period concrete garage , anybody want one?

[robgil]

i need to get shot of my garage if anyone is looking for one. its lovely. well its free so thats how lovely it is.

 

[Tom]

:lol: I have 3 of those to get rid of when we get round to building the new block :lol:

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol:

Anyone want mine as well? Lovely breezeblock construction.

 

[robgil]

:lol: oi you lot , im trying to punt my lovely garage here!

 

[robgil]

i bet if it were a lime garage my inbox would be well and truly full.

 

[skier-hughes]

If any or even all of you were closer I'd have the lot.....

 

[Feltwell]

Stick it on Ebay Rob! I did with my particularly unlovely concrete garage - starting at 99p, I would have been happy for it to have gone for that.

£100 it went for - and they came and collected it, saved me the hassle of getting rid of it

 

[robgil]

Its really not a very pretty one Feltwell , in fact its quite obscene. worth a try though.
Skier why not hire a big lorry , grab a mate and take a period garage road trip?

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Rob - post us a picture.

Whilst your garage is probably the PPUK Porn equivalent of something quite hardcore (no pun intended!), it may well garner a little bit of interest.

I'm looking for a cheap pigsty/chicken house... it might be worth a trip.

 

[robgil]

you can just about make it out in a pic in this thread , there is a garage under all that foliage.
http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11381
to be fair driving all the way from north wales to pick up a crappy old garage is a bit adventurous , also it will need a fairly substantial concrete slab to build it on which is a lot of work for a pig sty.
old horse boxes make great pig stys.

 

[Feltwell]

Its really not a very pretty one Feltwell , in fact its quite obscene. worth a try though.

The one I flogged wasn't exactly pretty either - half painted in masonry paint (1 side was up against a building so never painted) and too small to put most modern cars in. Be totally honest in your description and put it on for a quid, buyer dismantles & takes away, I reckon it will go.

Mine went to a bloke who wanted it to put on a farm for storing his BMW Z3 over the winter. Point is, there are people who just want a functional building for storage, if it's going on a farm or industrial unit they don't care what it looks like. Concrete garages are hideous but functional, they're very secure and don't rot or need much maintenance. I find they're always damp though, no matter what you do with them.

 

[Flyfisher]

I'd be tempted if it was larger as I could do with some more undercover space for some tractor implements. I throw a tarpaulin over them around this time of year but, frankly, I suspect it's a waste of time. It keeps the rain off but they still seem to get wet with condensation, which then can't dry off quickly because of the tarpaulin.

 

[LadyArowana]

:lol: oi you lot , im trying to punt my lovely garage here!

If only I'd known, we just bought a garage and I think we were ripped off it was an awful lot more than you are talking about. It was right near our house though so we didn't have to move it anywhere, and it has made His Lordship very happy. Mr P thinks we plan to use it incorrectly.......................

 

[Penners]

Just so long as you don't go putting a car in it.

 

[Feltwell]

Just so long as you don't go putting a car in it.

Cars can be permissible in garages - so long as they're old ones that need lots of tinkering, and preferably haven't been on the road for a while (my friend has just got his Jag mot'd - not finished the restoration but it's now working and legal. It was a 2 year restoration, he started it age 18 and has just turned 42 ! :lol: ) Of course such cars need to be surrounded and probably covered as well in all the essentials that belong in any garage, all those items that will come in useful one day.

However - ordinary modern cars just don't belong in a garage. A pristine garage with a modern car sat in it is just plain wrong. Men need to tinker.

 

[robgil]

Now you see it,

Now you dont!

 

[middi]

You shouldn't get " shot " of concrete garage , you should shoot the people that invented them.

 

[Feltwell]

Bit of a shame they nicked the Land Rover as well though.

Did you manage to sell / give it away? Did you beat my £100 ???

 

[robgil]

I ended up freecycling it, i just needed shot pretty sharpish so off it went to become someones log store.
Now without any height restrictions i can fit the whole landy in.

 

[Feltwell]

Good that it's being used though, and presumably it saved you the hassle of having to cart it away. Those panels are *&^%$ heavy!