yo go to town.
Those are Rainbows on the right.
We would demo the 23'x23' garage, but I am pretty fond of it:
We also found out that despite no power lines above our garage, there is a aerial easement over the back side of the garage.
Plans are to come forward 5 feet to satisfy the stupid easement, but build a 30x30 structure, raising the ceiling of the existing garage to 10 feet from 8 feet to enable me to fit a lift. Then a 30' by 8' upstairs deck/patio.
Inside, mostly open except for that back room which will have W/D, bathroom/closet.
Permits applied for in August, then Harvey happens. Approved in late December, then waited on HOA.
They engineered a way to reinforce the current slab. City inspectors and the engineers have come out and approved it.
Then new driveway/slab poured today.
The big box you see just left of center is the foundation for the electric dumbwaiter. Stairs will wrap around it.
And let my 5yo and 3yo go to town.
Those are Rainbows on the right.