MMehler
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Over the remainder of this year (and hopefully no longer, but I'm not holding my breath) I will chronical the build of our new garage, I mean house, in eastern North Carolina. I will continue the thread once the garage/house are complete since I will then be outfitting the garage in a, as you know, never ending process.
First a bit of background. The garage I envisioned would have been a three car attached with a two to three car detached garage/shop. Unfortunately, the lure of being close to the water won out and my wife and I purchased a lot that was considerably smaller than envisioned and will not accomodate a detached garage. Our lot is .29 acres, but the trade off is that we can walk to our boat slip. I'll live.
We bought the lot for a very good price approximately three years ago (bank owned and mis-listed on the MLS as it did not have the box checked that it included the boat slip). We figured we would eventually build, or we would eventually sell it for a profit. We're excited to be building as we've used the slip for the past three years and are really looking forward to not having to drive to the boat each time we want to use it.
Our architect does whatever I want. He's my father. I have wanted my dad to design a house for me ever since I was a kid and he designed the house that I grew up in since I was 7 years old. I have great memories of exploring that house as it was being built and have always loved traipsing around in houses mid-build. So this is pretty much a lifelong dream come true and a nice circle come complete since he also designed a house for his parents, himself/my mother, and now us.
The compromise on the garage meant I needed to find a way to maximize my garage space, and hopefully, make it suit my needs as best as possible. My goals: Have room for both my wife and I to park our cars and having room/height for a two post lift. This means having one spot for her and multiple for me. She does not currently park in our two car attached garage, mostly due to discomfort with the tight space (I don't know if I'll ever convince her that there's enough room). For me this means hoping to have space to park my DD, my race car, my project/classic car and maybe room for another. The good news is, I like small cars.
At the time we began designing the house/garage I owned a 2006 Miata. This was, other than my DD, the largest car I drove so the idea was to be able to fit 4 third generation Miata sized cars in my portion of the garage and then have room for my wife's vehicle as well.
To be continued...
First a bit of background. The garage I envisioned would have been a three car attached with a two to three car detached garage/shop. Unfortunately, the lure of being close to the water won out and my wife and I purchased a lot that was considerably smaller than envisioned and will not accomodate a detached garage. Our lot is .29 acres, but the trade off is that we can walk to our boat slip. I'll live.
We bought the lot for a very good price approximately three years ago (bank owned and mis-listed on the MLS as it did not have the box checked that it included the boat slip). We figured we would eventually build, or we would eventually sell it for a profit. We're excited to be building as we've used the slip for the past three years and are really looking forward to not having to drive to the boat each time we want to use it.
Our architect does whatever I want. He's my father. I have wanted my dad to design a house for me ever since I was a kid and he designed the house that I grew up in since I was 7 years old. I have great memories of exploring that house as it was being built and have always loved traipsing around in houses mid-build. So this is pretty much a lifelong dream come true and a nice circle come complete since he also designed a house for his parents, himself/my mother, and now us.
The compromise on the garage meant I needed to find a way to maximize my garage space, and hopefully, make it suit my needs as best as possible. My goals: Have room for both my wife and I to park our cars and having room/height for a two post lift. This means having one spot for her and multiple for me. She does not currently park in our two car attached garage, mostly due to discomfort with the tight space (I don't know if I'll ever convince her that there's enough room). For me this means hoping to have space to park my DD, my race car, my project/classic car and maybe room for another. The good news is, I like small cars.
At the time we began designing the house/garage I owned a 2006 Miata. This was, other than my DD, the largest car I drove so the idea was to be able to fit 4 third generation Miata sized cars in my portion of the garage and then have room for my wife's vehicle as well.
To be continued...
