If I were to design a house…

10" · 10-28-2022, 08:23 AM

Here are the plans I'd use!

Piper1 · 10-28-2022, 08:28 AM

Besides adding a loft to look over garage perfect

10" · 10-28-2022, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Piper1

Besides adding a loft to look over garage perfect

Oooo good idea! 😂

NYG · 10-28-2022, 09:41 AM

Hope you don't mind columns in the garage because you're going to need 7 ton steel beams just to carry those spans (or stupid expensive deep bar joists).

gonzo · 10-28-2022, 09:45 AM

Kitchen and bath need to trade places.

GuidoK · 10-28-2022, 09:53 AM

Not sleeping in the same room as where your cars are?

Mike00 · 10-28-2022, 11:36 AM

Funny post. I’ve been thinking about the next house which needs a far larger garage. It’s going to be a final house for me so I prefer it to be pretty much designed all first floor.

I’ve been debating 3 car garage + double deep or 4 car and two cars deep. Definitely needs room for lifts though to be able to expand as the collection grows.

Piper1 · 10-28-2022, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 10"

Oooo good idea! 😂

https://m1concourse.com/garages/

Not too far from us too bad you can’t actually live in it but you do get 24/7 access owning one. That’s where my loft idea from when we build our house around the garage…..one day

10" · 10-28-2022, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike00

Funny post. I've been thinking about the next house which needs a far larger garage. It's going to be a final house for me so I prefer it to be pretty much designed all first floor.

I've been debating 3 car garage + double deep or 4 car and two cars deep. Definitely needs room for lifts though to be able to expand as the collection grows.

2 floor garage with a ramp like a parking garage???? 😁😁

McTricky · 10-28-2022, 01:41 PM

Plenty of space to set up a brewing area in the right rear

Rokoz · 10-28-2022, 01:50 PM

Might have to steal these plans

chris_1001 · 10-28-2022, 02:42 PM

Its been done... Go here for more ideas...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

10" · 10-28-2022, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chris_1001

Its been done... Go here for more ideas...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

lol I doubt it. Did you see the full photo

tranquility · 10-28-2022, 06:25 PM

I thought about that but I don't wanna be an unwitting participant in the sequel to Gone in 60 Seconds lol.

10" · 10-29-2022, 07:18 AM

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I thought about that but I don't wanna be an unwitting participant in the sequel to Gone in 60 Seconds lol.

Lol or you may be the thief storing them!!

Efthreeoh · 10-29-2022, 09:26 AM

In all seriousness I have given a lot of thought to building a garage-house. The problem is you drastically narrow down clients for resale, especially if you have a wife.

My design is a 60' square structure, built like a modern office building. Two floors, both concrete. Bottom floor is the garage with a 14' ceiling, 40 feet deep. The other 20' to the back wall is the master bedroom (20' x 20') with large bath (20' x 15') and a shop room (20' x 15'). The bedroom has a large window of electric opaquing glass overlooking the garage, as does the bathroom. The shop has a large regular glass window.

The 40' x 60' garage has three 16' wide bays, but double deep. The three 16-foot-wide garage doors are the old-fashioned 1950's gas station kind with integrated glass panels. Standing view in the front of the house, the left bay has a steel grate floor w/drain and functions as a wash bay; behind that is a car parking spot. The center two bays are front and back car parking spots; so the back two bays can be overlooked from the bedroom. The back right side bay is for a two-post car lift (just outside the shop room), the font-right bay is a car parking spot. Above the garage doors are three large windows. The garage space is heated and airconditioned of course with separate venting system from the living space. And a Halon system for fire suppression.

Upstairs, the 60' x 35' living space is mostly open with a canted, pentagon-shaped 12' ceiling (an ode to a hemispherical cylinderhead

). Kitchen in the right rear. Laundry room to the left of that. Second bedroom with shared bathroom to the left of that. Off in front of the open kitchen is a dining room. In front of the 2nd bedroom is the audio-visual Man Cave. The wall of the front of the upper living space, at the 35' mark, is again large panes of electrically opaquing glass to overlook the garage space below. There is compressed shop air all throughout the house, both in the garage and living spaces, along with a central vacuum system.

Outside of the house is Hardi-Plank siding and a steel roof and soffits (like my garage is now...).

Presented this design to my wife about 25 years ago. While she's cool with my car guy life, the answer came back... NO!

tranquility · 10-29-2022, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

In all seriousness I have given a lot of thought to building a garage-house. The problem is you drastically narrow down clients for resale, especially if you have a wife.

My design is a 60' square structure, built like a modern office building. Two floors, both concrete. Bottom floor is the garage with a 14' ceiling, 40 feet deep. The other 20' to the back wall is the master bedroom (20' x 20') with large bath (20' x 15') and a shop room (20' x 15'). The bedroom has a large window of electric opaquing glass overlooking the garage, as does the bathroom. The shop has a large regular glass window.

The 40' x 60' garage has three 16' wide bays, but double deep. The three 16-foot-wide garage doors are the old-fashioned 1950's gas station kind with integrated glass panels. Standing view in the front of the house, the left bay has a steel grate floor w/drain and functions as a wash bay; behind that is a car parking spot. The center two bays are front and back car parking spots; so the back two bays can be overlooked from the bedroom. The back right side bay is for a two-post car lift (just outside the shop room), the font-right bay is a car parking spot. Above the garage doors are three large windows. The garage space is heated and airconditioned of course with separate venting system from the living space. And a Halon system for fire suppression.

