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We had one built with the groundbreaking taking place in April 2013. The garage was 24'X40' with a divider in the middle (half garage / half shop). Three garage doors were included (two electric one manual). The roof pitch was 10/12 so we have a 10'X40' bonus room above the garage (stairwell included). As part of our project, we also had a 'connector' built that essentially joins our home to the garage (10'X11-6"). Architectural shingles (matching our house), five windows, two man-doors were part of the project and included in the cost. Nine foot ceilings in the garage and eight foot ceilings in the bonus room. The outside is brick and vinyl. I 'think' that I remember the concrete thickness was 4-1/2". The ground floor construction was 16" OC 2"X4" and the upstairs was engineered attic trusses. Upstairs flooring was 3/4" material. The total square footage was 1,475 (960' + 400' + 115'). Drywall, plumbing, and electrical was not included. I did the design for this project in Google Sketchup and this was used for permitting and for the builders.

Our cost was $31,500 which equates to $21.36/sq ft. We shopped around for a while and the prices we were getting were crazy (we live just outside of Huntsville, AL in a town called Owens Cross Roads). The crew we went with more than cut our previous quotes in half. These folks had one than an hour commute to us every day but they were there EVERY DAY! I visited another garage that they had recently built prior to us committing and was pleased by what I saw. The framers, vinyl installers, and brick crews have all been back for additional projects because their prices were good, quality was great, and they exhibited pride in workmanship.