new home under construction with 7 car garage

[DrBaker]

Construction recently broke ground on our new home. The wife had a specific neighborhood she wanted to live in and that meant dealing with HOA restrictions and a single builder that uses set floor plans and not custom designs.

We fell in love with one of the floorplans that the builder offers. It started with a 3 car garage and we were able to modify it to be 7 car instead. Not the easiest thing to do when you have to worry about HOA rules and making a structure that looks like a beautiful home and not a big garage.


There will be 2 separate garage spaces. The first is a 3 car side load garage. It will be 22' deep and 31' wide. It has a 16' door and a 8' door. The second garage is a double tandem. It is 45' deep and 23' wide. It has a 16' door on both ends.

I placed red arrows (a bit crooked cuz my MS Paint skills are weak) to show approximately where the 7 spots are located.

 

[lukedwag]

Looks good. Make sure the insulate and accousticly seal the walls where you plan to work.

 

[Speedfreak5150]

Have you got any drawings of the layout of the house and are you going to to have a extra high ceilling for a lift?

 

[Bib Overalls]

Looking forward to a lot of construction and finishing out photos. We like pictures!

 

[GRN96WS6]

Nice! Pics are needed for sure!

 

[DrBaker]

Have you got any drawings of the layout of the house and are you going to to have a extra high ceilling for a lift?

Attached is the layout for the first floor. The garage ceiling height is 9'.

 

[DrBaker]

I'll do my best to keep up with taking photos over the next few months until it's complete.


Started as this.

Dirt work has begun.

(Don't have my footings pictures) Stem walls started.

Straight ahead will be the 4 car garage. To the right you can see the front of the 3 car.

3 car.

 

[DEERE G]

Nice!
Subscribed

 

[NHBandit]

Have you got any drawings of the layout of the house and are you going to to have a extra high ceilling for a lift?

LoL.. I'm not getting the impression this is a guy who changes his own oil. A lift for what ? Looks nice Doc. Keep us posted.

 

[GRN96WS6]

The drive through double deep I think was a wise choice, no swapping cars to drive one or the other!

 

[DrBaker]

LoL.. I'm not getting the impression this is a guy who changes his own oil. A lift for what ? Looks nice Doc. Keep us posted.

I'm far from what I consider to be a real mechanic, but I work on my trucks, car, motorcycles, lawn tractor, and RV. Doing a brake job, servicing a diff/transfer case, etc would be tasks I complete. Rebuilding a transmission would be a good example of a task I outsource to a pro. Paint and body work are also tasks that I haven't done.

I enjoy working on small projects and will admit to being envious of those with skills far greater than mine.

Here's a toy for the new garage.....
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=219813

 

[NHBandit]

I'm far from what I consider to be a real mechanic, but I work on my trucks, car, motorcycles, lawn tractor, and RV. Doing a brake job, servicing a diff/transfer case, etc would be tasks I complete. Rebuilding a transmission would be a good example of a task I outsource to a pro. Paint and body work are also tasks that I haven't done.

I enjoy working on small projects and will admit to being envious of those with skills far greater than mine.

Here's a toy for the new garage.....
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=219813

A lift would be handy then but you'll be very limited on what you could use with only 9' ceilings. Looking forward to the progress pics.

 

[Homebody]

That's gonna be sweet. Love the truck also!!

 

[Highlux]

Do you have need to adopt a middle age son? Sounds like a beautiful home.
Are we doing a pool? Dad?

 

[b4z]

Looks like a Frank Betz plan.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

Awesome! That garage space is going to be fantastic!

 

[DrBaker]

Happy New Year!!!


Lots of bad weather and some Holidays have slowed things down a bit. Here's some pics from over the last few days.

From the backyard....

 

[JordonMusser]

Looking good. Fun to see it go up!

 

[PugetDude]

Looks great. Nice use of space.
Keep the pics coming!

