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The Past:
In 2013 at the age of 26, I was fortunate enough to find and buy a townhome with a two car garage and while I had been lurking on this site from before then, most of my funds went into the house itself. I did replace the wood garage door with a more modern, insulated rollup and added added a LiftMaster 8500 (not 100% by choice). The floor had what looked to be a DIY epoxy finish that was peeling and while I had plans for RaceDeck, I never got around to it. Three years later, I sold the place and moved back home.
The Present:
This past year, I was lucky enough to meet an amazing girl who's in a similar situation to myself and we decided to start looking for a place of our own. Living in LA, homes are expensive! Especially if we want to stay close to our jobs and family. I would have liked a detached house with a two car garage and driveway as we have three vehicles among us, with me planning to add more in the future, but that was just out of our price range. We considered a fixer upper, but that would have left us with minimal funds to actually fix anything. While coming back from looking at some newer townhomes a little north of where we wanted to be (we didn't love them), we saw some new construction off the side of the freeway. Well a few weeks later, I had signed a contract on a NEW ~1700 sq ft, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhome! Probably the coolest part is that the front of our unit faces a really nice park. We can walk right out to it! Oh, yeah! The garage! It's a 20x20 with 9 foot ceilings and there's a driveway! I'm honestly surprised we were able to find something like this in our price range close to where we wanted to be! I guess good things come to those who wait, right?
The Future:
We don't have basements in California, so primarily we'll need to be able to store things without reducing usability (parking two cars) and having it look like clutter. Secondarily, I'd love to be able to work on cars and have a workspace for side projects. Seeing some of the work of other users has inspired me to attempt to build cabinets and a bookcase for the room we're calling a library! Although I'd love some kind of lift, the low ceiling and the fact that I can't drill into the slab makes that a tough plan. Flooring, paint and lighting are on the list with me leaning towards RaceDeck. I loved my LiftMaster 8500 and plan to add one as that would free up some horizontal space. Our unit should be done around the end of May or June so updates will be slow until then. Looking forward to sharing my progress with all of you!
In 2013 at the age of 26, I was fortunate enough to find and buy a townhome with a two car garage and while I had been lurking on this site from before then, most of my funds went into the house itself. I did replace the wood garage door with a more modern, insulated rollup and added added a LiftMaster 8500 (not 100% by choice). The floor had what looked to be a DIY epoxy finish that was peeling and while I had plans for RaceDeck, I never got around to it. Three years later, I sold the place and moved back home.
The Present:
This past year, I was lucky enough to meet an amazing girl who's in a similar situation to myself and we decided to start looking for a place of our own. Living in LA, homes are expensive! Especially if we want to stay close to our jobs and family. I would have liked a detached house with a two car garage and driveway as we have three vehicles among us, with me planning to add more in the future, but that was just out of our price range. We considered a fixer upper, but that would have left us with minimal funds to actually fix anything. While coming back from looking at some newer townhomes a little north of where we wanted to be (we didn't love them), we saw some new construction off the side of the freeway. Well a few weeks later, I had signed a contract on a NEW ~1700 sq ft, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhome! Probably the coolest part is that the front of our unit faces a really nice park. We can walk right out to it! Oh, yeah! The garage! It's a 20x20 with 9 foot ceilings and there's a driveway! I'm honestly surprised we were able to find something like this in our price range close to where we wanted to be! I guess good things come to those who wait, right?
The Future:
We don't have basements in California, so primarily we'll need to be able to store things without reducing usability (parking two cars) and having it look like clutter. Secondarily, I'd love to be able to work on cars and have a workspace for side projects. Seeing some of the work of other users has inspired me to attempt to build cabinets and a bookcase for the room we're calling a library! Although I'd love some kind of lift, the low ceiling and the fact that I can't drill into the slab makes that a tough plan. Flooring, paint and lighting are on the list with me leaning towards RaceDeck. I loved my LiftMaster 8500 and plan to add one as that would free up some horizontal space. Our unit should be done around the end of May or June so updates will be slow until then. Looking forward to sharing my progress with all of you!
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