I've been sitting here for a couple of minutes reading about people spending their lives in the Garage Journal. My wife, sitting 3' from me on her computer just asked, "Are you alright?"
I said, 'Sure. Why?" and she said "I haven't heard a peep out of you in over an hour!"
It is entirely Sammm's fault for telling me about this place.
I live in the DFW metromess too close to the Jones Dome, but in a great neighborhood with awesome neighbors.
When we moved here a few years ago, I told the realtor I had 4 needs beside the budget:
1. Wife had to like the house
2. Corner lot
3. Room to build a shop
4. Good neighbors
My wife and the realtor literally looked at over 100 houses out of the hundreds my wife searched on the internet. When the realtor took me to see this house, she said it is on a corner lot in an established neighborhood (60's) and your wife REALLY likes the house, but there is a problem. I'm not sure there is room to build a shop, but wait until you see it.
Not enthusiastically, I let the realtor take me to see a great house on a corner lot with a 2 car carport attached to a single garage that is 21x18 and has it's own HVAC. On the other side of the house is a 24x24 free standing shop
Between the time we signed on the house and moved in, neighbors invited us to dinner twice!
Before anybody else says it - I know
I will try to post some very soon. In the meantime, I do a little woodworking and some wrenching. Occassionally, I host tech days for some of the folks I autocross with.
My two biggest problems are:
1. The guys never want to use my nice, big shop since the garage has HVAC and the fridge with all the Dublin Dr Pepper (Google it)
2. If I need a tool, it is in the other space (garage or shop)
I'm open to suggestions for solving both problems
I said, 'Sure. Why?" and she said "I haven't heard a peep out of you in over an hour!"
It is entirely Sammm's fault for telling me about this place.
I live in the DFW metromess too close to the Jones Dome, but in a great neighborhood with awesome neighbors.
When we moved here a few years ago, I told the realtor I had 4 needs beside the budget:
1. Wife had to like the house
2. Corner lot
3. Room to build a shop
4. Good neighbors
My wife and the realtor literally looked at over 100 houses out of the hundreds my wife searched on the internet. When the realtor took me to see this house, she said it is on a corner lot in an established neighborhood (60's) and your wife REALLY likes the house, but there is a problem. I'm not sure there is room to build a shop, but wait until you see it.
Not enthusiastically, I let the realtor take me to see a great house on a corner lot with a 2 car carport attached to a single garage that is 21x18 and has it's own HVAC. On the other side of the house is a 24x24 free standing shop
Between the time we signed on the house and moved in, neighbors invited us to dinner twice!
Before anybody else says it - I know
I will try to post some very soon. In the meantime, I do a little woodworking and some wrenching. Occassionally, I host tech days for some of the folks I autocross with.
My two biggest problems are:
1. The guys never want to use my nice, big shop since the garage has HVAC and the fridge with all the Dublin Dr Pepper (Google it)
2. If I need a tool, it is in the other space (garage or shop)
I'm open to suggestions for solving both problems
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