Always Buy a House With a Garage

"Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]" (jarrettw)
02/07/2017 at 17:05 • Filed to: None

Life lessons learned from purchasing a home a few years back. I compromised. I will not make that mistake ever again.

DISCUSSION (20)

MonkeePuzzle > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:11

icey where you went wrong

Ash78, voting early and often > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:12

This. I always say that your Main Asset should also serve to protect your Second Asset whenever possible. The crazy part is how many of my neighbors fill their garages with junk and park in the driveway.

vicali > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2017 at 17:13

that’s cold

Kinja'd!!!

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:13

Preach. I had to give up my garage AND my restoration project (see Avatar) when I got my new house.

But it was not even really a choice. Either leave my father to die in a nursing home and have a garage or...what I did.

I am sure you had good reasons man. It’s going to work out.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:14

Always buy a house with a garage, so that you can fill it with junk and still end up parking in the driveway

gawdzillla > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:15

the garage HAS to be extra deep ( enough for the miata + a cherry picker in front of it )

MonkeePuzzle > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:16

hard top miata

Kinja'd!!!

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > gawdzillla
02/07/2017 at 17:20

the garage HAS to be extra deep ( enough for the miata + a cherry picker red Mazda 3 in front of it )

Fixed. :)

Nerd-Vol > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:20

When we were house hunting last year we had a list of musts:

2 bathrooms

A garage

It was not easy to find one in our price range that had everything we were looking. We are glad we found it though.

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2017 at 17:21

Only while in “winter storage”. Sits in the shed from May-November :)

Scott > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:27

After living in several apartments with garages, I said I would never buy a house without a garage... and technically I did not... but the fact the garage is all but useless for me means I still have to park my vehicles outside. For explanation, the truck is 1 in too tall to clear the door, and we would have to loose the automatic garage door. Partners SUV will fit, but because there is no separation between garage and the rest of the house he won’t park in there. If I get a car I’m sure he won’t allow that either. Future plans involve making it a work shop space and an addition with a garage that will work.

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > Nerd-Vol
02/07/2017 at 17:28

I got impatient with the market.

It was in the middle of October, 2014, and the market was on fire. Heck, it still is on fire. Most places were being sold within 1 day of listing at my price point.

It’s weird, because if I waited, I wouldn’t have even gotten ANY house, because they’ve gone up in value so much.

Nothing > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 17:44

Then you buy the house with a garage, and realize you need a bigger garage.

functionoverfashion > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 18:28

Same here. Same mistake, same regret. Hoping to build one in another year...

Nerd-Vol > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 18:29

I know the feeling. The market was crazy. If you liked something you had to snap it up fast. We would get a list of houses to visit and by the time we went to tour, they were sold. When we found our house, we put in a contract within 24 hours.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 18:39

3 car garage! Of course, our Gestapo HOA tickets a homeowner’s car if it is parked in front of your house for more than an hour (they can tell it’s a homeowner’s car due to the sticker on it), so a garage (or a looooooong driveway) really is a necessity.

punkgoose17 > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 19:05

I compromised and we compromised.

1 car garage not 2.

1.5 bath not 2.

1111111111111111111111 > Nerd-Vol
02/07/2017 at 19:06

Exactly! Our only other condition was a woodstove.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 19:11

Kinja'd!!!

Having a garage was probably the biggest reason I agreed to buy a place.

wiffleballtony > Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
02/07/2017 at 23:09

My previous dwelling was a condo with one covered space, for two cars. I now have a three car garage. Life. Improved.