Hot Rods So normal people don't care about garages?

That reminds me of a friend who didn't cook. She always said "The only reason we have a kitchen is it came with the house"

 

My "abnormal" front garage cleaning had to move all of them out except one still in there.
Bigger the garage the better.

 

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Genius

 

That Jaguar!!! On of my all time favorite as far as looks.

Ben

 

3 x bay and still too small despite downsizing the fleet by one.

 

Nice gooseneck lamps,
@Adriatic Machine
They sure add a lot of old time flavor. I've been looking for a couple of those for Judy's place here. New or used, they ain't cheap!

 

REPO MAN Quote
I hate normal people.

 

My garage is too big!




Well, OK, maybe not...
I do have some unoccupied space in that basement garage I never had before. My coupe does sit outside on the side lot, mainly because I like to look at it out the window, and I can legally park it on the yard because the property is zoned business.

The house is too big too! My wife even says so! The 1890 sq ft 4 bedroom house was too big when we bought it 23 years ago (just my wife and myself, both kids were on their own by then). The property was purchased because it was already zoned business (and I was paying monthly rent for a building for the business). It had a large ranch style house (actually built as a side by side duplex that was converted into a single family years before we bought it) with very few steps up to get into it. It is a block off a State highway and a block off a major city street. The 24' x 24' two level garage already had basic electrical wiring (I added more including a 200 amp service and 220). There was (still is) space to build a 40' x 60' building if I wanted to, with enough land to not need any special permits to do so (that was the original plan that never happened). Compared to still making payments on the house we were buying, and the rent on the business property, and 2 sets of utilities, buying this larger then we needed place still cut our monthly expenses by over $600 a month!

 

The garage was never big enough to be too big!

Ben

 

I'm going to be in this situation soon. Trust me, do your homework about where you plan to move. Some towns/counties are complete ball busters when it comes to building a stand alone building/garage. Some towns are truly crazy with all of their regs.

 

So true. When my wife and I got married we first lived in her house. It was 1800 sq. ft in the burbs on a 100 X 200 lot. I could've built a shop in the backyard equal to the house. We wanted a place that was ours and we found one 2000 sq. ft. on 10 acres in 91. When I went to the township I had to jump through hoops in order to build my 32 X 36 shop as they considered that oversize. Who would've thought would be easier to build a shop in the burbs then the country

 

Same experience. I've been looking online and the listings never mention the garage/barn. If your lucky, you can catch a glimpse of it in one of the pictures but that seems to be by accident.

 

Probably because the country doesn't want to become spoiled like the burbs ...

 

I’m in a crunch right now!
We sold our house here with all the property and shop, and close next week.
We’ve had contracts on two different properties in middle TN, but BOTH were terminated due to bad home inspection results (water/mold/HVAC) and the sellers would not address the issues. Very disheartening and stressful! They’re still sitting, unsold.

So now we have to be out of here by Oct 18, and HAVE to find a place by then! We found lots of houses, but without shops, or just too small. So, the last option is to temporarily store the cars, put all the shop tools in the house garage and build what I want.

Can any of you who have built give me and idea of the time involved? I know, a lot of variables, ranging from metal building to all brick, but I figure 60-90 days to get in the dry. Run electric after.
I need 1500 sq ft with 12 ft ceiling. What say you?

I will ask on Garage Journal, but I value YOUR opinions. Thanks!

 

I'm in Ky, so this may be similar. As I mentioned earlier, my son got a great deal on a home with 22 acres and 3 1/2 buildings on it. All were recent construction (10 years old). We took the 1/2 building that resembled a place where you could park a motor home under a roof, and concreted the floor and put up metal walls and an overhead door so he could keep his tractor in it along with some other stuff.
We poured the floor ourselves and it cost about $1200 for the concrete. Don't remember exactly but maybe 16 ' wide and 32' long. (512 sq ft)

He has another building that he wants to concrete the floor. It has a garage on one end and the rest has 3 sides enclosed. It was a shelter for horses that the previous owner had. The inside dimensions are 30x35.......1050 sq ft. He also wants to add a lean to across the whole back of the building...........so 12x 48= 576 sq ft. Now he is looking at 1626 sq ft. Concrete is apparently about $180 cu yd now (up from about $130 for the previous pour). So 542 cu ft / 27 = 20 yards of concrete = $3600 Also will need a tri-axle with 25 tons of 57s and quote to deliver was appx $750 ($4350 so far. Budgeted $5000 for the materials so this covers any extra concrete needed.
One guy quoted about $12500 to pour it. Another quoted about $13,500 and didn't include the rock.

Why am I mentioning this? If you plan on buying a house and then building a shop..........be aware that the costs apparently have increased dramatically. Right now it looks like we are going to pour it ourselves in two separate pours.

Oh, and I didn't add the cost of rebar..........haven't decided on that yet.

@hotrodA if you are going to put a lift in your shop, I'd recommend a 12 1/2 ft ceiling. Adding an extra 2x4 on the bottom and top of a studded wall will get you there, but a few extra inches can help with some of todays taller trucks.

 

Thanks for the reply.
We’ve now found a new listing with a detached 24x24 shop. I’m thinking about adding an addition to it like I did up here. Make the addition (24x32) with the high ceiling for the lift, and use the existing shop for tools and parts storage.

 

32x42 With bathroom,In process of insulating /sheetrocking. Had A/C Heat installed,Lift coming soon. You can' t take it with when your in the Ground!

 

normal people do all kinds of weird shit, I don't want any part of it.

 

Likewise. I'm not a fan of the new "Normal".

 

What is this "It" that people refer to when they say, "You can't take it with you?" As if everyone has some of "it" in the first place?

 

A friend used to say “you’re looking prosperous “, referring to my svelte physique, well, maybe Santa Clause physique. And he’d add, that is the only thing you’ll take away from this life… I guess the “it” is everything else

 

"It" is anything that will not fit in the casket or urn with you.....................

 

Yeah I went through a similar situation this year. I sold my house that had a 24x40 and quickly learned that shops were not as common as I assumed they’d be. I thought to myself “no shops? ….what are people even doing with their lives???” Luckily I landed a nice house along with a 30x50 stick building that will work well for what I need.

 

I’m a normal guy, and I bought a shop. The house that came with it I live in.

 

I haven’t checked in on him in years, but the “garage” he built is kick a$$.

 

I used to jokingly (?) tell my son that they should build garages with an attached house..........the emphasis being that the garage should be the dominant entity and the house more of a useful addition to the shop. (But I really wasn't kidding)

 

Neither was I, I bought my old shop. The house came with it. Seems normal to me.

 

After I moved, people asked me what was next to do to the '55 and I'd half jokingly say, "finish the garage".

 

This is why you look at properties that have the space to build a garage.

 

Who the hell wants to be normal?!?!?! Boring! Lol!