Build the garage yourself?

Hello,
we are considering building our garage ourselves instead of using a prefabricated garage.
We are thinking of a size of about 3.5x9m (this would fill the gap between the house and the neighbor's property).

Since the foundation for the house is not yet in place, we would like to have the foundation and the floor slab for both house and garage poured at the same time.

The prefabricated garage would cost about €8500 without foundation and floor slab through the developer (unfortunately, we do not yet know exactly what we need to budget for this).

The question now is whether we should build the garage ourselves and how much material we need to calculate, or if we should have it done.

The gate should be a sectional door with electric drive.

We would start the garage parallel to the house, since we cannot do anything inside the house yet.

I also have nothing to say about the roof yet; does anyone have a suggestion on how to keep the total construction costs of the garage as low as possible?

Hello,

We are considering building our garage ourselves instead of using a prefabricated garage. We thought of a size of about 3.5x9m (thus filling the gap between the house and the neighboring property).

Then don’t forget that even a self-built garage requires structural engineering.

Through the developer, the prefabricated garage would cost about €8500 without the foundation and slab (unfortunately, we don’t yet know exactly what we need to calculate for that).

A prefabricated garage is usually always delivered with a slab; the foundations come from the builder. Which provider have you decided on?

The question now is whether we should build the garage ourselves and how much material we need to calculate or whether we should have it done.

One of our customers did that once – his property line was asymmetrical; however, his father is a mason – so he knows what matters. It only became inexpensive because I sourced the required bricks for him through my contacts; the same applied to the flat roof – and of course the structural engineer.

Such an approach only pays off if experienced people at least help out, good purchasing conditions exist, and sufficient time is available.

Kind regards