Shophouse complex building extension

[Jack Hna]

I have been keeping an eye on a shophouse which is connected to 4 other shophouses. 

 

It is an end of building shophouse with a smaller attached garage type building on the side.

 

My question

 

We would want to convert that smaller space into two floors. Currently just 1 floor.

 

The build is fairly new.

 

Does anyone know if this might be a problem given it is a connected building or as this side is not connected to anything but our space it might be ok to develop as desired?

[DrJack54]

The first step is to find out who owns the land that the "garage type building" is sitting on

[natway09]

Is it on a corner ? If yes, slim chance,

How much land at the side, if 2 metres good chance can ,slip down & have a talk to the good folks at the land office

[Elkski]

would you trust the first floor to add up?  or plan  on independent support?

[Jack Hna]

The side of the building looks solid and is definitely 2+ metres wide but I'd prefer a rebuild of that space.

 

Kind of a wasted space at present. The building is pretty new it just has been finished a bit oddly and with lots of free space.

[andygrr]

Unless you know what type of foundation the small unit is built on you would be better starting from scratch. If it's a fairly new build you might be able to ask the original builder / developer.