Planning for a carport

Hi guys

I hope I can find a few people here who can help me with the planning of our carport.

We bought a house last summer. Next to the house is a 3-meter-wide driveway before the neighbor’s property begins. I want to build a carport there. I was thinking of an attached carport. I would also like one made of aluminum.

Is the offer even OK or should one invest more? Is there a general price limit for a decent carport? It feels like the offer is already scratching my pain threshold...

What I like is that it is made of aluminum and therefore maintenance-free/low-maintenance, that the downpipe and gutter are directly attached and so on... It seems like a good overall package to me.

The carport would stand northeast of the house. In my opinion, that is not the weather side. I don’t know the soil conditions very well. But I believe it is more clayey. A building permit should be possible since the previous owners of the house also had a carport at that spot. I would want to attach the side without legs to the house with the offered model because otherwise I would have concerns if it started to oscillate in the wind and knock against the house wall... But I also have absolutely zero knowledge of the whole matter...

Are there any specific things one still needs to watch out for?

I hope you can shed some light in the dark!

Thanks and regards,
etchen

For a "proper" carport - by that I mean no wooden/hardware store constructions - we have prices ranging from TEUR 8-12. Size 3x6 meters plus a shed extension of about 2x3m. Side cladding on one side made of wood. However, classic with 4 or 6 supports, anti-resonance coating on the underside of the roof, as well as glass inserts in the roof for more light. Prices include assembly, but exclude foundation work.
A provider is, for example, Grafen.

Attention: Barrel roof is not allowed everywhere! Check the development plan!

Hm, ok

What would you recommend to me in my price range? I actually just need a roof over the car. I don't need side walls or a shed. Is there anything usable in the price range up to 1500 euros at all?

As I said: I'm starting from scratch. Maybe you also know one or the other informative site where I could read up. (When googling, you often only find some manufacturer advertising pages...)

I’ll join in again... now I have the same problem, and I’m researching through the WWW

We also want a nice carport - a building permit for the edge development for a small 3 x 5 carport is available. Since we have ETICS, an attached carport is not an option, so it has to be a free-standing one. No storage room is needed, nor side panels. No fancy attics either (doesn’t match the house)

Now the question is: what is better, aluminum or wood?

The internet mostly only reveals providers who naturally advertise themselves. I’m currently requesting quotes, and you can see that wood (glued laminated timber) is not really cheaper than aluminum. Foundation and assembly costs are horrendous, so I’m also getting an offer for a kit. Maybe someone on MyHammer can do the rest. Just don’t know if the companies on MyHammer are reliable.

@TE: of course you can get a carport at the hardware store for 300 bucks, but that one is without foundations and assembly. You can assemble it yourself, but then additional items like rain drainage, attic, glaze, etc. will add on. Pressure-treated wood doesn’t look very nice either.

Without assembly and foundations, I’m now calculating 3000 €...!

Oh right, forgot: the cheap offers are not exactly very durable either, especially when I think of the thin posts