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Originally Posted by Ferrino
I'd be interested to hear your experiences/advice - thanks!
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My experience/advice: In 1994, I built a 3 car detached (house already had 2 car attached) garage that was 36 x 28 w/o a permit on my 1.5 acre property. Did it for a total price of $7,500, which was great at the time. (Had to store 22 motorcycles and 2 longhoods at the time.
The neighbor was a construction guy. For me painting his pickup, he loaned me his bulldozer and gave me his cost on lumber/trusses. He said setback had to be 5 ft from the lot line, so I trusted him to put in the stakes.
Neighbor moves, new neighbor has a survey and builds a fence 2 feet from my back wall. I try to sell on 2007 and disclose garage built w/o a permit. 3 sales fall thru because too close to lot line and their insurance won't cover the garage w/o a permit.
I rent it for 6 or 7 years and my latest tenant buys the place. Garage was still a big issue. I had to upgrade the electrical and apprasier finally just winked when he checked the set-back. I'll get a permit next time.