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I am losing my en-suite garage to a conversion, and so the plan is to build a new shed by the side of the house.
I have a minimum of 6 adult bikes, 2 kids bikes (they're not getting any smaller and will grow to adult size), a Brompton, folding trailers and all the usual tools and spares to house (including some garden stuff). Clothes will live inside.
I have a total of 8ft 6" x 23ft 7" to play with (259cm x 721cm).
Plan is to enter via a gate on the 8ft side (currently a fence), with the shed a distance in from here to give me parking space before entering the shed.
I want a shed with doors at each end so I can access all the shed from the front and the garden. Or arrive home, park the bike and then access the house from the rear.
My thinking is something 16ft x 8ft - so up against the side fence and house wall, but with parking space at either end. Plan is to do something see-though and "lighty" for the roof, but also install electrickery. Security isn't a massive issue as there are neighbours around all the time etc and anything unusual gets confronted and reported (in a nice way).
What would you do?
Give us your thoughts.
Cheers!
Link to sketch (which I can't embed for some reason)
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Will it have a pitched roof? If so, you could use the roof space to store seldom used items.
If you do a search for the usual keywords (workshop, garage, shed, etc) on here - make the search go back as far as you can - then you'll get some good pointers.
Stoner's old shed shows a good way of storing plenty of bikes.
Don't make it too tall....
http://www.craneshedsandsummerhouses.co.uk/planning-permission-for-sheds-and-garden-buildings.htm
Regs changed a bit in 2008
You might be better off designing it as [url= http://www.gardenlodges.co.uk/ ]garden houses[/url] cost a tonne. Have you tried looking on YouTube for help?