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Workspaces between 705 and 1200 squarefeet.

BigTicket

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I finished my 28 x 36 detached garage earlier this year and am amazed at how quickly I filled it up. I guess it's also growing on me and seeming smaller, but I wish I had pulled the trigger on the 4th bay while I was at it. I can always add on at some point, I suppose.
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TurnipTruck

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After five grueling years of no cover at all, I was fully prepared to build a minimal two-car garage ( as anything would be better than nothing), but the wife refused to let me build anything less than the initially daunting and increasingly expensive 40x60 I told her I needed.

We are adding on to the 40x60 next year.
 

GlennSullivan

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After five grueling years of no cover at all, I was fully prepared to build a minimal two-car garage ( as anything would be better than nothing), but the wife refused to let me build anything less than the initially daunting and increasingly expensive 40x60 I told her I needed.

We are adding on to the 40x60 next year.
So when we finally got down to building our 30x50 the construction costs were coming in way higher than expected. The structure had to be conventional house type building - no pole barn / metal buildings allowed in our zoning. So I started looking for ways to cut costs and told my wife we could save decent money if I removed the bathroom and separate slop sink along with the plumbing, water heater, etc for same. She said "are you ******* crazy!!! You think you are going to be coming into the house all greasy and dirty to use the bathroom or wash up after all day out there"!!! LOL.
 
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BigTicket

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So when we finally got down to building our 30x50 the construction costs were coming in way higher than expected. The structure had to be conventional house type building - no pole barn / metal buildings allowed in our zoning. So I started looking for ways to cut costs and told my wife we could save decent money if I removed the bathroom and separate slop sink along with the plumbing, water heater, etc for same. She said "are you ******* crazy!!! You think you are going to be coming into the house all greasy and dirty to use the bathroom or wash up after all day out there"!!! LOL.
That is the one thing I didn't spend the money on: plumbing. It would have been quite expensive to get to the existing septic (if the town had even approved it), and the water would have been $$, too, due to the entire backyard being a septic and drain field. I am careful not to get anything greasy in the house. It's not a big deal. I have a little elbow room (no neighbors behind) outside to take a whiz behind the shop.
 

GlennSullivan

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That is the one thing I didn't spend the money on: plumbing. It would have been quite expensive to get to the existing septic (if the town had even approved it), and the water would have been $$, too, due to the entire backyard being a septic and drain field. I am careful not to get anything greasy in the house. It's not a big deal. I have a little elbow room (no neighbors behind) outside to take a whiz behind the shop.
Heat, AC, Plumbing Internet and TV make it just such an enjoyable place to be year round and on the occasion the wife is not happy with me.
 
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jblnut

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Heat, AC, Plumbing Internet and TV make it just such an enjoyable place to be year round and on the occasion the wife is not happy with me.
I’ve been sickly for the last couple weeks and have been camping up in the shop. She thinks I’m doing her a huge favor by leaving the house to sleep in the shop so she can sleep good in the house but I sleep better in the shop than the house lol

OP that is a really nice looking space !!!
 

alien

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I purchased a house about a year and a half ago with a 30 x 50 garage with 15 foot ceilings. I also have a two car attached garage. Every inch of wall space in the 30 x 50 has something hanging on it or bolted to it or standing in front of it. I don’t think I could live with anything smaller. Some of the interior space is taken up by the full bath in the corner I have never used the shower, but the toilet and sink are a necessity. I wish there was a slop sink out there, but there is one in my laundry room off of the attached garage
 

JohnFreeman

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I finished my 28 x 36 detached garage earlier this year and am amazed at how quickly I filled it up. I guess it's also growing on me and seeming smaller, but I wish I had pulled the trigger on the 4th bay while I was at it. I can always add on at some point, I suppose.
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Imagine finding this thread after a long period of no GJ logins, and seeing you're in the same town!
 

Mr onetwo

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I started out at 24x32 ,then added 20x10 on the back, then added 6x24 on the side......still not big enough so I'm moving:wtf::bounce:
 
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