Forget the house, how big's the garage!

[Christian]

Look what I bought!

[Crosley]

Our house is 1860 sq feet livable.

the garage is 2800 sq feet with 13 foot ceiling.

[Petejoe]

Yes! now that's what I'm talking about. Move into the garage and park the cars in the house. Funny you should mention this, I too just bought a 1870 historic home. A place we has our eyes on for 25 years. Well this home doesnt have any garages! I only agreed to buy when my wife promised me a four stall in the back. Now thats what I'm interested in. I told her there's no way I'd be happy sitting in a pretty house with no garage to get my hands dirty. here's a pic of the home.

[Paul]

Cool Christian,

I just bought a garage that came with a house too,

30'x60' with a loft.. and a lift.

http://photo.starblvd.net/~60s_style/5-3-4.jpg

Paul

[Roothawg]

Man.. 1870 is a truly "traditional" house, huh? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[topdeadcenter]

My house is 1300 square feet and my garage is 1100 sq.ft. And dammit if aint too small already! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[manyolcars]

1500 sq ft and 4600 sq ft. You KNOW which is the garage!

[Elrod]

I just bought a new home five days ago. It's a 3 car garage with more storage space planned for the large back yard. It's no huge workshop, but I am super proud of it. 2300 sq. ft. livable!

[modernbeat]

My old place was an ex-burlap bag factory built
in 1941. It was 19,000 (no typo) square feet with
22 to 26 foot celings. I built a 2000 square foot
apartment in the corner and played in the rest.
What did we do? Indoor motorcycle races,
blackpowder firing range, treetop archery range (so simulate firing from a tree stand), wood
shop, metal fab area, big-big speakers, and of
course, car building.


I had to move a couple years ago. My portion of the new place is only 4000 squares and only has a
16 foot celing. This one was a brick factory
built in 1948 and one of the other guys has the
low-temp kilns in his place.


Here's the small version of the panoramic pic of
the old shop.

http://lonestar.texas.net/~mcdaniel/warehouse2.jpg

[Curly]

Are you guys sitting down? 240 sq ft shed! Yep a 12x20 barn style shed! When you break wind in it you smell it for days! It does have aloft...that helps store some of the stuff and the wife can't figure out why I bitch...or keep stuff in the basement or the spare bedroom.

[Curly]

Wow modernbeat you could fit 79 of my sheds in your old place! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DrDano]

Damn Curly, you got the 12x20? I'm jealous! I only got the 8x12. But, it does fit the hood off of my '51 Ford....kind of a tight fit for me in there too..he he.

[ray]

ha! got you goys beat, how about 8x8? i have to take out the mig welder and the torch to step inside, the extra bedroom in the house houses even more tools and parts and tubs of car magazines.

funny thing is, i've been more productive than when i had a huge 3+ car garage with a pit. go figure.

[FLAT-TOP BOB]

i have a metal barn that is 60 by 80 with 12 ft. side walls.
right now i'm trying to sell my house and old shop so i can build a new barn and build living quarters in it. the plan is to build a 50 x 100 with 1200 to 1500 ft. living area.

[mytlo56]

Man, you guys suck!

I've got a measily 3/4 car garage attached to my town house. Shit! I can probably fit the Vic in there but would need to clean out all of my climbing, snowboarding, and baby gear first. Ain't no way that's gonna happen cuz I don't have anywhere to put it.

Oh well, I guess you pay to live in a big city neighborhood. Someday maybe I'll move to the country & have some space.

[plan9]

modernbeat ....now THAT is living.

i dont have a garage... my friend lets me work on/store my hoopties in his backyard.... wrenching in 95-100 degree weather with no shade is pretty harsh, but its better than nothing and he is fun to work with... im happy to have the spot http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Paul]

here's my old shop, dirt floor even (when it wasn't raining)

http://photo.starblvd.net/~60s_style/2-5-2.jpg

Paul

[truth]

Damn, I gotta get out of the city! You all got some nice houses - it's like "MTV CRIBS - HAMB Edition" hahaha

I live in a shitty 3 bedroom apartment (with 2 roomates), and we've come home to dead bodies lying on our street.

