Have you noticed any trends in new construction? When was the last time you saw a new home with less than a 3 car garage? In fact, many new home buyers are requesting 4 and 5 car garages!
This begs the question, do this many people really have 3 cars?
My own house has a 3 car garage, but we have 3 cars. All but one of the 60 or so homes in the neighborhood have 3 car garages but I know for a fact that only 3 of us have 3 cars. So how did 3 car garages become the norm?
So I couldn’t help but to notice the many open garages in my neighborhood. I quickly learned the answer to my question. In most homes two of the stalls have cars and the third is used as an attached shed. In some homes one car is in the garage, one is in the driveway and 2 stalls are floor to ceiling storage. In fact, I was amazed when I saw one home where both cars sat in the driveway and the entire garage was storage (the more kids, the more stuff one family has!).
My wife and I realized this trend with the recent addition to our family. We recognized the fact that we had just enough storage for our stuff but then began picturing all of our daughters toys, bikes etc. and knew that we would soon be one of those families with a car in the driveway.
We did some cost/benefit analysis and decided to add on a storage room off of the garage. We know that we will not recover the entire cost when we go to sell the home, but we will not have to put a car in the driveway either. I am also very confident that with the newer demand for storage, the addition of a storage room will certainly bring value to my home!
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my wife and i have come to the point that anything we decide to add to the "collection" must require our pulling something out. and of course, tha occasional "purging" of stuff.
I have to admit that we are trying to get better at "purging." It is very hard, especially with all of the memories tied up in many of the items that should be thrown out! We are now getting to the point where our daughter is growing out of things for the first time and we will have to let go of many of her first toys! This will be hard at first.
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