How far should garage be from house?

[ColinHorgan]

Mine is beside our house approx 25 feet from the pathway around our home. Seems good for turning into with big 4x4s and my wife's car. Never have to stop, reverse and take another swing if you can understand that? Hope it helps

 

[FordTruckWench]

Mine is beside our house approx 25 feet from the pathway around our home. Seems good for turning into with big 4x4s and my wife's car. Never have to stop, reverse and take another swing if you can understand that? Hope it helps

The house I grew up in has a garage with doors facing parallel to the road. Checking Google Earth, there's a 25 foot parking area in front of the doors, and then another 10 foot wide driveway along the property line. So, 35 feet from the doors to the flower bed / retaining wall that is the property line. I don't remember any issues swinging into your choice of garage bay - even as a beginning driver.

 

[laser3kw]

go to a mall parking lot on a slow day and pace it out, try to maneuver you vehicles into a parking space .

typical parking lot has 20' deep parking spaces and 25' alley. As others mentioned a bigger pick up has a hard time maneuvering in that space. And if you have a trailer, fa'gedda'boud it.
I have right around 45' and wish I had more (65'+). I am in favor of the re-stake your dream garage and reverse the 50' and 30' orientation.

 

[niget2002]

Real world experience:

My garage faces out the right side of our house. I went and measured and it's 23' from the front of the garage door to the edge of the driveway coming into the yard.

The wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee can make the turn to park straight in. Backing out we catch the edge of the grass pretty often.

I can get my 1/2 truck with the 5'7" bed in/out, but usually have to take more than one shot at it.

The neighbor next door has the same setup. They don't even bother trying to park straight. The wife just parks her Traverse in there crooked.

 

[sz0k30]

Considering full size crew cab pickups are about 20 ft long, just how exactly do you figure you're going to maneuver that or even a smaller vehicle around in 20 feet, or even 30 feet?

 

[finn]

Personally, I wouldn’t put it closer than 50’ if the doors had to be facing the back of the house.

Didn’t read all the posts, but is there an alley that would let you put the doors on the other side of the house? Or maybe turn the garage 90 degrees on the lot..


All in all, maybe considering selling the house and moving to one with a lot more conducive to fitting a 50’ long shop. What you propose is unworkable and will have zilch resale value when the time comes.

 

[Sumboodie]

Why not add a toilet in the garage, I really like having a toilet and sink, with a water heater, in my Workshop. The little 120 volt tank heaters fit in the cabinet under the sink.

Would need to put in ~1000 ft of water line.
Here we go 10ft down for freeze protection.

Huge job.

 

[apeters62]

Personally, I wouldn’t put it closer than 50’ if the doors had to be facing the back of the house.

Didn’t read all the posts, but is there an alley that would let you put the doors on the other side of the house? Or maybe turn the garage 90 degrees on the lot..


All in all, maybe considering selling the house and moving to one with a lot more conducive to fitting a 50’ long shop. What you propose is unworkable and will have zilch resale value when the time comes.

We're on 9 acres and the house is paid off so I think we can make it work, lol. But, as suggested above we're going to reposition on the left of the drawing, turned 90 degrees.

 

[apeters62]

Would need to put in ~1000 ft of water line.
Here we go 10ft down for freeze protection.

Huge job.

I am planning on doing a toilet and shower/water but in NC I don't think freeze is as much as a problem, at least not for underground piping. It will be to code regardless.

 

[quickfarms]

Would need to put in ~1000 ft of water line.
Here we go 10ft down for freeze protection.

Huge job.

Time for an out house