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Is the roof slanted in the right direction? You are sending the water toward your house instead of away from it. This might create drainage problems in flash flood conditions.

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It is usually against code to shed water toward the property line from that distance, so that may be the only option.

There is already impervious coverage on the ground, sloped that way. This shed does nothing to change that, and it's not attached to the ground. If you really want to get away with this from a code standpoint, put wheels on it.

Could maybe slant it parallel to the house? Towards the photographer in these photos - not directly at either the house or the property line.

Well then he’d get wet going into the shed. He might not mind but his equipment will. Toward the fence or back would be better.

I also wonder from a water damage standpoint if he vented this or he’s counting on the door for ventilation. That won’t always be open.

Ah good point :)

Also in the UK it's against regulation to have a wooden structure so close to a residential property... Although this is the US where most properties are made of wood... So probably no such rule?

That is also the case in my area of the US. The wooden structure must be a certain distance from the house, fence, etc. However smaller structure don't need a permit so people just ignore the rules if space is tight. And some areas don't have strict enforcement of the building code particularly rural areas. But those properties tend to have lots of space.

Yea, in my area I think under 100 sqft and it has basically zero rules as long as it isn’t being hooked to electric or plumbing

Buildings that overlap are often seen as attempt to make an addition without the right permits. They have zero sense of humor about that over here either.

Since the wall of this building is actually under the roof line, they’ll make him tear this down or reroof his house to move it four inches over (although that might take a permit too, since you’re changing the roofline). Tearing it down is cheaper.

He may also be violating setbacks from the edge of the property, but those have been diluted here so frequently in large cities that he might be okay.

Your fine if it's under (iirc) 2m. The only hard rule is in front of your property line.

> Also in the UK

Each member country of the UK have their own different planning regulations - Scotland, England, Wales and NI. Also please cite where having a shed next to your property is illegal in any one of these jurisdictions. Under certain dimensions and heights, planning "law" doesn't apply.

Any thoughts on the color selection?

I noticed that selecting text on the article doesn't change colors. Probably not what you're referring to :)

(I enjoyed the article.)

https://bikeshed.org/

Glad someone caught it :)

It looks like it’s designed to fit under of the eves of the house while still providing head room and there is a down pipe on the house that the shed can hook into sharing the soakway.

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