Which garage at what cost?

There is only one accessible spot for our project and it is about 5m long. Garages, a fence, and a garden shed are in the way. This basically means that the pumice boards cannot be mortared/plastered from the outside. In addition, plastering is also a kind of protection for concrete/pumice. This way, moisture can penetrate unhindered.

I regularly go hiking in the Neuwied basin, where countless unplastered field barns made of pumice stand. The pumice boards are normally mortared in the joints.

The interior plaster is only available in a dark gray, which looks very unattractive and further darkens the garage.

My own pumice garage was unplastered inside and "left natural," and most of my neighbors' I know are white-washed.

My own Bims garage was unfinished inside and "left natural", my neighbors' garages are mostly whitewashed.

So far I have seen many on Google and all of them were gray. Also, white is not listed in the brochure. But I will call there tomorrow. Either way, our neighbor would have to renovate his garage on our side. Otherwise, his moisture will seep into our new garage. Eventually, the plaster will fall off completely anyway. I think Hoffmann will also oppose this, which would be understandable.

So, spoke with Hoffmann yesterday. They say if the neighbor’s garage is dilapidated, then they can’t put a garage there for us. The neighbor doesn’t see the crumbling plaster as a problem and thinks the new plaster will be the same. Additionally, we are not allowed to build a garage and later they add that it may only be max. 1.78m high. I was just speechless.

He basically only badmouthed our plan instead of his poorly built or dilapidated garage. Well, does anyone know if something can be done about it? I’m not a fan of lawyers and fighting with neighbors but if someone wants to put a spoke in our wheel, then probably nothing else will remain. We, for our part, will put a garage up by any means whether they like it or not.

The neighbor does not see the crumbling plaster as problematic and believes that the new plaster will be the same. Additionally, we are not allowed to build a garage and later adds that it may only be a maximum of 1.78m high. I was simply speechless.

For that, you would first have to have made a 1.22 m ground elevation (?)

You would first have to have made a 1.22 m terrain elevation

Certainly not. A small elevation because of the cellar, yes, but nothing to speak of.

I would reconsider a brick garage. Put the project on the portal with the hammer, maybe someone will then be found who will do it.