I wish I would have....

Epoxy coat the floor.....that saves just soo many headaches; and build it tighter than Fort Knox....damn thieves are like rats and mice...get into anything.

 

Second this idea!!! Also, a small room with a bar, pool table, big screen, bathroom definately, and somewhere to sit and relax when something starts pissing you off and you need a break.

 

Make sure it's tornado proof.

 

A burglar proof alarm system that cannot be disarmed along with outside night lights.

 

This is excellent advice.

When I built my shop/office/garage at my previous house, I coated the garage floor with U-Coat-It. I also used the AF topcoat which makes it resistant to "hot tire pick-up" and to oils and solvents.

If you don't coat the concrete, you will get "dust" every time you sweep! The cost to do-it-yourself is a very small percentage of the total cost of the project.

You can't believe how nice it makes the place look!

When I did the first garage at my previous house, I did not apply the U-Fleck which gives a terrazo appearance. However, when I built my new house 2 years ago, I coated both the upstairs garage as well as the big garage in the basement with the U-Coat-It product and used the U-Fleck to give it the terrazo-like appearance.

I know this sounds like a U-Coat-It commercial, but it is a great product!

There will never be a better time to do it than when that floor is new!

 

Refrigerator or tap system.

 

For all those too young to remember, most of the old-tyme garages had grease pits in them. I believe they were legislated away due to problems of gas fumes settling at the bottom and creating a potential hazard for explosions.
Ol Blue

 

Three things I think every good garage should have built into it are....

1.) Radient floor heating/cooling. Geo thermal would be good for this. Below 48" or so the ground is a steady 55ish degrees year round. It the summer that's nice and cool. If the winter that's nice and warm for working in the garage. Add an auxillary heater to bump it up if you need to.

2.) A trolley mounted chain hoist.

3.) A fully functioning, fully enclosed bathroom. Toilet, shower and sink. Put it right off a small lounge area to be all hollywood and stuff.