How much does it cost to build a 2-car garage?

[dmcutter]

I have a real estate developer/car collector buddy that spend about half a mil last year to build a 9,000 sf garage to house his collection. The floor is stamped and stained concrete that looks like wood. The exterior is stone. Quite a spread. As far as the cars, a Bentley GT convertible, an '09 AM Vantage, but mostly vintage Hemi muscle. He just sold a rare GTO on ebay for well over a hundred grand...

[litteng]

socratic were do you live in the great white north?

in canada the concrete will run a little more than the $1000 for a typical 20x24. you can get a garage package from windsor plywood, totem lumber, home depot, rona and any of the lumber yards in your area, they will also get you a quote to set it up. and im sure you can get for less than 21000....


we have erected the package in 1 day, with main door in, shingles on day 2.

[Paul]

Doesn't anyone pour a footer below the frost line and build a proper foundation for a garage anymore?

[MileHighBoxster]

Originally Posted by Paul

Doesn't anyone pour a footer below the frost line and build a proper foundation for a garage anymore?

If there's a permit, then it will be done per code. Code is below frost line. So I assume so. The thing to do - when you have the money available, is to get quotes from 3-4 sources. Pre-fab will be cheapest generally and go up quickest. There should be a "steel" building company selling kits as well as other commercial companies with pre-fab kits.

[MileHighBoxster]

Oops. Double post.

[s4alex]

Originally Posted by Paul

Doesn't anyone pour a footer below the frost line and build a proper foundation for a garage anymore?

Frostline? What is that? Never heard of it... Maybe when it gets really cold, like in the 40's..