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How Do I Add a New Detached Garage to my Colorado Property?

If you would like to add a detached garage to your property, listen up. Start with preliminary investigations. Look up the neighborhood covenants and restrictions. Look into the zoning. And talk to your financial advisor or banker. Once you have a basic understanding of the possibilities, you will have the confidence to proceed. You will not be spinning your wheels or backtracking out of a tricky situation later.

Neighborhood Covenants and Zoning

Are you aware that in Douglas County Colorado, most neighborhoods have covenants? They allow only two structures. Plus, the detached garages have a three thousand square foot restriction. In addition, some neighborhoods do not have any space for separate garages.

So, find out about your neighborhood. Ask for the maximum square footage allowed for detached structures and the height restrictions. You will also need to know the setback requirements. Remember to specifically ask about any restrictions caused by nearby buildings. These could prohibit or affect the design of your building.

Do not worry. If you engage a reputable builder like Sapphire construction in Castle Rock, we will produce an acceptable custom design. In the end, we send elevations directly to the homeowner’s associations for approvals.

Permits and Inspections

Sapphire Construction has decades of experience in Douglas County and the surrounding areas. This gives us confidence and competence in working with the county officials. We take pride as being an experienced and responsible construction company, properly licensed and insured. Consequently, we pull the permits ourselves and take liability for the work that we do on your property.

To make sure your building passes building standards and safety regulations, we schedule the inspections with the county. We oversee inspections. Afterwards we obtain compliance letters stamped by an engineer and applied to your permit.

Generic versus Custom Garages

Forget the catalog kits. Use our free custom design team to give you top quality. It is important to look at the broader picture and not just the dollars spent on a portable building. We look at long-term property values, flexibility for your lifestyle, and durable buildings that withstand the elements in Colorado. Engineers run the numbers for our buildings. They look up the wind load, snow load, and other historic severe weather records at the building site. Then they add-on extra strength requirements.

Complementary Architectural Strategies

Envision a good-looking building. In Douglas County and moving east into Elbert County, our clients very much appreciate outbuildings. But they would like these buildings to blend in with the rolling hills or the estate properties and farms in the area.

If you decide to go with one of our custom buildings for your new garage, we will meet with you to capture your visions and dreams for your garage. After your modifications, you will make decisions regarding the exterior design of the building.

Costs

As we finish your detached garage design, we supply all the costs upfront so that you can make decisions. For example, we supply a cost for the dirt work in each variation. Likewise for the foundation cost. Before we estimate the foundation cost, we examine the building site and look for any unusual circumstances that could be a challenge. Our estimates will include the price upfront. Moreover, you can lock in the price by ordering the building. We honor our original estimates even as prices may go up.

Colorado Builders Specializing in Outbuildings

To find out more about pole buildings for garages, contact Sapphire Construction, Inc. at (303) 619-7213.

Our buildings feature high-quality, engineer-tested materials from Lester Buildings. The owner of Sapphire Construction, Allen Randa, knows a thing or two about building houses. His father taught him the trade. Headed by master builders, the Sapphire team brings a wealth of building experience to the pole building industry in Colorado.