I have a chopper shop thats big enough for the bikes, but Im gonna have to work on the cars outside for now.

Yep, cant wait to get the hell outta the city...

[dixiedog]

Truth from what we hear about prices up there you could sell a single BR house in Boston and buy 10 acres with a 1600 sf house in florida.

My house is 3br 2bath 1580sf and a 1000 sf shop out back.It has 12+ ft high vaulted scissor truss ceiling for a lift, wanted to go higher but the county has a hieght restriction of 15 ft at peak of roof.

I just bought the lot behind me and will start a 16x34 addition to it this winter.

[NealinCA]

Here is the shop...

http://photo.starblvd.net/~NealinCA/5-1-1.jpg

1800 sq ft with a 600 sq ft mezzanine over the "machine shop"...

http://photo.starblvd.net/~NealinCA/3-4-4.jpg

...so 2400 sq ft total. I want/need to add another 500-600 sq ft for more car/forklift/tractor storage, but I need to build a horse/hay barn for the wife first.

The shop is bigger than the house, that is the way it is supposed to be, right?

Neal

[SamIyam]

I'm jealous.
I got a two car garage and that's it.
Well, at least the water heater is in the house along with the washer and dryer... wich isn't the norm out here in California.
Sam.

[tommy]

http://fototime.com/{D4ABF340-F517-45F0-BC68-141920BDBAD0}/picture.JPG
Small 24x36 with 12-12 roof that gives me an upstairs. Built most of it myself from the footings up. Too small now.

[beatnik]

I've got a 3 car, and it's very full. 2 late models, 2 street rod projects, my daily driver, countless parts, and I still have 2 cars outside and a lot of parts hidden in the utillity room and laundry room in the house.

[modernbeat]

You guys that think my space is great are right, but when you think it's in the country, or super expensive, or out of reach, or I haven't paid my dues, you're wrong.

Before I had the shops, I lived in a series of 700 square foot apartments, some with only street parking! I built up many cars on a public curb. I built one car in a pals backyard on the slab left when the garage was torn down during the typical Texas October rains. Cold, wet AND greasy - no wonder I got divorced! The old shop was just outside of Downtown Houston in the industrial area. No residential neighbors and at the end of a 1/4 mile dead end street. The current shop is just a few blocks from downtown (I walk to the downtown bars to save cabfare) and I only pay 22cents per square foot plus $40 per month in maintaince costs (yard service, dumpster, insurance). Cheap, Big, and good location.

If you're looking for something in the Houston area, I've got a few other leads with similar prices. Got a real nice 10k square vintage building with good electrical and plumbing for around $2500 per month. Divide it among four guys as a Co-Op and have a killer garage.

[truth]

Dixiedog,

You have no idea. A crappy one bedroom condo is at least 200k!!!! That's ROCKBOTTOM....

Luckily I live in a shitty neighborhood that is just not starting to undergo gentrification - I got in when the getting was good! Plus, I am cool with the landlord (she hasnt raised rent once in 6 years) - otherwise I'd be out of the city for sure.

MA isn't cheap, but it's not so bad once you are 40 miles or more away from Boston and it' boroughs.

[saltflataddict]

Just bought a new house with my 1st garage,(2 car but it has high ceilings) I am stoked!! Right I have to park in the street with all the little rugrats weaving in and out on their bikes trying to shoot by my car, Plus its covered in snow right now. ooh, I cant wait to move...

[TINGLER]

Nice digs Christian.

Here's a pic of my place. A 2 car garage under my house with a large storage space in the back. I still hafta work outside most of the time for lack of space on account of tools and junk. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
JT.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~Badwillys/1-5-1.jpg

[29SX276]

House is 1134,garage is 720,enough for two cars and treasures(junk). Up here we tend to ask first"is it heated?" and then "how big"? No matter the size, it's our castle.

