🏡 Better Homes Looking for garage builder

[PJx5x]

Anyone have a recommendation for a garage builder in the west burbs?

With sky high interest rates I don’t see myself moving anytime soon. Would like to get some quotes and get the ball rolling on either expanding my garage or building a new one

Would consider doing the extension myself but don’t know if I really want to deal with the permits and crap on that

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[DEEZUZ]

EmersonHart13

 

[LikeABauce302]

We used Danley for my parents garage. This was back in 2013 or 2014. Seems like it's well built. Since then I've heard nothing but bad about Danley and they have awful reviews, so maybe we got lucky.

Let me know if you find someone in our area that's good. I'd like to look into the possiblity of raising my garage.

 

[EmersonHart13]

We used Danley for my parents garage. This was back in 2013 or 2014. Seems like it's well built. Since then I've heard nothing but bad about Danley and they have awful reviews, so maybe we got lucky.

Let me know if you find someone in our area that's good. I'd like to look into the possiblity of raising my garage.

Same

 

[EmersonHart13]

EmersonHart13

I used Chicagoland Garbage Builders. It's fine but I wouldn't recommend them. Supposedly they are owned by a concrete company as a subsidiary.

I got quotes from 5 or so places. I went with what I thought would provide the best concrete work and because of that expectation I was the best disappointed. There isn't anything wrong with it but it's likely the same as any other place.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

The garage at the other house was built by Danley and yes, it is well built. This would have been around 2000.

Anyway, when we had this topic pop up awhile back, it came up that Danley was bought out a few years ago and all those negative reviews stem from post-ownership change. The reviews you see now, don't reflect the old Danley built garages.

 

[PJx5x]

So who’s the go to now? lol

 

[LikeABauce302]

To start narrowing down a list, call your village hall to see if they have a list of recommended builders. Then do your research from there.

 

[PJx5x]

To start narrowing down a list, call your village hall to see if they have a list of recommended builders. Then do your research from there.

Lol cmon MG, I’m not calling village hall

 

[LikeABauce302]

Lol cmon MG, I’m not calling village hall

They generally have a list on hand of licensed builders in the area.

 

[PANDA]

post covid

Take your budget - Double it
Take your time expectations - Double those also
Call 10 guys - 3 might show up for an estimate/proposal - 1 might actually get you a quote.

 

[Bigturbonotch]

Have the city come out and see if you can even do it. Depending on property setback ect they will let you know how big you can go or not.

 

[b00sted]

I've been kicking around the idea of building a new garage for years now. One thing I've learned is that most of the "big name" builders in the area suck and are also overpriced. They make it seem like they do everything themselves, but in reality they just GC the job and farm the work out to the cheapest subcontractors they can find.

Two of them quoted me 45-50k to tear down my 1-car attached garage and then build a 24x26' detached garage in back. This was for a barebones build - just the garage itself with a single 16 foot door, and the minimum amount of electric to pass the inspection (an outlet on each wall and one or two lightbulbs on the ceiling). Nothing fancy about the build or materials. Then I'd still have to spend another 10k or so to have my buddy do an asphalt driveway going back there. Spending 60k on that just doesn't seem like a good investment right now.

I found a local Irish guy who owns a small construction company, and he quoted me ~30k for the same thing. Plus we have a lot of mutual friends, so I feel a lot better about hiring him vs. some large, faceless company. So if I end up pulling the trigger, it will likely be with him.