Recent content by Perv Griffin

I've got a talkative four year old who is obsessed with heavy metal, particularly Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, etc., who assumes that all strangers have an opinion on (and want to chat about) the difference between Ozzy and Ronnie James Dio and other similar topics, so none of the...

I appreciate all of the added advice (and hopefully the next guy in this situation will too!) but I'm all set - framing on my detached garage started today. See post #17... Thanks!

Not that I imagine anyone has been waiting all this time with baited breath to learn the outcome of my house hunt and garage efforts, but I figured I'd end the chapter in case anyone in a similar situation should stumble over this thread in the future. We ended up finding a perfect house in an...

Cool - thanks for the additional information. We went and looked at a couple of houses yesterday, and one of them had an attached two-car garage, plus a detached two-car garage out on the alley. It was a bit too much house for us (5 large bedrooms) and at the top end of our budget, but it got...

Cool - thanks. You replied while I was composing my prior response. Yeah, that's kind of what I'm beginning to wonder about. There's a lot of neighborhood variation in terms of what was originally built, what people have done in the meantime, and what's happening now. The owner of the house...

Have you been talking to my wife?! Seriously though, that's kind of a "Gift of the Magi" solution - sell the car so I can buy a different house with a garage big enough to store cars I don't own. And for what it's worth, we're pretty sold on this specific area because it's got a perfect...

I was referred here by a couple people (don't know if they post here, or just knew of what a great resource it was) and am hoping to get a little help and insight with an upcoming house hunt in the nearest northern suburbs of Chicago. Some of these setups seem like this place could be a...

New poster - was referred here when I posed this general question to a different forum, and this certainly seems like the best authority on the subject. I've been lurking and piecing things together, but it's a little like drinking from a firehose. I'm about to start shopping for houses and...