Any Problems in giving away a garage?

My neighbor has a two car garage to give away. Do you need to write some kind of contract in giving the garage away? Like a deposit until cleaned up. thanks for any help
 
My experience has been when you give something away, they take the good stuff and leave a mess.

Yes, take a deposit and you still may have a mess to clean up.

No good deed goes un-punished.
 
Was at a garage sale once, they actually did sell the garage! Flat bed trailer came in a few days later - they loaded it on and away it went.
 
This may or may not be irrelevant to the subject , people that want to get rid of a structure won't pay some one to salvage it and either want to sell it or give it away but will pay someone to destroy it and put it in a dumpster.
 
Reminds me of a story I read when I was young. A family went on vacation and when they got home, their brick garage was gone. I believe the contractor had the address wrong and had taken it down brick by brick.
Richard in NW SC
 
What kind of construction, and just what does the "giver" expect to be left there after the building has been moved? And what kind of shape is the building in now?

I have been involved in moving several frame buildings. More or less, we lifted them up off the existing foundation, drove a truck under them, built some structure to hold the building on the truck, and then drove the building and truck to another foundation we had made and set it down. Were any of the projects easy? Not hardly, but we got them done. We never moved a building very far though. And none of the buildings were very large. I would think that a 2 car garage would be do-able with a farm truck.

Removing the foundation and concrete floor if there is one is a different problem, and one that would require some heavy work, probably by big machines and a dump truck. If that is part of the deal for the "free" garage, I would doubt that the owner would get any takers.

But if the building is in nice shape, but for one reason or another is in the way, they might find someone who wants it and can and will move it.

There are companies that move buildings all the time. They have the expertise and the equipment to do the moves quickly, safely and usually are not nearly as expensive as having an equivalent building built. I would suggest at least checking out having the building moved.

There probably should be a contract that spells out what the current owner expects the person who gets the building to do, and who has the potential liability for anything that might go wrong.

Or maybe no one will be interested in the "free" building and if the owner really wants it gone, they might need to tear it down or pay someone else to remove it.

I would sure try to give it away. Good luck!
 
Unless the person moving the garage has the knowledge and equipment to move it himself, OR intends to tear the garage down and haul it away in pieces, the cost of moving the garage will likely far exceed building a whole new one.

What you're likely to attract are people who just see the word "free" and have no idea what's involved.

I don't think giving this garage away is going to work well at all...
 
Your neighbor should draw up a contract stating exactly what is required of the person receiving the garage. (remove the garage, clean up their mess, repair any damage they cause to the property, etc).
Your neighbor should talk to their home owner's insurance agent. The agent will likely say the person getting the garage and any helpers will need to sign a liability waiver, or the agent may suggest the person getting the garage provide an insurance certificate.
The real problem is when you move a structure it needs to be brought up to the current building code. That's probably a deal killer, even for a garage.

Not really relevant but an amusing story...I knew a guy that was given a barn. He worked very hard cutting it in half and bracing everything so it could be moved in two sections. Moving the first section was going very well. He was nearly to his property when a gust of wind blew it over and destroyed it. He paid someone to demo and remove the remaining half. Sometimes free isn't cheap.
 

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