I bought a house with a garage!!!!

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mr.thetank

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Well it is official I have bought a house. It has a one car detached garage that is all concrete block. Driveway is 100ft long and I can park 2+ cars wide. I have been looking for several months and didn't think we were going to find something so soon. I'll be moving in at the end of Jan. I can't wait to finally have my own garage. I will also have a basement where I can set up a woodworking shop as well.



I need to look into repairing the floor of the garage because the floor was smaller then it was enlarged by just pouring more concrete on two sides. It has started to crack and crumble at the joint.



More info to come. Here is a shot of the house, you can see the garage in the back of the house.
 

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Yeah thanks. I got a really nice snapper riding lawnmower given to me in the fall but the lawn is too small to use it.



Something nice is that I have public water in the house and a deep well for outside water. I can wash my cars all I want. Also the house was completely renovated by the previous owner who is an architect during the past 3 years. So I don't need to spend time fixing stuff in the house and can spend time and $$$ on the garage.
 
Congratulations on your new home! Enjoy your garage and the flexibility to detail whenever you want to! It looks like your driveway has a good grade down to the street--I can see the suds and water flowing now!



I remember from a past message from you that you and your wife were to start house hunting around this time--glad you had a brief hunt and found a home that you could settle on quickly. Do enjoy and let us know how you settle in:bounce
 
Woohoo!!:bounce



The house looks great. In fact, my sister bought a house a few years ago that looks like a twin to yours-right up to the placement of windows, dormers, eves, etc. I helped her restore and update the entire house. She just recently married and sold it. :(



Enjoy!!!!!:xyxthumbs
 
You got your heading all wrong! You bought a garage with detached house ! :D



We moved into our house in March and I have yet to even begin my garage mods. A few words of advice. Tackle one room/project at a time. Get to know the Lowe's/Home Depot people by name. You'll be seeing them a lot.



Congrats!
 
Very Nice !! Congrats and Good Luck !!

Garage is a world of difference if you never had one before.

That driveway is great for water run off :) Just be careful if you have casters on your buckets. There was someone here who had a runaway bucket on a slanted driveway. I forgot it's 0-60

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bmwtinut



Congratulations!! The house looks beautiful! Despite the huge boom in planned communities popping up everywhere these days, I'm a big fan of older, 'craftsman' homes like yours. My wife and I recently bought our first home with a garage also.... so I know the kind of emotions you're going through!
 
bmwtinut, when's the party? :D After all, don't you want to see how many cars you can really park in your driveway. :p



When we built our present home, the builder could not figure out why my sole focus was the garage and the basement. I wasn't worried about any other aspect of the home. :D I had him put stairs from the basement directly to the garage. That one really threw him. I have since learned that he has added the same feature to all homes built after ours. :o



Well, Happy New Year and congratulations on your new place ! Enjoy.
 
Congrats on the new house!! There is nothing like the pride of owning a home.....and with a garage......BONUS!!



Enjoy!!
 
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