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[petermeachem]

Having just sold our house (took a long time) we are looking for new ones. I'm pretty much at the bottom end of the market which is still quite expensive round here, but I need a garage attached to the house and not in a block. Some of them are really small. Considering my car is 10ft by 4ft all I need is space at the end to work, store things and keep equipment and enough room down the sides to paint. I looked at one house today where I'd be pushed to get the car in. Are garages just for bikes and freezers now?

[peppiB]

There is a standing joke for where I used to live. The Tyne cruisers went past and you could hear the commentary

'On the left you will see 3 blocks of luxury apartments. Outside you will see parked the luxury cars. That is because when they built the flats they made the garages too small to take the cars'

Loud guffors usually from the passengers

[petermeachem]

The one I looked at today had a Fiesta or something parked outside. That wouldn't have fitted.

[D4B]

Peter I know exactly of what you speak, I had to give in and admit that my Peugeot would be consigned to a life under a caravan cover instead of this:



I have a little more space in there now ~ current project is much smaller, and yet somehow more time / money consuming



Steve

[Penman]

Hi
Did you have to remove the door to get the Pug in and out?
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[gillberry]

We have two garages big enough but do not have a wide enough dirve to drive down to get to them, the only car that we ever put in one was my old viva ha, but on anither point does you little van always sleep on its side
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[D4B]

[petermeachem]

The pug is quite big. Plus you have a bench alongside, that size would be fine for me.
For some reason estate agents often don't put the garage size, or if they do put the door width. I'm going back to look at a house just down the road again with a tape measure and the agent has a garage key.

[Richard H]

Round where I live everyone seems to convert their garages into extra rooms for the house. Those who don't rarely use them for parking cars in.
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[Rick]

[colwyn500]

Peter, remember that ideally, when viewing new garages, the house included with the sale needs to have sufficient storage for your spare parts.

[bob2]

Was going to view a house last week, It had a big 8 car garage included in the sale and a garden at the back!!
However due to our circumstances right now we decided to skip on it.
We're expecting our second child, due next month so it would have been too much a hassle right now!!
I dream of owning such a garage and be able to have all my cars together under one roof (and maybe add something else as well, but don't tell swmbo this last bit though )

[ukdave2002]

In the UK it's the cost of the land that drives the overall house price, so with new builds space is a premium and the garage size suffers. You are probably better looking for something older, that may have a larger garage, or has the space to extend or rebuild the existing garage.

I have only owned 2 houses , both came with a garage and in both cases we demolished the existing garage and built a new one.

Dave

[petermeachem]

[JohnDale]

I recently added another carport to keep the snow off the Triumph. I have to put the Zephyr out if I need the pit or to weld or paint - bit of a pain but you can only go with what you have.



Garage is two car size with only a single door - just as well as I have the other side as a workshop,cheers,JD.
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