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Helpful Tips on Planning for a Garage Addition

Are you planning to add a garage to your home? Whether you have a car or not, a well-made garage can be a valuable investment. However, you need to plan ahead of time to make sure you can get the most out of your garage. As the leading home remodeling contractors in the area, we’re sharing  few tips on planning ahead for a garage addition. 

Choose Between Attached or Detached Garage

Your garage can be directly connected to your home’s main structure, but you can also have a detached setup. Choosing which option will depend on the property’s current layout, what space is available, your home’s current visual style and your preferences regarding garage accessibility. Either option has its own strengths and weaknesses that a contractor can explain to you in more detail.

Orientation and Driveway

Your car must have a clear path from the road to the garage. You can have the garage door facing the front for ease of access or to the side for better aesthetics. New addition contractors say that most homeowners prefer front-facing garages since that option requires less space and is much more simpler to design.

Garage Bays

Garages may be meant for cars, but they are versatile enough to have part of them be converted into work spaces or storage areas. Because of this, you may want to consider having a garage with more than one bay, with the first bay dedicated to parking space and the other one as an “anything goes” area. Remember that more bays mean more necessary space and possibly higher costs, but the utility you can get out of it can make it well worth the investment.

Working With Professionals

Garage additions have to conform to various local building codes and require a great deal of technical skills if you want to make sure that it will be built properly. This is why we strongly recommend having a garage addition project done with help from certified contractors.

Get a well-designed garage addition with help from our team. Design Build Remodeling Group of Maryland is the leading home remodeling company in Eldersburg, MD. You can call us at (443) 300-2268 or fill out this contact form to request a quote.

Eric Swanson

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