 

[Mr. Welsh]

Are tornadoes a concern in your part of Oklahoma? I don't see any provision for a safe room. The cost seems inconsequential should you ever need it, assuming you're in or near tornado alley.

 

[TRWTOW]

very nice dr cant have enuff garage space

 

[supperfly17]

Are tornadoes a concern in your part of Oklahoma? I don't see any provision for a safe room. The cost seems inconsequential should you ever need it, assuming you're in or near tornado alley.

Thats what I was thinking. All I see is wood and more wood. How about it doc?

 

[dubber]

Wow!! Congrats on the new home, and even bigger props for jumping through all those hoops to get the garage you want in the area your wife wants. Win, win!

 

[DrBaker]

Are tornadoes a concern in your part of Oklahoma? I don't see any provision for a safe room. The cost seems inconsequential should you ever need it, assuming you're in or near tornado alley.

Yes. I'm in an area that has been hit by huge tornados.

We are having the 8-12 person under ground unit installed in the single bay of the 3-car.

 

[santagary]

Hopefully you're outside of tornado alley...I'd hate to see you build that all over again!!

 

[77thor]

Nice.

There is no such thing as a garage that is TOO BIG.

 

[DrBaker]

Wow!! Congrats on the new home, and even bigger props for jumping through all those hoops to get the garage you want in the area your wife wants. Win, win!

I feel very fortunate to have an understanding wife. She may think it's overkill, but she knows I want it and has been very supportive.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Awesome build, thanks for posting.

 

[alberto]

How many square feet are in the living area of the house?

 

[BHR4CE1]

Looks great so far!

 

[Jsf721]

Nice, Plan and congrats. I'd be lying if I did not say that I was enviouis of the 7 indoor parking spaces!!!!!!!! wow. Enjoy them in the best of health.

 

[DrBaker]

How many square feet are in the living area of the house?

Approx 3200

 

[DrBaker]

A little more progress. Bad weather is slowing things down again. A little bit of snow along with extremely cold temps and very high winds.

 

[69bigblok]

Subscribed. Going to be a beautiful home!

What are your current cars that will call the new garage home?

 

[MajorLeeGassole]

This is only going to get better and better. And I'm going to only grow more and more jealous.

 

[little d]

My wife and I joke about a 1 bed room, 6 car garage home, wait till I show her this... You must be south of Hennessey, looks like you dodged most of the snow.




Oh, by the way Doc, I think you'd surprise yourself (rebuilding a transmission) of what your capable of, given the right advice, tools and manuals.

 

[ssentt]

Looks great.

How come no basements down south?

 

[DrBaker]

Subscribed. Going to be a beautiful home!

What are your current cars that will call the new garage home?

The three car will be used for daily drivers. We have a 2012 Civic and a 2011 Chevy 2500hd CCSB 4x4. The last spot in the three car is reserved for when my son is old enough to drive.

The 4 car garage will start with our pit bikes and my 1990 Chevy 1500 454SS. I'm a big fan of the 88-98 style Chevy trucks. Once we move in and I have the space, I want to find a 1996-2000 Chevy 3500 crew dually. (The 1 ton kept the same body style to 2000.) I have wanted to get a dually and lower it for quite some time. It would be cool to have a bagged dually to tow my 5th wheel RV!

Looks great.

How come no basements down south?

Basements are rare in central Oklahoma. I don't know of any recent construction that includes a basement. I've talked to others that wanted to build a new home with basement and had trouble finding a builder who would do it.

 

[DrBaker]

Thanks to all for the positive comments.

I know this is a little different than the typical new construction attached garage. It surely wouldn't be everyone's first pick, but I put a lot of thought into what would be useful for me, a good fit for the lot, and pass the HOA requirements. I love the setup.

 

[Zeke]

Look to CA for the dually. I had an '81 454 and I liked it. The 'river' culture likes these a lot and most of them are from CA. Let me know if I can help when the time comes.

That's a great house. Your workers are some tough souls to be working out there in this weather.