The Boston Garage Builders serves Brookline, MA for detached and attached garages, garage additions, garage apartments, carports and conversions, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (617) 326-7524 or text a photo of the job.
Garage Building services in Brookline
Brookline splits into two kinds of garage work. North of Route 9, around Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village, brick apartment blocks and close-set wood houses leave little room, so jobs lean toward repairs, rebuilds and new slabs behind the house. South of Route 9, on Fisher Hill, in Chestnut Hill and out toward South Brookline, lots open up and homes are often Shingle Style, Colonial Revival or Tudor, many with a garage or carriage house built to match. On those streets, matching the original brick, slate or trim is half of designing a new garage. The hills bring steep driveways, so slope, drainage and ice matter more than usual: meltwater runs straight to the garage door unless the grade is set to stop it. Some streets also fall inside local historic districts, where the outside of a new garage gets reviewed before the permit.
Neighborhoods we cover in Brookline
- Coolidge Corner
- Brookline Village
- Fisher Hill
- Pill Hill
- Aspinwall Hill
- South Brookline
Permits and local rules
The Building Department issues garage permits, and the town's zoning bylaw sets setbacks and size limits. In a local historic district, exterior work needs approval from the town's preservation commission first. We check both for your street.