Adding a third car garage to existing house, estimate?
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I was quoted for literally the structure, concrete footing, floor and that's it, i'd run my own electric, insulation sheet rock etc. . .
We really like Bartlett and it is central to both our jobs and daycare. It is just that aren't any nice three car garages in Bartlett that go to the non-ghetto schools of Elgin. If we didn't mind sending our son to a school with a rating of 5 out of 10, we'd buy a house in west Bartlett.
That's the only problem with those houses west of 59. The feed into Elgin.
We might just wait it out and see what comes up in the next month or so. But we were hoping to be moved in around the middle of summer. If not, we'll just wait it out. It's too bad we weren't in the market late last year or early this year. There were a few houses that would have been perfect and in our price range.
We might just wait it out and see what comes up in the next month or so. But we were hoping to be moved in around the middle of summer. If not, we'll just wait it out. It's too bad we weren't in the market late last year or early this year. There were a few houses that would have been perfect and in our price range.
A garage addition will need to be permitted. Here's the Bartlett contact info. They also provide a list of approved contractors.
I would talk to the building dept. to find out their setback and other construction rules and then have an approved contractor (or two or three) give you estimates of cost to you. You should easily be able to get one built for a lot less than $50K. The building dept. should also be able to tell you if a home's zoning allows an additional garage. Your taxes pay for these services, might as well use them.
Village of Bartlett : Municipal Code including Zoning & Building Codes
I would talk to the building dept. to find out their setback and other construction rules and then have an approved contractor (or two or three) give you estimates of cost to you. You should easily be able to get one built for a lot less than $50K. The building dept. should also be able to tell you if a home's zoning allows an additional garage. Your taxes pay for these services, might as well use them.
Village of Bartlett : Municipal Code including Zoning & Building Codes
I thought my concrete vendor was going to kill the village code enforcement guy. He came and inspected the frame work for the concrete pad for my shed and made him move it like one inch in towards the house because he was at like 4'11" instead of 5'0" for the setback...
permits?? aren't those like condoms?? Who the fuck uses either
My buddy was about 3/4 of the way done with a house when one of the neighbors got ticked off with him and called the village because he wasn't using permits. Had to re-open everything for the guy to see it and then get it all to pass and pay a fine......
I personally hate getting them because I usually over-engineer anything I build, but sometimes you gotta go with it.
Most villages now require one for a damn hot water heater though, which is crazy to me. I definitely wouldn't be getting one for that.
I forget what Chicago is like. Down here, people are actually in good moods and try to help.
permits?? aren't those like condoms?? Who the fuck uses either
If you don't get permits, it's going to be hard for buyers to finance your home because insurance companies do not like to or won't insure non permitted homes. Their argument is they have no idea how the non permitted areas were constructed.
To get a non permitted home financed, the choices may come down to:
1. Tearing down the non permitted areas.
2. Getting permits after the fact which can be expensive and difficult.
3. Finding a buyer who doesn't care and selling for cash.
Permits are an expensive pain but you will thank yourself when you sell the home.
chicago and direct suburb's are stupid.get away from the city/burbs and also into wisconsin and it's hilariously refreshing.
Stupid question, but how will an insurance company know if there was a project that was done outside of a permit?
I am 99.9 sure the construction done at my house pre- my residence was done no permit and I had no issues buying. (included an addition)
Once there's a claim, I'm sure someone would do a quick check with the assessor/building records and notice some additional square feet than what is recorded...
I get that, but what would be the retribution to me (addition done before my time)?
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