Garage shots

garages? you lucky lucky people.
the car lives here

and then its just a short walk up here

to my workshop

which is as cramped as it looks,oh i dream of a garage and i cant build one cos of the deeds on my house.

Here's one of mine --->

That's my 'spare' garage though, at my new house, I've only got a single, but plans have been approved by the council for a HUGE garage.... 42x16 feet....

Old one, took 7 cars, and a 6metre carport behind and loads of concrete parking evrywhere.



Current one,, where Audi resides along with motorbike.

*cries*

curse word pics, but you get the idea...
This was my old workshop in Aberdeen. It was an old farm building and could take 4 cars in this bit with enough room around them to do simple jobs on. There was another section about the same size but with no door big enough to get a car through which was storage and workshop type space.





Over here I have a big-ass barn to work in, but one end is pretty much open to the elements and I'm not 100% sure the wood floor is strong enough to take a car. Its got all the tools etc in it just now. The last owner said he was confident putting a tractor on the floor, but I'm not so sure, there are areas I can feel saging under my feet when I walk! All car stuff therefor has to be done outside until I can strengthen the floor somehow.

I still live with my folks (obviously) and their garage is stuffed full of rubbish, so the cars live on the driveway.

As I am not satisfied with how houses are designed, I have been seriously considering getting a plot of land and having an architect design a house for me. It would basically be a decent-sized plot of land out in the sticks somewhere (room for expansion and outdoor storage) and the entire bottom floor would just be a great big garage with a massive shutter on the front. The house would be a modest bungalow stuck on top of it and it would all be done in a very minimalist way because I'm not really bothered what houses look like. And it would have great big walls so no one could see inside, then I could just buy all the £200 J-sheds off eBay and shove them all in my garden and no one would moan.

It would be purpose-built tat storage.

Aye, a friend of mine bought a small warehouse for not very much money a good few years back. he put in a mezzanine floor and built a 2-bedroom flat up there, keeping the downstairs space as a huge workshop (he is into woodworking) Its worth an absolute fortune nowadays as its in a pretty central location in the city.
Seemingly it was a complete nightmare for planning permission, rebanding to habitable from commercial property, fire laws etc etc, but he is laughing now.

curse word, I have just painted the floor in mine and well chuffed with it, will have to wait till i get back now

My massive garage:



With the back end of the van touching the rear wall, the garage door is less than an inch from the front of the van when it is being closed.



Loads of room down the side of the van too:



I don't have a workshop either. One of my cars has to live outside.