Note the distance when building a carport

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A carport on your own property is not only advantageous because of the manageable acquisition and construction costs. In many cases, building a carport saves you having to obtain special documents or building permits. Since this depends on the respective state building regulations, you must deal with the legal regulations before the planned construction work. For example, when building a carport, you have to consider the distance to neighboring properties and traffic routes.

A carport fits here
A carport fits here © Heike Hering / Pixelio

If you have to carry out a building application procedure for the construction of the carport, you will find all the information in the respective state building ordinance of your state. The distance to traffic routes is also at building regulated by carports.

Distance when building a carport - erection with / without building application

  • Carports are very popular because, firstly, they cost less than a prefabricated or massive one garage.
  • Second, it is very simple to set up for a home improvement. It will be ready within just a few days.
  • Third, they offer some protection from the elements. Only the weather side is closed. The air can circulate well.
  • If you do not want to comply with any building regulations in the form of a building permit, you must Your place of residence in such federal states as Thuringia, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein or Saxony-Anhalt to have. In these federal states it is sufficient for the responsible building authority of your municipality (city, district administration) to inform you.
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Limit distances to protect your neighbors

  • If the construction of the carport is not prevented by building law, you must pay attention to the regulations on border development.
  • When building a carport in Bielefeld, you must observe the city's development plan. The admissibility is regulated here. Construction is not permitted on front yard areas, the property area between the street and the front edge of the house.
  • You can erect your carport (up to three meters mean wall height) in the spacing areas to the neighboring property, if these are 3 meters. You must not leave a wall opening to the neighboring border
  • Your neighbor is protected by the building law in such a way that you may not exceed a total length of your structures at the property line of 9 meters in length.

Before you start building your carport, ask a civil engineer or an employee in the building authority. If you make any building law errors (distance to the neighboring property) during the construction, the neighbor can take action against this on the one hand, and the building authorities can request the demolition on the other.

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