Upstairs, the 60' x 35' living space is mostly open with a canted, pentagon-shaped 12' ceiling (an ode to a hemispherical cylinderhead

). Kitchen in the right rear. Laundry room to the left of that. Second bedroom with shared bathroom to the left of that. Off in front of the open kitchen is a dining room. In front of the 2nd bedroom is the audio-visual Man Cave. The wall of the front of the upper living space, at the 35' mark, is again large panes of electrically opaquing glass to overlook the garage space below. There is compressed shop air all throughout the house, both in the garage and living spaces, along with a central vacuum system.

Outside of the house is Hardi-Plank siding and a steel roof and soffits (like my garage is now...).

Presented this design to my wife about 25 years ago. While she's cool with my car guy life, the answer came back... NO!

That bolded part

10" · 10-29-2022, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tranquility

Quote:

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

In all seriousness I have given a lot of thought to building a garage-house. The problem is you drastically narrow down clients for resale, especially if you have a wife.

My design is a 60' square structure, built like a modern office building. Two floors, both concrete. Bottom floor is the garage with a 14' ceiling, 40 feet deep. The other 20' to the back wall is the master bedroom (20' x 20') with large bath (20' x 15') and a shop room (20' x 15'). The bedroom has a large window of electric opaquing glass overlooking the garage, as does the bathroom. The shop has a large regular glass window.

The 40' x 60' garage has three 16' wide bays, but double deep. The three 16-foot-wide garage doors are the old-fashioned 1950's gas station kind with integrated glass panels. Standing view in the front of the house, the left bay has a steel grate floor w/drain and functions as a wash bay; behind that is a car parking spot. The center two bays are front and back car parking spots; so the back two bays can be overlooked from the bedroom. The back right side bay is for a two-post car lift (just outside the shop room), the font-right bay is a car parking spot. Above the garage doors are three large windows. The garage space is heated and airconditioned of course with separate venting system from the living space. And a Halon system for fire suppression.

Upstairs, the 60' x 35' living space is mostly open with a canted, pentagon-shaped 12' ceiling (an ode to a hemispherical cylinderhead

). Kitchen in the right rear. Laundry room to the left of that. Second bedroom with shared bathroom to the left of that. Off in front of the open kitchen is a dining room. In front of the 2nd bedroom is the audio-visual Man Cave. The wall of the front of the upper living space, at the 35' mark, is again large panes of electrically opaquing glass to overlook the garage space below. There is compressed shop air all throughout the house, both in the garage and living spaces, along with a central vacuum system.

Outside of the house is Hardi-Plank siding and a steel roof and soffits (like my garage is now...).

Presented this design to my wife about 25 years ago. While she's cool with my car guy life, the answer came back... NO!

That bolded part

Loool truth drop

Piper1 · 10-29-2022, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 10"

Loool truth drop

Wait….are we talking about house resale or wife????? Funny my wife honestly would completely go for the detached garage house if it was in the budget, only problem for her it’s not an incentive for her to kick me out of the house at that point for misbehaving.

chris_1001 · 10-31-2022, 12:55 PM

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lol I doubt it. Did you see the full photo

Yeah, saw something like this. It was an airplane hanger with a few rooms.

google "airplane hanger houses". And you can store cars there.

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Efthreeoh General 17315 Rep 18,737 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	In all seriousness I have given a lot of thought to building a garage-house. The problem is you drastically narrow down clients for resale, especially if you have a wife. My design is a 60' square structure, built like a modern office building. Two floors, both concrete. Bottom floor is the garage with a 14' ceiling, 40 feet deep. The other 20' to the back wall is the master bedroom (20' x 20') with large bath (20' x 15') and a shop room (20' x 15'). The bedroom has a large window of electric opaquing glass overlooking the garage, as does the bathroom. The shop has a large regular glass window. The 40' x 60' garage has three 16' wide bays, but double deep. The three 16-foot-wide garage doors are the old-fashioned 1950's gas station kind with integrated glass panels. Standing view in the front of the house, the left bay has a steel grate floor w/drain and functions as a wash bay; behind that is a car parking spot. The center two bays are front and back car parking spots; so the back two bays can be overlooked from the bedroom. The back right side bay is for a two-post car lift (just outside the shop room), the font-right bay is a car parking spot. Above the garage doors are three large windows. The garage space is heated and airconditioned of course with separate venting system from the living space. And a Halon system for fire suppression. Upstairs, the 60' x 35' living space is mostly open with a canted, pentagon-shaped 12' ceiling (an ode to a hemispherical cylinderhead ). Kitchen in the right rear. Laundry room to the left of that. Second bedroom with shared bathroom to the left of that. Off in front of the open kitchen is a dining room. In front of the 2nd bedroom is the audio-visual Man Cave. The wall of the front of the upper living space, at the 35' mark, is again large panes of electrically opaquing glass to overlook the garage space below. There is compressed shop air all throughout the house, both in the garage and living spaces, along with a central vacuum system. Outside of the house is Hardi-Plank siding and a steel roof and soffits (like my garage is now...). Presented this design to my wife about 25 years ago. While she's cool with my car guy life, the answer came back... NO! __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission." Last edited by Efthreeoh; 10-29-2022 at 09:34 AM..
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