Home garage design fun: what would you do?

[16949]

So I went looking for garage space to rent .. and ended up putting an offer in on a house... it is a weird shaped house, the whole first floor is garage. (IKR!!) Right now they have the far end redone into a separate office type space (blue in pic). Green is current garage space. Orange is drive and direction where you pull in. There are a couple support poles i think (black dots)..

Supposedly it can fit 6 cars if i take out the office.. kind of hard to envision since max capacity would require rotation...

Anyone good with design (or not) want to give me ideas? How would you design this garage space?

I'm thinking I'd rather have a bigger work area so i am thinking of declaring it a 3 car garage. Bf who will move in at some point is making a Phelps face when i mention that since he has 4 cars and 2.5 are not running..



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[DMCMW Dave]

How high is the ceiling?

[16949]

How high is the ceiling?

I will measure tomorrow when i am there, 8' or 9'

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[DMC-81]

Cool space! Without seeing pics, I envision 2 cars parked by the entry doors, workbenches/tools/cabinets along walls 19 and 14 and a removable lift in that area, so you can either park or work on the 3rd car. I would put a lounge area in the corner area by 15 and 4.

[Nicholas R]

Sounds like we know who will be hosting DCF tech days now haha!

This is awesome! Talk about giving you a lot of freedom to work. Hopefully the ceiling is closer to 10' since that would allow you to easily install a lift. It could be done with 9', especially since the DeLorean is so low, but 8' starts to get pretty tight. Even still though, at 8 feet you could use a Max Jack and you'd still be able to get the cars high enough to sit under. Let us know if the offer is accepted!

[Dangermouse]

Two car sized doors, I assume?

I would invest in some of those little car dollies for the BF's non-runners. I think that's the only way you would get more than 3 cars in there in such a way that you could move them about.

[16949]

Sounds like we know who will be hosting DCF tech days now haha!

This is awesome! Talk about giving you a lot of freedom to work. Hopefully the ceiling is closer to 10' since that would allow you to easily install a lift. It could be done with 9', especially since the DeLorean is so low, but 8' starts to get pretty tight. Even still though, at 8 feet you could use a Max Jack and you'd still be able to get the cars high enough to sit under. Let us know if the offer is accepted!

Only 8 feet ceilings . It does have central heat and air )))))).

I would be happy to host tech days, every month if needed. In fact, I may have a legal obligation to do that since money saved by DIYing my delorean repairs via Tech Days was factored into my mortgage application...

In the meantime, just say a little prayer to the Garage Gods to make this happen for me! ))

[16949]

Green area on map is shaped more like an arrow. Here is a pic. There is one load bearing pole 7 feet in. At the back right angle is the wall to the yellow area. Yellow area is 11'8" deep so if i took the wall out it would add 12 feet.

The ceilings are only 8 feet. . There is also a room they called the workshop, to the side, maybe 6x8. That isn't colored on map. It has wall to wall pegboard in there. It is a door next to the open door in photo, just past yellow paint thing on left.

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[Dangermouse]

I disagree. I think everyone on here would want such a place!!!

But while your average buyer may not "want" one, he would certainly appreciate it. And while he may not necessarily pay extra for it, it would certainly swing a sale over a similar property with just a shed.

[SS Spoiler]

What about sinkholes?