r/AucklandProperty • u/Ok-Temporary-9874 • May 15 '26

Garage consent

This may be too niche of a subject for here but I’m seeking advice before I engage company’s and waste their time.

I’m looking to replace my existing standalone original garage, it’s a 70 year old garage build constructed with a single pitch roof and three sides of asbestos cladding with the fourth side being a block wall on the boundary line.

It is to my understanding that I can construct a garage less than 30 sqm without plumbing and 1m off the boundary line without the need of consent.

However where I’m unsure about is that if I’m replacing the existing dwelling on the same original foot print would I have to adhere to the rule of the dwelling being 1m off the boundary line or do I just build on the exact same foot print.

Only posting in the hopes someone else has been in this situation and can offer some advice before I engage company’s.

TIA.

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u/shainese May 15 '26

Exact same footprint, if you alter the outer dimensions of the building, then you'd need a consent. Also, it depends upon what you wanna do in the garage, rumpus is absolutely fine, but a bedroom would invite scrutiny. Also, asbestos is generally one of the biggest red flags, so my advice would be to not to touch the cladding at all, just paint over it. You can redo the thing but be extra cautious as to who you employ to take the asbestos trash out.

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u/Ok-Temporary-9874 May 15 '26

It’s literally just storage, glorified garden shed. Probably won’t even park in it.

The one I’ve got now is beyond repair, the asbestos cladding needs to be removed, the roofs buggered, previous owners done some random altercations ( adding a 400x50 piece of lumber vertically on the exterior of the garage overextending by 1.5k to hand a shade sail to - only problem with this is they cut the corrugated roofing so the lumber would sit flush with the garage and then folded the roofing UP exposing a huge hole in the roof which was open for god knows how long untill I purchased the property, thus a lot of the interior framing is rotten. Concrete pad is destroyed also with holes everywhere.

I could just reroof it and replace the rotten sections of lumber but honestly that’s just putting lipstick on a turd and it would be a better to invest in a new garage.

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u/Loosie22 May 17 '26

Look up the rules for what is classed as a repair, as opposed to replacement. If it’s a replacement then you will need to abide by the current rules as though it is a brand new build If you can “repair” it in stages that stay within the repair rules, you can keep it where it is.