[Tuck]

ive posted this before but heres my shop:
50x60 or somthing like that
started with the bare bones... in the winter i only heat half of it but thats usually the time im back in college... this is my last full time sweep of a semester and im done so ill have to start working on finishing the rest of it.

the rear bay has an aircraft hanger door that they call a bifold door. the front is a slider that freezes solid in the winter... im gonna go w/ another bifold in front too.

Could'nt help putting in a patio door out back. That and the white tin really brighten it up inside that stall.

[Flipper]

We just bought a 1500 sg ft house without a garage but one is going up in the spring. It is going to be a deep 3 car (32' wide x 45 'or so deep)

Here is a picture of my dad's backyard shop. It's 70 x 70 (7 10x20 bays down each side with a 30 x 70 open area down the middle) It looks like an old barn, but it is only 4 years old.

[Paul]

Flipper,

your Dad's shop is awsome but,

14 10x20 bays?

that's a horse barn.

It doesn't seem to matter how big a space I have,

it's always FULL!!

Paul

[k9racer]

The shop is 40 by 80 with 14 ft cealings. Inside I built a 12 by 28 apartment with a 12X12 storage room with a loft above these areas and I use as my the whole building as my homested exemption. Outside I have a concrete slab 26 by 58. Then I have a overseas shipping contaner 8 by 40 with 8 ft cealings with shelfs built inside.The bigest problem is I only have a half acre lot.Half the neighbors hate me for all the junk but I tell them I was here first. I hope to be able to post photos one day.

[fab32]

I saved for 25 years to build my shop. It took that long because of the 2200 sq.ft. house w/3 car attached garage we built at the same time. The shop is 40X80 with a 15X80 second story. With all of that room I still have about 8 vehicles parked outside (cars, trucks,tractors). I've got plans for a 30X80 addition to the shop and as soon as the winning Lottery ticket is purchased construction will begin. It takes a very sick individual to NEED that much room. My hope is that they won't find a cure during my lifetime.

Frank

[4woody]

As your wife says: It's really not about how big. Its what's inside that counts... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[atch]

1,000 sf house with a small garage; 900 sf (30x30) heated/air conditioned shop attached to the house; 1800 sf (30x60) unheated shop with 11' ceiling.

bought it shortly after divorce about 3 years ago. no pix, but some of my friends have told me that they would get divorced if they could live in a place like mine. i think they were kidding, but it's a great place for me to live by myself.

[DoubleClutch]

Who needs a house anyway?

[Rix2Six]

On one of the speed vision car collector shows, they showed this house that this mid-west car collector built. It was a 2-store place set into a hillside. The entire bottom floor was garage/worshop. Had enough space for 25 cars. Entrance to the area was from the back. The top story was all living area. The front door was right on ground level so if you looked at the front of the house, you couldn't see the lower story plus no stairs to climb from street level.

I wish I could afford a place like that!

[river1]

there is a book out called 'ultimate garages' by phil berg it has a bunch of high roller garages that are flat out awesome. check it out.

book at amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760314713/qid=1068188848/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-2364650-9078205?v=glance&n=507846)

later jim

[lakes modified]

This post is very timely. i just went on a short garage tour this morning at one about 40 miles from my house. this one blew my shocks off.was over 10,000 sq. ft and cost over a easy mill. to build.holds a 20 car collection, rec./ pool room & bar.it's 3 levels. the upper two is where he works on his and customer cars, i.e builds pro street 40 & 41 willys coupes with 500 to 600 C.I. blown big block race/street?., motors. guess he sells them for a 1/4 mill. to his tripple gold chainer customers.has his own in floor dyno to tune them before he delivers them as well as a crew that helps him build them.was something elese to see.i didn't think anything like this existed up here. super nice guy that really knows his stuff and use to race dragsters in the late 50's & 60's.
it would only take my house and shop three times over to fit in what he has for a garage/shop and he would still have room left over.was a fun tour, but wow!!!!!!!