Remember, well-thought-out advance planning is crucial when choosing your storage shed location. Some things you may want to consider before building your storage shed.

Before choosing your location for your storage shed check with local building and zoning department. By calling or visiting your local building and zoning department you can determine a few things about your storage shed project. Find out weather your storage shed will be allowed by zoning regulations. Zoning governs the size and height of your storage shed and the location. Find out if you need a permit to build a shed, if you do need a permit you will have to submit plans. A site plan is a detailed layout of the storage shed on the property. If your storage shed is small, permits may not be required. If you need a permit and your project is approved you must buy a permit to display on the building site.

Once you are ready to start building you can take a slow walk around your yard and your property with your tape measure and mark the location spot for your storage shed.

You will need to consider if you have the time and experience to build your storage shed, or if you will need to hire a contractor for all or part of the work. Once that is decided you will be ready to start building your storage shed.

Some of the things you want to consider when picking the location would be :

Sunlight, south facing windows and doors bring in the most sunlight.

Access to your storage shed.

View from your house. Do you want to see it from your house, or do you want it to blend in with the outdoors.

Setback from buildings or fences. Your shed must be set back a specific distance from the property line, it may range from 6" to 3 feet or more, check with your zoning laws.

Also you might check for utility lines. Contact your local utility to find out where the water line, gas line and electrical line run through your property. You do not want to build your storage shed over lines that may need repair.